[1][2] The marquessate was purchased by the Flemish magnate Jan van den Eynde, at the time one of the wealthiest men in the city of Naples, for his son Ferdinand.

[11] It was created in the late 17th century for the wealthy Flemish merchant Ferdinand van den Eynde.

[1][2] His father Jan van den Eynde, a Fleming from Antwerp who had become one of the wealthiest men in Naples through trading and banking,[1] purchased the title for him.

[2][1] A few years earlier, Jan van den Eynde had purchased the Palazzo Zevallos,[12][13] which he renovated and filled with a huge art collection, which was one of the largest in Naples and its surroundings at the time.

[14] Although most of the paintings in the original Van den Eynde collection are now dispersed throughout the world (they being housed at other major museums), the reduced gallery of Palazzo Zevallos remains to this day one of the most popular in the city of Naples.