Francesco Eboli, Duke of Castropignano

In 1733, with the rank of Lieutenant General, he participated, under the command of the Count of Montemar, in the reconquest of the Two Sicilies for the Infante Charles of Bourbon, Duke of Parma during the Polish War of Succession.

[2] The conquest was celebrated by the poet of the court of Parma, Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni, who composed a sonnet dedicated to the Duke for the occasion.

In 1741, at the outbreak of the War of the Austrian Succession, he was recalled to his homeland to take command, alongside the Duke of Montemar, of operations in Lombardy against the Austro-Sardinian army.

[1] In 1744, under the command of the King, he participated in the victorious Battle of Velletri against the advancing Austrians, averting the risk that the Habsburgs could regain possession of the Kingdom of Naples.

Francesco Eboli and his wife became the leaders of a pro-French faction at the Neapolitan court in opposition to Bernardo Tanucci, the de facto Prime Minister.