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The Orsini family is an Italian noble family that was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and Renaissance Rome. Members of the Orsini family include three popes: Celestine III (1191–1198), Nicholas III (1277–1280), and Benedict XIII (1724–1730). In addition, the family membership includes 34 cardinals, numerous condottieri, and other significant political and religious figures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orsini_family
Prominent Orsini Family Members
Orsini popes
- Pope Stephen II (Stepfanus Orsinus, created caedinal before 750 AD)
- Pope Paul I (Paulus Orsinus, created caedinal before 750 AD)
- Pope Celestine III (Giacinto Bobone, created cardinal in 1144)
- Pope Nicholas III (Giovanni Gaetano Orsini, created cardinal in 1244)
- Pope Benedict XIII (Pietro Francesco Orsini, created cardinal in 1672)
Orsini cardinals
- Pietro Orsini (1181)
- Matteo Rubeo Orsini (1262)
- Latino Malabranca Orsini O.P. (1278)
- Giordano Orsini (1278)
- Napoleone Orsini (1288)
- Francesco Napoleone Orsini (1295)
- Matteo Orsini O.P. (1327)
- Rinaldo Orsini (1350)
- Giacomo Orsini (1371)
- Poncello Orsini (1378)
- Tommaso Orsini (1382/1385)
- Giordano Orsini (1405)
- Latino di Carlo Orsini (1448)
- Cosma Orsini O.S.B. (1480)
- Giovanni Battista Orsini (1483)
- Franciotto Orsini (1517)
- Flavio Orsini (1565)
- Alessandro Orsini (1615)
- Virginio Orsini (1641)
- Domenico Orsini d'Aragona (1743)
Others
- Clarice Orsini (1453 - 1488), spouse of Lorenzo il Magnifico
- Fabio Orsini (1476-1504)
- Gerolama Orsini (1504 - 1569), noble
- Nicolo Orsini (1331 - 1399), Count of Nola and Soleto
- Bertoldo Orsini (1295 - 1353)
- Bertoldo Orsini (1215 - 1318)
- Roberto Orsini (1425 - 1476)
- Giovanni II Orsini, Count of Cefalonia and Zante, despota dell'Epiro 1323 – 1335
- Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini, (1386 or 1393 - 1463), noble of the Kingdom of Naples, prince of Taranto, count of Lecce and duke Bari.
- Giovanni Battista Orsini (d. 1476), Grand Master of the Order of Malta from 1467 to 1476
- Pietro Gianpaolo Orsini, (d. 1443), condottiero.
- Latino di Camillo Orsini (c. 1530 - c. 1580), condottiero.
- Mondilio Orsini (1690 - 1751), archbishop of Capua from 1728 to 1743, grandchild of pope Benedict XIII
- Napoleone Orsini (1420 - 1480), condottiero
- Niceforo II Orsini (1329 - 1359), condottiero e despota dell'Epiro
- Giordano I Orsini (1541 - 1585), duke of Bracciano dal 1560
- Pierfrancesco II Vicino Orsini (1523-1585) duke of Bomarzo
- Raimondo del Balzo Orsini, (1361 - 1406), noble of the Kingdom of Naples
- Rinaldo Orsini (d. 1510), archbishop of Florence from 1474 to 1508
- Rinaldo Orsini (1402 - 1450), condottiero and Lord of Piombino
- Virginio Orsini (1572-1615), duke of Bracciano
- Teresa Orsini (1788 - 1829)
- Filippo Orsini (1920-1984) Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne, 21st Duke of Gravina
- Prince Raimondo Orsini d'Aragona (1931-2020)
Current
- Prince Domenico Napoleone Orsini, Duke of Gravina (b. 1948)
- Don Benedetto Orsini (b. 1956)
- Don Lelio Orsini d'Aragona (b. 1981)
- Pedro Orsini (b. 1930)