 His parents were Marino Caracciolo, 4th Prince of Santo Buono and his wife, Donna Giovanna Caracciolo dei Principi di Torella (both were members of the Caracciolo family by birth).Carmine Caracciolo was a descendant of an old noble family of Naples and was a prince of the Holy Roman Empire.He was exiled from Naples in 1707 when it passed to the Crown of Austria, because he was a supporter of the Bourbons.