Antonio Malizia Carafa

Antonio Carafa (died 10 October 1437/8), called Malizia ("the crafty"),[1] was a nobleman and diplomat of the Kingdom of Naples.

He played a major role in the creation of the Aragonese claim to the throne and was a staunch supporter of King Alfonso V of Aragon until his death.

[3] In 1384, with his brother Gurrello, Carafa fought for King Charles III against a challenger to the throne, Duke Louis I of Anjou.

On 15 October 1394, he took part in a council convoked by Ladislaus to affirm the kingdom's support for Pope Boniface IX during the Western Schism.

[2] In April 1420, Carafa was part of a Neapolitan embassy[a] to Pope Martin V, who supported the claim of Duke Louis III of Anjou to the throne.

[2] Returning to Naples without papal permission, he informed the queen and of the possibility of an alliance with Aragon and was sent to Sardinia to meet with Alfonso V.[b] He arrived during the siege of Bonifacio.

That same year, Alfonso ceded him the revenues of the gabelle of the bailliage of Manco at Cosenza and the customs of the port of San Lucido.

[2] A monumental tomb was built for Carafa between the 1440s and 1480s, probably by the workshop of Jacopo della Pila [it] on the orders of his son Diomede.