House of Orsini
The House of Orsini is an Italian noble family. It was one of the most influential princely families in Italy during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.[1][2] Three popes belonged to the Orsini family: Celestine III (1191–1198, born Gicinto Bobone),[3] Nicholas III (1277–1280, born Giovanni Gaetani Orsini),[4] and Benedict XIII (1724–1730, born Pietro Francesco Orsini).[5] The Orsini family also produced 34 Cardinals of the Roman Church and many other important political and religious people.
House Of Orsini Media
Flag of the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (1840)
Palazzo Orsini in Fara Sabina, northern Lazio, central Italy. The Orsini were amongst the main feudatories in Italy from the Middle Ages onwards, holding a great numbers of fiefs and lordships in Lazio and in the Kingdom of Naples.
The Tower of Raimondello Orsini in Taranto, c. 1880.
Gerolama Orsini, Pier Luigi's wife.
Princely arms of the Gravina line
The Orsini Castle in Nerola.
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Sources
- ↑ "Orsini", Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-7.
- ↑ Rendina, Claudio (2004). Le grandi famiglie di Roma. Rome: Newton Compton.
- ↑ "Pope Celestine III", Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-7.
- ↑ "Pope Nicholas III", Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-7.
- ↑ "Pope Benedict XIII", Catholic Encyclopedia; retrieved 2011-11-7.
