Teodoro Crescia

Teodoro Crescia (d. 1593) was an Albanian stradioti captain in the Habsburg armies of the Holy Roman Empire and the Crown of Spain (Kingdom of Naples) in the reign of Emperor Charles V and Philip II.

The Crescia family had a long tradition as captains of stradioti units in the Habsburg armies.

In 1561, Teodoro Crescia gained for an annual sum of 300 ducats to the bishop of Larino a hereditary feud in the region of Molise.

Archival material shows that in 1583 he was negotiating for the extension of his final pension to his sons.

The command of his company was passed to two other Albanian captains, his brother-in-law Elia Capoisio and after his death to Michele Papada.

Copy of the contract of feudal rights of magnifico capitano Teodoro Crescia Albanese in Molise