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Carlo Carafa (29 March 1517 – 6 March 1561) of a distinguished family of Naples vicious and talented was successively condottiero in the service of France and of Spain vying for their protectorates in Italy until 1555 when he was made a cardinal to 1559 the all-powerful favourite and Cardinal Nephew of Pope Paul IV Carafa whose policies he directed and whom he served as papal legate in Paris Venice and Brussels.
