MOLFETTA  , a seaport and episcopal see of See also:

• APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• BARI
• BARI (anc. Barium)

Bari, from which it is 16 m . N.N.W. by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1901), 42,363 . The old See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral of S . See also:

• CONRAD (d. 955)
• CONRAD, JOSEPH (1856– )
• CONRAD, or KONRAD (M. H. Ger. Kuonrdl, i.e. " keen in counsel," Lat. Conradus, It. Corrado, cf. the A.S. Ccenred)

Conrad is a Romanesque structure . The old See also:

• TOWN

town is surrounded by walls, and has See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval houses; the new town is more spacious, and is an active seaport . The origin of Molfetta is uncertain, though there was a See also:

• NEOLITHIC, or LATER STONE AGE (Gr. vEOr, new, and XLOos, stone)

neolithic See also:

• SETTLEMENT
• SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

settlement here . The town was given by See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. to the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of Termoli in 1522, and during his lordship it was sacked by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French under See also:

• LAUTREC, ODET DE

Lautrec . In 1631 Cesare See also:

• GONZAGA
• GONZAGA, THOMAZ ANTONIO (1744-1809)

Gonzaga took the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of duke of Guastalia and See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of Molfetta; but in 164o the See also:

• FIEF

fief was sold to the See also:

• SPINOLA, AMBROSE, MARQUIS DE LOS BALBASES (1569-1630)
• SPINOLA, CRISTOVAL ROJAS DE (d. 1695)

Spinola See also:

• FAMILY

family, and in 1798 incorporated with the royal domain . The bishopric is directly subject to the papal see .