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GUY DE MONTFORT, the Son of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester
He was the 1st Count of NOLA. He was married to Margherita ALDOBRANDESCA di GROSSETTO, Contessa ereditaria di Soana.
Anastasia de MONTFORT
Contessa di Nola (~1271/72- after 1306)
Married in 6 June 1293 Romano ORSINI (1268- 1327), senator of Rome, Conte de PITIGLIANO, Royal Vicar of Rome in 1326.
His father Gentile II ORSINI (1246? – 1318?), son of Bertoldo ORSINI Count of ROMAGNA (d. 1288), Senator of Rome, Podestà di Viterbo, Grand Justiciar of the kingdom of Sicily in 1314.
His mother ? Claricia di RUFFO (b.~1250?), daughter of Giovanna de AQUINO (1232? – 1300?), daughter of Tomasso II de AQUINO, Conte di ACERRA, poss. nephew of Saint Thomas Aquinas, and Margaretha of GERMANY (b.~1215?), daughter of Emperor Frederick II de Hohenstaufen.
ANASTASIA AND ROMANO ORSINI’s CHILDREN
Roberto ORSINI, Count of Nola
Conte di Soleto, di Soana e di Nettuno
cavaliere dall’aspetto marziale volitivo, molto elegante, quanto cortese e magnanimo in pace, tanto feroce e astuto in Guerra
(~1295- before 1345)
Married Sueva del BALZO (Sanchia des BAUX), (~1296 ~ 1375), Countess of Soleto, heiress of des Baux, daughter of Hugues des Baux (b. ~1277), seigneur de Grandissart, conte di Soleto, son of Bernard III des BAUX, seigneur de Courthezon, co-prince de Orange (1245? – 1305? Holy Land), son of Raymond II des Baux ( d. 1278?), co-prince de Orange, son of Guillaume II des BAUX (1195? – 1239?), co-prince de Orange, a troubadour. His father Guillaume Ier des Baux (c.1155-1218), est prince d’Orange et vice-roi du Royaume d’Arles ; il appartient à une grande famille de la noblesse provençale, les Baux.
Guillaume I est le fils de Bertrand des Baux, le premier prince d’Orange, et de Thiberge de Sarenom, tous deux poètes et troubadours. En 1215 (ou 1214), à Metz quand Frédéric II souhaite affirmer son pouvoir en Provence, Guillaume reçoit le Royaume d’Arles et de Bourgogne ce qui signifie probablement la vice-royauté de ce royaume. Opportuniste, il soutient le pape et la croisade de Simon de Montfort contre son rival le comte de Toulouse et marquis de Provence Raymond VI, mais fait prisonnier par les Avignonais, les fidèles alliés de Raymond, il connait une mort malheureuse en étant égorgé, ou, selon d’autres sources, écorché vif et découpé en morceaux.
Sveva’s mother was “Jacopa” Jacqueline Della Marra. Jacopa (Jacqueline) della Marra, nata nel 1275 dal viceré di Napoli Risone II) sposata il 1310 in seconde nozze a Ugo Del Balzo, signore di Soleto, San Pietro di Galatina e Zollino
Their children:
I Nicolo ORSINI
(27 august 1331-1399) Grand Justiciar and Grand Chancellor of Kingdom of Naples, valoroso condottiero in difesa del Patrimonio di san Pietro. Signore di Vicovaro, Roccagiovine, Cantalupo, Nettuno, Bardella, Forino, Boiano, Saturnia, Avella, Montemerano, Atripalda e Cicala dal 1360 e Nobile Romano; Senatore di Roma nel 1356, Vicerè dell’Abruzzo nel 1359, Gonfaloniere di Santa Romana Chiesa dal 1363, Vicario di Orvieto nel 1367, Governatore del Patrimonio nel 1371, cittadino di Firenze dal 1371, Gran Cancelliere del Regno di Napoli dal 1383 e Rettore della Chiesa in Toscana; istituito erede dal Conte di Soleto Raimondo del Balzo, suo zio, nel 1375;
Married in 1352/55 his distant cousin Giovanna di SABRANO (d.~1379) or Jeanne de SABRAN, heiress of Ariano and of Celano, daughter of Guglielmo, Conte di Ariano e di Francesca dei Conti di Celano
great grand daughter of Atenolfo II (Adenolphe), Conte de AQUINO, brother of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Their children:
A. Sveva ORSINI
(~1360 – ~ 1422) married in 1381 Francesco del Balzo, 1st Duke of Andria, Conte di Montescaglioso e Avellino, Governor of Naples, son of Bertrand de Baux, Conte di Andria e Montescaglioso & his second wife Marguerite d’Aulnay (~1330 – ~ 1404). Their children:
A.1. Margherita del BALZO (Marguerite des BAUX) (~1384 -~ 1469), contessa di Conversano, married Pierre de Luxembourg, Knight of Golden Fleece (~ 1390 - 1433), son of Jean de Luxembourg, Sire of Beauvois and of Marguerite d’Enghien, suo jure Countess of Brienne and of Conversano, suo jure Heiress of Enghien. Pierre was Count of Saint-Pol from 1430, which he inherited from his aunt Jeanne of Luxembourg, Countess of Saint-Pol and Ligny; he also inherited, on an unknown date, Marguerite’s fiefs of Brienne and of Conversano, thus becoming Count of Brienne and of Conversano.
Their children:
1. Thibaut de Luxembourg, Seigneur de Fiennes, Count of Brienne, Bishop of Le Mans, cardinal (1410 – 1477) married “Philippotte” Philippine de Melun (b. 1420), dame de Sottenghien. Their children:
1.1. Guillemette de Luxembourg (~1442 – before April 1500) married Amé de Sarrebruck, seigneur de Braine et Commercy. Their son Robert de Sarrebruck, comte de Roucy married Marie d’ Amboise (d. 1519), daughter of Charles I d’ Amboise, seigneur de Chaumont, sister of Charles II d’Amboise (d. 1511), gouverneur de la ville de Paris, du duché de Milan, de la seigneurie de Gênes et de la province de Normandie. Lieutenant Général en Lombardie en 1501, puis vice-roi de Lombardie. En 1506, il fait venir Léonard de Vinci, qu’il avait en grande estime, à Milan.
1.2. Jacques de Luxembourg, seigneur de Gavre (~1445-1487 or 1517)
1.3. ”Madeleine” ou Marguerite de Luxembourg, (~1450 – after 1498) married Jacques Chabot, seigneur d’Aspremont (~1450 –bef.1496). Their son Philippe Chabot, comte de Charny, amiral de France (~1494 -1543)
1.4. François de Luxembourg (b. ~1455) married his cousin Louise de Savoie (1467- 1530), daughter of Janus de Savoie, comte de Faucigny et de Geneve, and granddaughter of Anne de Lusignan, Princess of Chyprus, Duchess de Savoie. Their son François de Luxembourg, vicomte de Martigues (~1490 – 1553) married Charlotte de Brosse.
1.5. Jean de Luxembourg, seigneur de Sottenghien (d. 1485)
1.6. Philippe de Luxembourg, Évêque du Mans (1445 -1519)
2. Jacqueline, Jaquette de LUXEMBOURG (~1416-1472) married
a. John Plantagenet de LANCASTER, Duke of BEDFORD, brother of king Henry V and regent of France
Their children:
- Elizabeth Woodville, queen consort of Edward IV. Their daughter, queen Elizabeth of York, wife of Henry VII and mother of Henry VIII.
- Anne Woodville (1438-1498) married William Bourchier (1427- 1483), son of Isabella Plantagenet, daughter of Richard Plantagenet, count of Cambridge
- Margaret Woodville (1439-1491) married Thomas Maltravers
- Sir Anthony Woodville (1442 -1483) married Elizabeth Scales
- Marie Woodville (1443 – 1481) married Sir William Herbert.
- JacquettaWoodville (1444 -1509) married John Strange (1441 -1479)
- John Woodville (1445 – 1469) married Lady Katherine Neville
- Lionel Woodville, bishop of Salisbury (1447 -1484)
- Catherine Woodville (1448- 1485) married 1. Henry de Stafford, duc de Buckingham and 2. Jasper Tudor, uncle of king Henry VII, her niece’s husband.
- Martha Woodville (1450 -1500) married John Bromley
- Eleanore Woodville (1452 -1512) married Sir Anthony Grey
- Marguerite Woodville (1454 -1491) married Sir Thomas Fitzalan
- Agnes Woodville
3. Louis de Luxembourg, Comte de Saint-Pol, de Brienne, de Ligny, and de Conversano, Constable of France (1418-1475).
3.1. Married 1. Jeanne de Bar suo jure Countess of Marle and Soissons, Dame d’Oisy, Viscountess of Meaux (~1415- 1462), the only child of Robert of Bar, Count of Marle and Soissons, Sire d’Oisy, who was killed at the Battle of Agincourt. In 1418, her mother married secondly John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and de Guise (1392- 5 January 1441), son of John of Luxembourg, Sire de Beauvois and Marguerite of Enghien, Countess of Brienne and of Conversano. It was Jeanne’s stepfather John, who received Joan of Arc as his prisoner, and kept her at his castle of Beaurevoir. Joan, who was three years Jeanne’s senior was placed in the care of Jeanne, her mother and Jeanne of Luxembourg, John’s elderly aunt. The three ladies did all they could to comfort Joan in her captivity, and unsuccessfully tried to persuade her to abandon her masculine clothing for feminine attire. They earned Joan’s gratitude for their kind and compassionate treatment of her. Despite the pleas of Jeanne and the other two women, John sold Joan of Arc to the English, who were his allies, for 10,000 livres.
They married in 1435. Louis had been brought up by his paternal uncle, who was Jeanne’s stepfather, John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny and Guise; therefore the young couple were well-acquainted with one another. John designated Louis as his heir to the counties of Ligny and Guise.
Their children:
a. Jean de Luxembourg, comte de Soissons et Marle, seigneur de Dunkerque, Gravelines et Bourbourg, Governor of Burgundy (1437- killed at the Battle of Morat on 22 June 1476), Chevalier de l’ Ordre de la Toison d’ Or
b. Pierre II de Luxembourg, comte de Saint-Pol, de Soissons, de Brienne, de Roucy, de Ligny, de Marle (~1440-1482) married Marguerite de Savoie (1440 – 1483), daughter of Anne de Lusignan, widow of Giovanni IV Paleologo, Margrave of Montferrat,
Their children:
- Marie de Luxembourg, vicomtesse de Meaux (~1467/72 – 1547) married firstly, her uncle, Jacques de Savoie, Count of Romont, by whom she had a daughter, Françoise Louise de Savoie, wife of Heinrich III von Nassau-Dillenburg, . Married François de Bourbon, Count of Vendôme, son of Jean de Vendome, by whom she had six children including Charles de Bourbon, Duke of Vendôme (1489- 1537), and Antoinette de Bourbon (1493 – 1583), wife of Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise and grandmother of Maria Stuart.
- Françoise of Luxembourg, Dame d’Enghien (d. 1523), married Philip of Cleves-Ravenstein, Captain General of Flanders.
c. Jacqueline de Luxembourg (~1435 -~1500) married Philippe de Croÿ, seigneur d’Arschot, comte de Porcien, son of Marguerite de Lorraine, daughter of Marie d’ Harcourt, comtesse d’ Aumale (descendant of Laure de Montfort). Their son Guillaume II de Croy (1458 – 1521), duc de Soria, de Arce et de Rocca Guglielma, in the kingdom of Naples, précepteur du prince Charles, future Emperor Karl V
d. Antoine de Luxembourg, Count of Brienne, Roussy, and de Ligny (~1440 – ~1519) married:
- Antoinette de Bauffremont, comtesse de Charny (~1450 – 1483), daughter of Pierre de Bauffremont, comte de Charny and granddaughter of Jeanne de Vergy, descendant of Jean de Joinville. Their daughter Philiberte de Luxembourg (d. 1539), comtesse de Charny, married Jean IV de Chalon, prince d’Orange (1443 -1502). Their children:
d.1. Claude de Chalon-Arlay (1498 -1521), princesse d’Orange married Henri von Nassau-Dillenburg ,comte de Nassau-Bréda (1483 – 1538). Their son Rene de Nassau-Dillenburg, stathouder de Hollande (1519 -1544)
d.2. Philibert de Châlon, prince d’ Orange. His illegitimate daughter married François de Bourgogne, grandson of Philippe le Bon, duc de Bourgogne
- Francoise de Croÿ. Their son Charles de Luxembourg (1488-1530), comte de Roussy, comte de Brienne et de Ligny married in 1510 Charlotte d’Estouteville. Their children:
d.3. Antoine de Luxembourg (1530-1557), Comte de Ligny married Marguerite de Savoie, greatgranddaughter of Anne de Lusignan. Their children:
- Jean IV de Luxembourg, comte de Brienne married Guillemette de la Marck, daughter of Françoise de Brézé, comtesse de Maulevrier, daughter of Diane de Poitiers, duchesse de Valentinois
- Madeleine de Luxembourg married Christophe Jouvenel des Ursins (1525-1588), marquis de Trainel, descendant of Jean Jouvenel (d. 1431), «Garde de la Prévôté des Marchands pour le Roy», chevalier, Avocat du Roi au Parlement (1400), Chancelier du Dauphin Louis (1413), Président du parlement de Paris établi à Poitiers (1419) et de celui du Languedoc à Toulouse (1420), fidèle du Dauphin (futur Charles VII), seigneur de Trainel, Valmartin, Saint-Nom, La Bretèsche, et Crespières. Jean, l’historiographe de Charles VI parle de ses origines communes avec les Orsini de Naples,
de Rome et du Mont-Jourdain. Au milieu du XV° siècle, l’écu des Jouvenel porte des armes identiques à celles des Orsini(cf Portrait du Chancelier par Fouquet).Jean Jouvenel porte sur son sceau dès 1383 les armes des Orsini. Recognised by cardinal Giovanni Orsini as part of Italian Orsini family.
e. Helene de Luxembourg (~1440 – 1488) married Janus de Savoie, comte de Faucigny et de Geneve (1440 – 1491), Governor of Nice (1440–1491), the brother in law of her brother Pierre II, son of Anne de Lusignan and Louis de Savoie, duc de Savoie, prince de Piémont. Their daughter Louise de Savoie married:
- her cousin Jacques Louis de Savoie (d. 1485), marchese di Gex, son of her uncle Amedeo IX, duc de Savoie and grandson of king Charles VII of France
- her cousin François de Luxembourg, vicomte de Martigues, son of her uncle Thibaut de Luxembourg
g. Charles de Luxembourg (1447- 1509), bishop of Laon, had several illegitimate children by an unknown mistress, François de Luxembourg, seigneur de Bornival, Charles de Luxembourg
3.2. Married 2. Marie (1448 -1475) daughter of Louis I, duc de Savoie, prince de Piémont and of Anne de Lusignan. Their children:
- Louis (1467 – 1503), count of Ligny (from 1475), prince d’Altamura, duc d’Andria et de Venosa, capitaine de Charles VIII, lieutenant général de l’armée française, grand chambellan de Louis XII, gouverneur de Picardie
- Jeanne, nun at Gand
4. Catherine de Luxembourg (d. 1489) married in 1425 as his 4th and last wife Arthur III de Montfort de Dreux, duke of Bretagne, connétable de France (1393 -1458)
5. Isabella de Luxembourg, comtesse de Guise (as heiress of her uncle Jean de Luxembourg) married Charles IV d’Anjou, comte du Maine, comte de Forcalquier (1414 – 1473), third son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon.. Their children:
- Louise d’Anjou married Jacques d’Armagnac, duc de Nemours (b. 1430). Their heir Louis d’Armagnac, Duke of Nemours (1472- 1503), known for most of his life as the Count of Guise, He fought in the Italian Wars and was made viceroy of Naples in 1501. He was defeated and killed at the battle of Cerignola, April 28, 1503 (probably the first general killed in action by musketry), It is considered the first battle in history won by firearms (gunpowder small arms)
- Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Le Maine and Guise. He succeeded his uncle René I of Naples in 1480 as 5th Duke of Anjou and Count of Provence. He also used the title of Duke of Calabria, in token of the claims to Naples he inherited from René. In 1474, he married Joan of Lorraine (d. 1480), daughter of Frederick II of Vaudémont, but they had no children. He died in 1481 after willed his inheritance to his cousin Louis XI of France, whose heirs thus obtained a claim to the affairs of Italy, pursued in the next decades (see Italian Wars)
6. Jacques de Luxembourg, seigneur de Richebourg (1423 – 1487). Married Isabelle de Roubaix.. His children:
- Isabelle de Luxembourg, dame de Richebourg married Jean de Melun, maréchal de Flandres. Their children: Francois de Melun, connétable de France; Marie de Melun, dame de Montricourt married Jacques de Chabannes, maréchal de France
- Yolande de Luxembourg, dame de Roubaix
- Louise de Luxembourg
A.2. Guglielmo del BALZO, 2nd Duke of ANDRIA, (d. ~ 1444) married Maria Brunforta.
His son Francesco del Balzo, Duke of ANDRIA (~1410- ~ 1482), Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples and Sicily, married his cousin Sancia de CLERMONT-LODEVE, de Chiaromonte, Contessa di Copertino (1407-1468), daughter of Caterina Orsini and granddaughter of Raimondello Orsini del Balzo and Marie d’Enghien. Their children:
a. Agilberto del BALZO (d.1487) married his cousin Maria Conquista ORSINI, daughter of Giovanantonio Orsini and granddaughter of Raimondello Orsini del Balzo.
b. Pietro del BALZO, Pyrrhus (Pirro) des BAUX (~1430-1487), Duke of ANDRIA, Principe di Altamura Grand Constable of the kingdom of Naples and Sicily married:
- his first wife his cousin Maria Donata ORSINI, Ducessa di Venosa, daughter of Gabriele Orsini del Balzo, Duca di Venosa and of Giovanna Ippolita Caracciolo del Sole, and granddaughter of Raimondello Orsini. Their children:
b.1. Isabella del BALZO (d.~1533 in France) married in 1486 Federico I de ARAGON, King of NAPLES, son of Isabella de Chiaromonte and Ferdinand (Ferrante) de Aragon, king of Naples.
Their daughter Maria de ARAGON (1503 - 1568) married Alfonso of AVALOS-AQUINO-FRANCAVILLA (1502-1546). Their children:
- Francesco Ferdinando d’ AVALOS-AQUINO-MONTESARCHIO, 5th marquis of Pescara and of Vasto (~ 1530- 1571) was commander in chief of the Spanish army in Lombardy and Piedmont, governor of the State of Milan (1560–63) and viceroy of Sicily (1568–71). Married his distant cousin Isabella GONZAGA of Mantua (1537 -~ 1589), granddaughter of Isabella d’Este.
- Innico d’Avalos d’Aragona (1536–1600), Chancellor of the Kingdom of Naples, bishop of Mileto in 1566, bishop of Sabina in 1586, bishop of Frascati in 1589, bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina in 1591.
b.2. Federico, Conte di Acerra, married in 1477 Constanza d’Avalos,
b.3. ISOTTE (d. 1530), Princess di Altamura, married at Andria in 1471 PIETRO de Guevara, Marchese del Vasto .
- his second wife Lucrece d’Aragon, daughter of Ferdinand I de ARAGON, King of NAPLES (1423? – 1494).
His possible child Antonia del BALZO (~1451- ~ 1538) married Gianfrancesco GONZAGA, 1st Duque de SABBIONETA, Principe de BOZZOLO (~1443-~ 1496). Gianfrancesco Gonzaga’s brother Rodolfo seigneur de Castiglione married Caterina Pico de La Mirandola sister pof famous philosopher Giovanni Pico de la Mirandola. Their daughter Camilla Gonzaga married Alfonso Castriota, marchese della Tripalda (d.1544).
B. Raimondo ORSINI del BALZO
Raimondello
(~1361- 1406), Count of Soleto (1382), Duke of Benevento (1385-1401), Prince of Taranto (1393-1406), Count of Lecce (1401-06), Principe of Taranto, Conte di Lecce, Signore di Otranto, Nardò, Ugento, Gallipoli, Oria, Ostuni, Mottola e Martina Franca, Duke of Bari, Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples, Gonfaloner of the Holy Roman Church, Capitano di guerra di Terra di Lavoro, Capitano di guerra di Terra di Bari e
Otranto, Capitano Generale del Duca d’Angiò, Protettore del Regno di Sicilia dall’ 1385.
Raimondello became the richest Italian feudal lord of his era. He was the heir of his mother’s brother Raimondo del Balzo, Conte di Soleto, Marshal of the Kingdom of Naples (d.1375 Naples), taking also his family name.
Married Maria d’ Enghien (~1364 -~ 1446), Countess of Lecce, daughter of John of Enghien, Count of Castro, Signore di Nivelles, Presle, Omophita e Diskoria and of Bianca Sancia del Balzo dei Duchi d’Andria.
Their children:
B. 1. Giovanni Antonio Orsini (1393 - 1463) Principe di Taranto, Duca di Bari, Conte di Lecce, Acerra, Soleto e Conversano in 1406, Signore di Altamura, Conte di Matera e di Ugento, Nobile Romano e Gran Connestabile del Regno di Napoli. Married Anna Colonna, daughter of Lorenzo Onofre Colonna, Conte di Alba, principe di Amalfi (d.~ 1423) and of Sveva Gaetani. His illegitimate children:
- Maria Conquista Orsini (d. after 1487) Contessa di Ugento, Signora di Nardo e Castro married her cousin Agilberto del Balzo, Conte di Tricase e I Duca di Nardò in 1463. Their daughter Margherita del Balzo married Giovanni Francesco del Balzo
- Caterina Orsini, Contessa di Conversano, Signora di Casamassima, Bitetto, Gioia, Turi e Noci married Giuliantonio ACQUAVIVA de Aragon, 7th Duque d’ ATRI. Their son Belisario ACQUAVIVA de Aragon (~1459-~1528) married Sveva di Sanseverino. Their daughter Adriana ACQUAVIVA de Aragon married Ferrante CASTRIOTA SCANDERBERGH, grandson of Giorgi Castriota Scanderbegh. Their daughter Erina Castriota is ancestor of Elisabeth, Empress of Austria-Hungary
- Francesca married Giacomo Sanseverino, Conte di Saponara.
- Margherita married Antonio Centelles, Conte di Catanzaro, Justiciar of Calabria.
- Bertoldo (died after 1488) Barone di Salice, Signore di Guagnano e Carovigno, Conte di Lecce 1463-64.
B.2. Gabriele ORSINI ( ~1391- 1453, in battle defending Constantinople), Conte di Ugento 1434 (donated by his brother), Duca di Venosa 1441, Conte di Lecce, General and Admiral of Naples, Signore di Flumeri, Acerra, Laurenzana, Lavello, Castelbellotto, Monteleone, Lauriano, Trentola, Capodirisio, Città di Vico, Carise, Castello , San Niccolò, San Sozzo, Vallata, Guardia Lombarda, Porcarino, la Rocchetta, Sant’Antonio, Carbonara, Accadia, Montacuto, Minervino, Ruvo e Caprignano.
Married Ippolita CARACCIOLLO, del Sole dei Duchi di Melfi, daughter of Sergianni Caracciolo dei Duchi di Melfi, Grand Seneschal of Kingdom of Sicily, and of Caterina Filangieri, Signora di Solofra
Their daughters:
- Raimondina (d.~1490), Nobile Romana., married Roberto Sanseverino 1° Principe di Salerno
- Maria Donata ORSINI (d.1481), Nobile Romana.2° Duchessa di Venosa, Signora di Flumeri, Lavello, Laurenzana, Castelbellotto, Montemilone, Acerra, Città di Vico, Trentola, Capodirisio, Carise, Castello, San Niccolò, San Sozzo, Vallata, Guardia Lombarda, Porcarino, la Rocchetta, Sant’Antonio, Carbonara, Accadia, Montacuto, Minervino, Lauriano, Ruvo e Caprignano dal 1453.
Married her cousin Pietro del BALZO, Duke of ANDRIA
- Girolama, Nobile Romana, married Bernardino di Morra, Patrizio Napoletano
B.3. Caterina ORSINI, di TARANTO, (b. aft. 1386) married Barthelemi Tristan, Seigneur de CLERMONT-LODEVE (Chiaramonte), Count de COPERTINO (d.1432). Their children:
a. Sancia di Chiaromonte, de CLERMONT-LODEVE, Countess of Copertino and Lady of Nardò married her cousin Francesco del BALZO, Duke of ANDRIA (~1410 -~ 1482)
b. Isabella di Chiaromonte, Princess of Taranto, queen of Naples (d. 1456), Isabella also inherited the Brienne claim to the Kingdom of Jerusalem. married Ferdinand I de ARAGON, King of NAPLES. Their children:
b.1. Eleonora de Aragon, princess of Naples (1450 – 1493) married Ercole d’Este, Knight of the Garter, Duke of MODENA & Ferrara (1431-1493). Their children: Isabella d’Este, Beatrice d’Este, Alfonso d’Este, duke of Ferrara.
b.2. Alfonso II King of NAPLES, Duke of CALABRIA, titular King of Naples and Jerusalem, Knight of the Garter (1448 – 1495). A patron of Renaissance poets and builders during his long tenure as the heir to the throne of Naples, with the title Duke of Calabria. Alfonso was obliged to abdicate 25 Jan 1495 in favour of his son, and retired as a monk to Mazzara in Sicily. Married in Milan in 1465 Ippolita Maria SFORZA, daughter of Francesco Sforza, duke of Milan and Conte di Pavia and Bianca Maria Visconti. Their children:
- Isabella of ARAGON, princess of Naples, Duchesa di BARI, Principessa Rossano, Contessa di Borello. (1470 - 1524) married her cousin Gian Galeazzo II Maria SFORZA, Duke of MILAN (1469 – 1494). Their daughter Bona SFORZA, Duchess of BARI (1495 -1558), queen of Poland, mother of Sigismund II August, King of POLAND
- Ferdinand II or Ferrante II of Naples (1469 – 1496), was King of Naples from 1495 to 1496, and heir of the Brienne claim to kingdom of Jerusalem. Married his aunt GIOVANNA of Naples, daughter of FERRANTE I King of Naples
- Piero de Aragon, Prince de Rossano ( 1471-1491)
Illegitimate children:
- Sancha of Aragon, princess of Naples married Goffredo (Joffre) Borgia, son of Pope Alexander VI Borgia..
- Alfonso of Aragon (1481 -1500), Duke of Bisceglie and Prince of Salerno. Married Lucrezia Borgia, daughter of Pope Alexander VI. Their son RODRIGO d’Aragona di Borgia (Rome 1499- 1512 Naples), Principe di Biscaglia, Duca di Sermoneta
b.3. Federico I de ARAGON, King of NAPLES ( 1452 – 1504). The last King of Naples of the House of Trastámara, ruling from 1496 to 1501. Louis XII King of France and Fernando II “el Catolico” King of Aragon agreed secretly at Granada Nov 1500 on a partition of the Italian territories. Federigo threatened again by French troops called on Aragon for its support, but he fell into the trap and was obliged to abdicate Sep 1501 in favour of Louis XII. As compensation, he received the county of Maine and 50,000 livres. He married
1. Anne de SAVOIE (1455- 1480) daughter of Amedee IX , Duc de SAVOIE (1435 – 1472), granddaughter of Anne de Lusignan. Their daughter Charlotte de ARAGON, Princesse de Taranto ( aft. 1478 – 1506). Brought up in France, she spent most of her life at the French court. Cesare Borgia wanted to marry her, but she refused. Married Guy XV, Comte de LAVAL. Their daughter Anne de MONTFORT LAVAL (1505 – 1553) is the mother of Louis (III) de la TREMOUILLE, 1st Duc de THOUARS (1521-1577)
2. his cousin Isabella del BALZO (d.~1533), granddaughter of Gabriele del Balzo. Frederick and Isabella spend the years after 1501 in exile. Isabella initially escaped to Ischia with her children, but later followed Frederick to France, where he was given an allowance. Frederick died in Tours on 9 November 1504. Isabella found a refuge for herself and younger children in the Duchy of Ferrara under the protection of Frederick’s nephew Alfonso d’Este, and lived there until her death, never remarrying. Their children:
- Ferdinand of Aragón, Duke of Calabria, Fernando of Naples ( Andria 1488-Valencia 1550), Principe di Taranto. He arrived at the court of Aragon after the fall of Naples. He was Viceroy of Valencia (1526-1540), where he established a lively court which promoted theatre and music, by right of his first wife, aunt of Emperor Karl V, GERMAINE de Foix, widow firstly of don FERNANDO II “el Católico” King of Aragon and secondly of JOHANN Markgraf von Brandenburg-Ansbach, daughter of JEAN V de Foix-Grailly Vicomte de Narbonne Comte d’Etampes & his wife Marie d’Orléans. As viceroys they were renowned for their patronage of artistic and literary works.
- GIULIA of Naples (1492-Valencia 10 Mar 1542). Married in Ferrara 29 Apr 1533 GIAN GIORGIO SEBASTIANO, Marchese di Monferrato, son of BONIFACIO IV Paleologo, Marchese di Monferrato & his wife Maria Branković.
- Isabella d’Aragona (d. 1550).
- Alfonso d’Aragona (1499-1515).
- Cesare d’Aragona (1501-1519).
Their daughter Maria de ARAGON (1503 – 1568) married her cousin Alfonso d’ AVALOS (1502-1546), Marchese del Vasto, son of Indico del Vasto and Laura Sanseverino. He commanded the advanced guard at the battle of Pavia, and took part in almost every battle between the French and Imperialists, and went with the Emperor to Tunis in 1535, was a liberal patron of letters and arts, and was very popular as Governor of Milan. He was a noted gallant and a great dandy. Brantôme writes of him–”qu’il était si dameret qu’il parfumait jusqu’aux selles de ses chevaux. Alfonso d’Avalos (1502-1546) led pivotal military campaigns against France and Turkey, eventually ruling Milan and serving as commander general of Italy under the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. raised in the lively, intellectual court of Naples, which included his aunt, the poet Vittoria Colonna, Avalos also became a leading patron of High Renaissance literary and artistic culture.
b.4. John of Naples, GIOVANNI of Naples (1456- 1485). Abbot of Ceva and Montecassino 1471, Archbishop of Taranto 10 Dec 1477, Cardinal 1478.
b.5. Beatrice of Naples (1457 – 1508), was Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, wife of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary. She introduced the Italian Renaissance to the court of Hungary, an interest she shared with Matthew: she encouraged his work with the Bibliotheca Corviniana, build the palace Visegrád as a residence for the court, and created an Academy.
b.6. Francesco of Naples (1461-9 Nov 1486), Duke of Sant Angelo, went to Hungary with his sister Beatrice after she married king Matthias
B.4. Giovannella/Celia, Nobile Romana, married Antonio di Sanseverino, Duca di San Marco (~1396 – 1460). Their son Luca di SANSEVERINO, Principe de BISIGNANO (d.~1471). His son: Girolamo di SANSEVERINO, Principe de BISIGNANO . His children: Bernardino di SANSEVERINO, Sveva di SANSEVERINO married her cousin Belisario ACQUAVIVA d’ Aragona, Laura di SAN SEVERINO married Indico (Inigo) d’ AVALOS, Conte de MONTE ODORISIO
B.5. Maria married Antonio Acquaviva, Duca di Atri.
C. Roberto ORSINI
(d.after 1389, ~1400), Conte di Nola , Viceroy of Abruzzi, Signore di Vicovaro, Roccagiovine, Cantalupo, Nettuno, Bardella, Forino, Boiano, Saturnia, Avella, Montemerano, Atripalda e Cicala dal 1399, Nobile Romano, condottiero for queen Giovanna I d’Angiò (1327-1382), Regina di Napoli and for queen Margherita, widow of king Carlo III di Durazzo di Napoli.
Married Margherita Sanseverino, daughter of Ruggero, Conte di Tricarico, Conte di Chiaromonte
I . His natural son Pirro ORSINI (d.~ 1420), Conte di Nola, Gran Giustiziere del Regno di Napoli, Signore di Vicovaro, Cantalupo, Bardella, Roccagiovine, Avella, Forino, Boiano, Nobile Romano, Conte di Soleto Signore, di Atripalda e di Monforte
His children:
C.1. Raimondo Orsini (d. 1459), Giustiziere del Regno di Napoli, Signore di Vicovaro, Roccagiovine, Bardella, Cantalupo, Avella, Forino, Boiano, 1° Conte di Sarno e Atripalda e Signore di Palma (1426), Signore di Ottaiano e Pomigliano (1419). First Principe di Salerno e Duca di Amalfi dal 1448, investito di Ottaiano e Pomigliano nel 1419, Nobile Romano e Patrizio Napoletano. I figli naturali furono legittimati dal Re di Napoli nel 1452.
Married:
1. in 1418 Isabella Caracciolo, figlia di Francesco Caracciolo, Patrizio Napoletano, sister of Sergianni Caracciolo, Duca di Venosa, Gran Senisalco del Regno di Sicilia; favorito della regina della Regina Giovanna II d’Angiò.
Their children:
a. Anna (d.after 1471), Nobile Romana. Married her cousin Giovanni della Ratta, sixth Conte di Caserta, Alesano e Santa Agata. Their children:
- Francesco III della Ratta, Conte di Caserta, di Melissano, Frasso e Ducenta e Sant’Agata dei Got
- Caterina della Ratta, Contessa di Caserta, Sant’Agata, Melissano, Frasso e Ducenta married her cousin Cesare de Aragon, son of king Federico I de Aragon and of Isabella del BALZO (d.~1533), granddaughter of Gabriele del Balzo.
- Diana della Ratta married Gian Francesco Sanseverino, Conte di Caiazzo
b. Isabella, Nobile Romana, married Virginio Orsini, Conte di Tagliacozzo
c. Margherita, Nobile Romana. Married Francesco Maria Torelli, Signore di Rignano, di Guastalla
d. Orsina, Nobile Romana, married COLA DI MONFORTE (Niccolò di Monforte, Cola Gambatesa, il conte Cola)(1415-1478) Di Napoli, Conte di Campobasso e di Termoli. Signore di Campobasso, Gambatesa, Serracapriola e di Commercy. Their children:
- Angelo di Monforte
- Giovanni di Monforte
- Margherita di Monforte, married Giovanni, Signore di Celenza, Patrizio Napoletano, Cameriere d’Onore e Consigliere Segreto del Re di Napoli (d.after 1489). Their son Carlo, Signore di Celenza, Patrizio Napoletano (d.before 1545). His son Giampaolo, Signore di Celenza, Patrizio Napoletano, Maestro di Campo delle Armate di S.M. Cattolica
e. Rosalia, Nobile Romana, monaca “suor Francesca” nel monastero dell’Annunziata di Nola professa dall’8-10-1403,
f. Brigida, Nobile Romana, monaca nel monastero dell’Annunziata di Nola.
2. in 1436 Eleonora d’Aragona, daughter of Jaime (Giacomo), Conte di Urgell and of Isabella, Infanta d’Aragona (1414-1438), heiress of dukedom of Amalfi. Children: Pietro and Giovanni Orsini.
His natural children:
a. Giordano Orsini (d.after 1462), Conte di Atripalda.
b. Daniel Orsini (d. after 1462), Duca di Amalfi, Conte di Sarno.
c. Ferrante or Felice (d. after 1474), count of Nola, Principe di Salerno.
C.2. His daughter Giovanella ORSINI (~1400 -~ 1426) married her cousin Giacomo CAETANI (~1380-~1433), signore di Sermonetta, Bassiano, Ninfa e Norma, Vicerè dell’Abruzzo dal 21-7-1421, Consignore di Trevi dal 21-3-1424. Their children:
I. Onorato GAETANI, Patrizio Napoletano, Signore di SERMONETTA (~1419 -~ 1479), Bassiano, Ninfa e Norma, Protonotario e Logoteta del Regno di Napoli, condottiero. Married Caterina Orsini, daughter of Francesco di Giovanni Orsini, Duca di Gravina, Conte di Nerola, di Conversano, di Terlizzi e di Campagna
Their children:
- Guglielmo Gaetani, Duca di Sermoneta (1475 – 1519). His daughter Ersilia Gaetani (b.~ 1495) married Gianfrancesco Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano (d. Roma 1567) son of Lodovico Luigi Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano ( 1475- 1534)
- Giovanella CAETANI married at Ischia Pier Luigi FARNESE (d. ~ 1487), Signore di Capodimonte, di Montalto.
Their children:
a. Bartolomeo FARNESE (Seigneur de MONTALTO), ancestor of Pope Innocent XIII (Michelangelo CONTI)
b. Alessandro FARNESE, Pope Paul III (1468 - 1549). Alessandro’s humanist education was at the University of Pisa and the court of Lorenzo de’ Medici.
His son Pier Luigi FARNESE, 1st Duke of PARMA, Piacenza and Castro (1503 – 1547) married Gerolama ORSINI (~ 1570), great granddaughter of Guido Orsini, daughter of Luigi Orsini and his wife and first cousin Giulia Conti, paternal granddaughter of the 6th Counts of Pitigliano. Their children:
b1. Alessandro Farnese (1520 – 1589), an Italian cardinal and diplomat and a great collector and patron of the arts. Bishop of Massa in 1538, Archbishop of Tours in 1553, and Bishop of Cahors; Archbishop of Benevento, and Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia and Velletri and Dean of the College of Cardinals in 1580. A Papal Legate, arranging peace between the perpetually warring Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and Francis I of France. Throughout his life, he was very zealous in favor of the poor and the orphans. He was a decided supporter of the reforms of the Council of Trent, in which he participated. He was a patron of literature, science, and art, especially ecclesiastical.
His only daughter Clelia, married firstly Giangiorgio Cesarini, Marchese of Civitanova, and secondly Marco Pio di Savoia, Lord of Sassuolo, friend of poet Torquato Tasso.
b2. Vittoria FARNESE (1521 -1602) married Guidobaldo della ROVERE (1514-1574). Their children:
- Francesco Maria II della ROVERE, Duke of URBINO married Lucrezia d’ ESTE, granddaughter of Alfonso d’Este (brother of Isabella d’Este) and Lucrezia Borgia. Ancestor of Cosimo III de Medici.
- Lavinia Feltria della ROVERE (1558 -1632) married Alfonso Felice Principe d’ AVALOS (~1564-~ 1593), great grandson of Isabella d’Este.
b3. Ottavio FARNESE, 2nd Duke of PARMA, Knight of Golden Fleece, duke of Piacenza from 1547 and Duke of Castro from 1545 until his death. (1524 – 1586) married Margarete von HABSBURG ( 1522 -1586), illegitimate daughter of Charles V von Habsburg, Holy Roman Emperor.. Their son Alexandre FARNESE de PARMA (~1545 -~ 1592) married Maria de PORTUGAL-GUIMARAES. Their son Rainatius (Ranuccio) I FARNESE, Duke of PARMA (~1569 -~1622).
His illegitimate children:
- Violante FARNESE married Torquato Conti. Their son Lotario CONTI is the grandfather of Pope Innocent XIII (Michelangelo CONTI)
- Ersilia Franese (1565-1596), married Renato Borromeo, Conte di Arona
His daughter Constanza married her cousin Bosio II Sforza of Santa Fiora, descendant of Bosio I Sforza (Conte di Cotignola dal 1424, condottiero al servizio del fratello Francesco I, della Chiesa, di Firenze e di Siena, Governatore di Orvieto, uncle of Ludovico Sforza il Moro) and of Cecilia Aldobrandeschi 6° Contessa di Santa Fiora, figlia ed erede di Guido 5° Conte di Santa Fiora, son of Federico I (d.1535), 8° Conte di Santa Fiora e Conte di Cotignola e Signore di Menconico Cella; Signore di Varzi e Castell’Arquato investito nel X-1527; generale veneziano e milanese, Senatore di Milano nel 1522 per privilegio del Duca di Milano and of Bartolomea (Diana ?) Orsini, daughter of Niccolò II, Conte di Pitigliano e Nola and of Elena Conti.
Their children:
- Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora (1518 – 1564) was an Italian cardinal, Bishop of Montefiascone e Corneto, nowadays Diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino
- Alessandro SFORZA (1534-1581), magister. Papal chaplain. Scriptor of apostolic letters. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, January 12, 1554. Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, Rome, April 18, 1554, legate in the entire State of the Church, in addition to his legation in Bologna, to eradicate the banditism, July 11, 1580.
- Francesco Sforza
- Sforza Sforza
b4. Ranuccio Farnese (1530 -1565), Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Messina, Sicily from 1545 to his death in 1565. Administrator of the archdiocese of Naples, twice the titular Latin Patriarch of Constantinople, patron to Federico Commandino, an important translator of ancient Greek mathematical works.
b5. Illegitimate Orazio, duke of Castro who married Diane de France, Duchesse d’Angoulême, illegitimate daughter of Henry II de France.
C 3. Sveva (d. after 1433), Nobile Romana, married as her second husband Stefano Colonna, Signore di Palestrina
C.4. Illegitimate daughter Orsina, a nun
D. Beatrice (b.1352/1355), Nobile Romana, married Luigi Antonio della Ratta, third Conte di Caserta
II. His natural daughter Sancia married Giannotto Stendardo, Conte di Alife
III. His natural son Algiasio or Eleazaro (d. after 1428), Gran Cancelliere del Regno di Napoli dal 1421, Consigliere e Collaterale di Giovanna II Regina di Napoli, Conte di Nicastro (?). married Verdella daughter of Floridasio Latro, Patrizio Napoletano
II. Anastasia ORSINI
married Giordano ORSINI de MONTEROTONDO.
A. Their son Francesco ORSINI, Signore de MONTE ROTONDO, Signore di San Polo, Collevecchio, Stimigliano, Selce e Isola (d. aft. 1404). Senatore di Roma nel 2° semestre del 1355, Conservatore di Siena nel 1361, Comandante delle truppe senesi nel 1363 e di quelle fiorentine nel 1370, deputato alla custodia di Perugia nel 1371 married Costanza Annibaldeschi His son Orso ORSINI, Signore di Monterotondo, Stimigliano, Collevecchio e San Polo e Nobile Romano; Generale dei sovrani di Napoli dal 1414 (d. 1424) married Lucrezia d’Aldobrandino CONTI. Their children:
- Lorenzo ORSINI, Signore di Monterotondo (d. abt. 1452) married his cousin Clarissa ORSINI. Their children:
- Giustiniana ORSINI married Raimondo ORSINI (Duca di Gravina). Their son Francesco Orsini, duca di Gravina married Maria Todeschini PICCOLOMINI. Their son Fernando ORSINI (Duca di GRAVINA), (~1478 -1549) married Maria CASTRIOTA Scanderbegh.
b. Giacomo ORSINI di Monterotondo (~1431- aft. 1482) Signore di Monterondo, San Polo, Stimigliano, Collevecchio e Fianello e Nobile Romano; Vicario di Cisignano nel 1448, Commissario pontificio per ricevere il castello di Calve a nome della Chiesa; generale al servizio papale, poi nel 1482 al servizio di Venezia.
Married his cousin Maddalena ORSINI, daughter of Girolama Paola Orsini. Their children:
1. Orso ORSINI, Signore di Monterotondo, San Polo, Stimigliano, Collevecchio e Fianello e Nobile Romano; Conte di San Valentino dal 15-12-1485 (rinuncia a favore del figlio nel 1498), condottiero al servizio del Re di Napoli, di Firenze e della Chiesa. Married Costanza SAVELLI. Their children:
- Francesco (Franciotto) ORSINI, Signore di Monterotondo (1473 – 1534), Cardinal (from 1517), San Polo, Stimigliano, Collevecchio e Fianello (feudi confermati dal Papa nel 1517), Conte di San Valentino, e Nobile Romano; Cardinale dal 1-7-1517 Arciprete di San Pietro in Vaticano, Protonotario Apostolico, Vescovo del Fréjus dal 1524, Amministratore perpetuo della diocesi di Rimini
- Annibale Nobile Romano, Cavaliere dell’Ordine di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme dal 1-11-1514, Arciprete di Santa Maddalena di Monterotondo.
2. Clarissa (Clarice) ORSINI (1453 – 1488) married Lorenzo de MEDICI (1449 - 1492) (her dower was 6.000 fiorini)
3. Rinaldo (d. 1510), Consignore di Monterotondo, Nobile Romano; Subdiacono dal 1459, Canonico della Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano dal 1460, Proposto di Santa Maria di Valle presso Castel Rosciolo dal 1461, Priore commendatario del monastero della Vergine di Valfabbrica dal 1462, Arcivescovo di Firenze 1474/1508 (rinuncia), Arcivescovo titolare di Cesarea dal 1508.
Descendents of Clarissa Orsini and Lorenzo Medici
- Piero de MEDICI (1471 – 1503) Gran maestro of Florence from 1492 until his exile in 1494. .Married Alfonsina ORSINI, daughter of Roberto Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo and Caterina Sanseverino. His children:
- Lorenzo II de MEDICI, duca di URBINO (~1492 -~1519) married Madeleine de la TOUR D’AUVERGNE (d. 1519) . Their daughter Catherine de MEDICI, queen of France (1519- 1589) wife of Henry II de Valois, greatgrandson of Francis II de Dreux de Montfort, Duke of BRITTANY, descendant of Amaury de Montfort.
- Clarice de’ Medici (1493- 1528). After her brother’s premature death in 1519, she educated his daughter Catherine, the future Queen of France. In 1508 she married Filippo Strozzi the Younger (1489 – 1538) Italian condottiero and banker, the most famous member of the Florentine Strozzi family in the Renaissance. In Filippo’s house in Rome Catherine de’ Medici, the future queen of France, and Lorenzino de’ Medici were educated.Their children:
- Piero (or Pietro) Strozzi (1510 – 1558), Italian military leader, marshal of France in 1554, superintendent of the Papal army and lord of Épernay in 1556. His son, the famous Filippo di Piero Strozzi or Philippe Strozzi) (1541 – July 27, 1582). In 1564 he came on help to Emperor Maximilian II during the Ottoman invasion in Hungary, and the following year he faced again the Ottomans at the siege of Malta. From there he moved to Rome, called to counter the Turk menace in the Adriatic Sea, distinguishing himself in the defence of Ancona. He later fought also in Transilvania. In 1569 was appointed sole Colonel General (commander-in-chief of the army) of France, and subsequently took part to the long siege of La Rochelle. In 1573 foughts alongside the House of Orange against the Spaniards.
- Leone Strozzi (1515 – 1554). In 1530, Strozzi became Knight of the Order of Malta, for which he was Prior in Capua. In 1536, he was named commander of the galleys of the Order, a position he held again in 1552.
- Lorenzo Strozzi (1513 – 1571), Italian abbot and cardinal. Bishop of Béziers in 1548. He fought firmly the spread of Calvinism in Languedoc, supported by the French queen Catherine de’ Medici, who had grown up with Lorenzo after her father’s death. Archbishop of Albi (1561), archbishop of Aix-en-Provence (1562) and archbishop of Siena from 1568.
II Lucrezia de MEDICI (1470 -~ 1550) married Giacomo SALVIATI (1461 - 1533). Their children:
- Francisca SALVIATI married Octaviano de Medici, but had a liaison with her cousin Ippolito de’ MEDICI, son of Giuliano de Medici, Their son Pope Leo XI (Alessandro Ottaviano de’ MEDICI) (1535 -1605)
b. Maria SALVIATI (1499 – 1543) married Giovanni Ludovico Dei MEDICI; `des Bandes Noires’ (1498 – 1526), son of Giovanni de Medici (1467-1498) and Caterina SFORZA (1462 – 1509).
Their son Cosimo I de’ MEDICI, Grand Duke of TUSCANY, granted title Grand Duke by Pope Pius V in 1569, first to hold this title, Knight of Golden Fleece (1519 – 1574). Married :
1.first wife Eleonora ALVAREZ de TOLEDO, Marquesa de Villafranca (1522 – 1562).
2. second wife Camilla MARTELLI
His children:
- Francesco (Francis) I de MEDICI , Grand Duke of TUSCANY, (1541 – 1587) married Joanna von HABSBURG (Archduchess) of AUSTRIA (1547 – 1578) , daughter of Ferdinand I (EMPEROR of GERMANY (1503 – 1564). Their daughter Maria de MEDICI, queen and regent of FRANCE (1573 – 1642). Their daughter Eleonora de MEDICI (1565 – 1611) married Vicenzo I GONZAGA, Duke of MANTUA (1562 – 1612), ancestors of Francis III Stephen of LORRAINE and Bar aka Francois I von HABSBURG-LOTHARINGEN; Holy Roman Co- EMPEROR; Knight of Golden Fleece (Head), husband of Empress Maria Theresia de Habsburg (1708 – 1765)
- Isabella de’ MEDICI (1542 – 1576) married Paolo Giordano ORSINI, Duca de Bracciano (d.~ 1595). Ancestors of king Philippe of Belgium.
- Virginia de’ MEDICI (1568 – 1615) married Cesare d’ ESTE Duke of MODENA(1552 -1628). Their son Borso d’Este is ancestor of Victor Emmanuel III, King of ITALY
- Ferdinand I de MEDICI (1549 -1609) married Cristine de LORRAINE (1565- 1637) daughter of Claude de Valois, princess of France, daughter of king Henry II and Caterina de Medici. Their son Cosimo II de MEDICI Grand Duke of TUSCANY (1590 – 1621) married Maria Magdalena von Habsburg, granddaughter of Emperor Ferdinand I.
c. Alamanno SALVIATI (~1510 -~ 1571)
d. Luisa SALVIATI
III Maddalena de MEDICI (1473 – 1519) married Francesco CIBO, (Franceschetto); Count of ANGUILLARA (d.1519), son of Pope Innocent VIII (Giovanni Baptista CIBO) (1432 – 1492)
IV. Pope Leo X , Giovanni de’ MEDICI (1475 – 1521)
V. Giuliano de’ MEDICI, Duc de NEMOURS, Knight of the Garter ( ~1479 - 1517) married Philiberte de SAVOIE (~1498 – 1524), granddaughter of Anne de LUSIGNAN, duchess de Savoie, Princess of CYPRUS (1415 – 1462). His son Ippolito de’ MEDICI (~1510-1535). He was raised by his uncle Pope Leo X and his cousin Giulio, future Pope Clement VII. Ippolito was first archbishop of Avignon and then cardinal (1529), Papal legate to Hungary, where he evidenced a talent for soldiering. Possible child Pope Leo XI (Alessandro Ottaviano de’ MEDICI)
VI.
B. Giacomo (d. after 1423), Signore di Castel Montalto nel 1390, Signore di San Popo, Santa Maria de Monte Domnici, Turrita e Marcellino nel 1391, Signore di Nepi, Signore di metà del castello dell’Isola dal 1423; Nobile Romano. Married (con Dispensa Apostolica) 1375 Angela Savelli, figlia di Luca Signore di Albano e di Lieta da Carrara dei Signori di Padova
C. Francesca married Napoleone Orsini, Signore di Bracciano, son of Carlo d’ Orsini, Signore di Bracciano, Pacentro, Lamentana, Galeria, Fornello, Vicovaro, Campagnano, & Trevignano, Patrician of Veneto and Paola Gironima d’ Orsini, circa 1438. Their son Gentile Virginio Orsini, Signore di Bracciano & Tagliacozzo(~1440 – 1497) married Trifalda Orsini. Their son Giovanni Giordano Orsini, Signore di Bracciano married Felicia della Rovere, daughter of Giuliano della (Pope Julius II) Rovere. Their son Girolamo Orsini, Signore di Bracciano married Francesca Sforza, daughter of Bosio II Sforza, 4th Comte di Santa Fiore and Costanza Farnese
D. Antonia, Nobile Romana, married Orso Orsini, Conte di Manoppello, Signore di Guardia Grele e Larino
III. Giacomo (d. 1379), Nobile Romano, Protonotario Apostolico, Cardinale Diacono di San Giorgio al Velabro dal 30-5-1371, Legato a Siena nel 1376.
Guido ORSINI, Conte de PITIGLIANO, conte de Soana, Signore di Manciano, Saturnia e Sorano, Nobile Romano; Capitano Generale di Perugia nel 1342
Living after 1348
Married Agostina della GHERARDESCA, daughter of Gherardo I della Gherardesca, Conte di Donoratico & Signore of sixth of Cagliaritano from 1312, Signore sovrano di Pisa from 18-4-1317, and of Adelasia. Their children:
- Gentile ORSINI
Married Gentilina. Their daughter Nicoletta ORSINI (b.~1374) married Giovanni ORSINI, Conte di TAGLIACOZZO (b.~1370), son of Orso Orsini. Senatore di Roma nel 1347, 1350 e 1353.
Their son Giacomo ORSINI, Conte di Tagliacozzo e Albe, Signore di Scanzano, Castelvecchio, Vicovaro, Scarpa e Roccagiovine dal 1390;
(d. after 1431) married Isabella di MARZANO (b.~1349), daughter of Giacomo da Marzano, 1st Duke of Sessa, Count di Squillace and Caterina Sanseverino,.
Their children:
- Francesco Orsini, Baron of Bracciano (b.~ 1370), married Giacoma Caracciolo (b.~1374). Their son Giovanni di Orsini, Baron of Bracciano (b.~1395), Senator of Rome, married Bartolomea Spinelli (b.~ 1399), daughter of Simona della Marra. Their children:
- Carlo di Orsini, Baron of Bracciano (b.~1420 – 1445) married his cousin Paule de Orsini (b.~1424), daughter of Giacomo Orsini, Count of Tagliacozzo (b.1403 – 1477)
- Giovanni Orsini archbishop of Naples before February 13, 1400, cardinal priest of Ss. Silvestro e Martino ai Monti in the consistory of June 12, 1405; named a senator by Pope Innocent VII. Participated in the conclave of 1406, which elected Pope Gregory XII. worked for the union of the church with the pseudocardinals created by Antipope Benedict XIII. Attended the Council of Pisa. Participated in the conclave of 1409, which elected Antipope Alexander V. Administrator of the see of Pécs, September 4, 1409 until August 13, 1410. He had a considerable role in the Council of Constance, where he presided the 5th session. Participated in the conclave of 1417, which elected Pope Martin V. Named legate in France, he left Constance on April 2, 1418 with Cardinal Pietro Filargis; their mission was to try to reestablish the peace between the kings of France and England; returned to Florence on March 18, 1419. Named legate in Marche Anconitana. Named grand penitentiary toward 1419. He was absent from the curia from May 23 to September 17, 1421. On January 16, 1426, he was named legate in Hungary and Bohemia; and the following February 17, in Germany to combat the Hussite heresy; Protector of the Order of the Friars Minor (Franciscans). He was a great friend of the arts and letters, and had a rich collection of books and 254 manuscripts, which he donated to the Vatican basilica.
B. Paola Geronima (Hieronyme) Orsini (b.~1424) married her cousin Carlo ORSINI di Bracciano. Their children:
- 1. Costanza Orsini married her cousin Ulysses ORSINI. Ancestors of Pope Innocent XIII (Michelangelo CONTI)
- Latino ORSINI (d.~1474). His son Paolo Orsini is ancestor of Fulco RUFFO di CALABRIA (1801 – 1848), great grandfather of Philippe Leopold Louis Marie, Crown Prince of BELGIUM
3. Clarissa ORSINI married her cousin Lorenzo ORSINI, Signore di Monterotondo
Their daughter Giustiniana ORSINI married Raimondo ORSINI, Duca di Gravina
4. Maddalena ORSINI married her cousin Giocomo di Monterotondo ORSINI (~1431- aft. 1482). Their daughter Clarissa Orsini, wife of Lorenzo de Medici.
5. Napoleon ORSINI (d. 1480) married his cousin Francesca ORSINI, granddaughter of Francesco Orsini, son of Anastasia Orsini.
6. Roberto ORSINI , Conte di TAGLIACOZZO (d. 1476) married Violante (SANSEVERINO. Their daughters:
a. Alfonsina Orsini married Pierro II de Medici. Their son Lorenzo II de Medici married Madeleine de la Tour. Their daughter Caterina de Medici, queen of France.
b. Trifalda Orsini married her cousin Gentile ORSINI, Signore di Bracciano. Ancestors of Louis Philippe, last king of France.
7. Bartholomea ORSINI married her cousin Aldobrandino ORSINI (d.1472). Their son Nicola ORSINI, Conte di Pitigliano (1442 – 1516)
C. Giannantonio (d. 1456), Conte di Tagliacozzo e Albe, Barone di Cerbara, Signore di Paterno e Nobile Romano, Prefetto di Roma nel 1456; His daughter Maria, Nobile Romana. Married Diofebo, Conte dell’Anguillara, Signore di Ceri, Anguillara Sabazia, Vico, Caprarola, Capranica, Vetralla, Ceri, Carbognano e Ronciglione (d. 1463).
D. Rinaldo (d. 1450), Nobile Romano, generale senese nel 1442, Signore di Piombino e dell’Isola d’Elba associato alla seconda moglie.
II. Aldobrandino ORSINI,
Conte di Pitigliano e Soana, Signore di Sorano, Manciano e Montemerano e Nobile Romano;
(~1340-1384) married Marsobilia (Mabilia) Caetani, daughter of Conte Palatino Benedetto Gaetani (b.after 1319 – between 2-1340/5-1342), Signore di Pofi e Trevi nel 1333, Sesse, Signore di Anagni.
Their children:
A. Bertholdo Orsini (d.~1417), Conte di Pitigliano e di Nola, Signore di Sorano, Manciano, Soana, Orbetello, Saturnia e Monteacuto; Signore di Ansedonia, Port’Ercole, Isola del Giglio e Giannutri, Orbetello, Monte Argentario ecc. (rinnova l’investitura del 1358 con atto del 15-6-1401) e
Nobile Romano; Vicario di Canino dal 1398, Custode del Concilio di Costanza dal 5-11-1414 (the 15th ecumenical council recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418)
Married Agnessa dell’ Anguillara, daughter of Pietro, Conte dell’Anguillara e Nobile Romano. Their children:
A.1. Guido Orsini (d.after 1430), Nobile romano, renounced at his rights after marrying a woman without a nobiliar title. His children Parente (d. after 1460), Troilo, Penelope (d. in 1465), mistress of his cousin
Aldobrandino.
A.2. Specolina ORSINI married Ulysses ORSINI, signore di Mugnano. Their son Matteo Orsini. His son Ulysses Orsini married his cousin Costanza Orsini. Ancestor of Pope Innocent XIII (Michelangelo CONTI)
A.3. Niccolo I Orsini, (d. after 1-2-1425), Conte di Pitigliano, Signore di Sorano, Manciano, Monte Argentario, Orbetello, Port’Ercole, Saturnia, Isola del Giglio, Giannutri, Monteacuto, Marsigliana, Tricosta,
Montalto, Cabalbio, Serpenna e di Ansedonia e Nobile Romano;
married his cousin Luigia Orsini, daughter of Giulio, Conte di Soana, or a daughter of Guidone, Conte dell’Anguillara
Their children:
1. Orsina ORSINI di Soana married Salvatore COLONNA (d. ~. 1431). Their son Niccolo COLONNA. His son Pierfrancesco COLONNA married Laura di Somma, granddaughter of Lorenzo Onofre COLONNA., Conte d’ ALBA
2. Aldobrandino ORSINI (~1420 – 1472), conte di Pitigliano, Signore di Sorano, Manciano, Saturnia e Montemerano e Nobile Romano, condottiero al servizio del Re di Napoli e di Siena;
Married his cousin Bartholomea Orsini (b~1410), daughter Carlo Orsini (son of Giovanni Orsini and Bartolomea Spinelli), Signore de Bracciano and of Paola Geronima Orsini dei Conti di Tagliacozzo (daughter of Giacomo Orsini and Isabella di Marzano)
Their children:
2.1. Niccolo II Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano (1442 -1510), 6th Count of Pitigliano, count of Nola from 1485, Nobile romano, one of the major condottieri of the time. Niccolò di Aldobrandino de’ Orsini, Count-Palatine of Pitigliano and Soana, Lord of Fiano, Morlupo and Filacciano, Count of Nola, Lord of Avella, Boiano, Ottaviano, Cicala, Palma di Campagnia and Montefortino Irpino, Ghedi with Leno, Castelletto, Malpaga and Montirone)
Married Elena dei Conti de Montalcino. They children:
a. Bartolomea (Diana ) Orsini Conti married Federico I Sforza (d.~ 1535), 3° Conte di Santa Fiora e Conte di Cotignola e Signore di Menconico Cella; Signore di Varzi e Castell’Arquato investito nel X-1527; generale veneziano e milanese, Senatore di Milano nel 1522 per privilegio del Duca di Milano. Grandson of Bosio I Sforza, brother of Francesco Sforza, duke of Milan.
b. Francesca (1469-1562), who married Don Sigismondo Carafa, Prince of Aliano in 1500
c. Ludovico Luigi Orsini (~1475- 1534), Count of Pitigliano, married Giulia Conti. His Children:
c1. Enrico (d. 1528) took part to the Italian Wars at the service of both France and Spain, often changing side with the typical ease of the Italian military leaders of the time.
c.2. Geronima (Girolama) married Pier Luigi Farnese (1503-1547), duke of Parma, illegitimate son of Pope Paul III. Their children:
- Alessandro Farnese, cardinale, Archeveque de Avignon et de Monreal (1520 -1589)
- Vittoria Farnese (b.1521) married Guidobaldo II della Rovere, duca di Urbino
- Ottavio Farnese, duca di Parma, Camerino e Piacenza (b.1524) married Margarethe von Habsburg, daughter of Karl V, Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, rey de España and of his mistress Johanna von der Gheest
- Orazio Farnese, duca di Castro (b.1532) married Diane d’ Angoulême, duchesse de Châtellerault et d’ Angoulême, illegitimate daughter of king Henry II of France.
- Ranuccio Cardinal Farnese, Arcbishop di Napoli
c.3. Marzia married Gian Giacomo Medici of Marignano, an important general of the Spanish army.
c.4. Gianfrancesco Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano married Ersilia Gaetani. Their children:
- Nicola Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano (1510 – 1594) married Livia Orsini di Nerola.
- Virginia Orsini married Antonello Savelli, Signore di Albano (1511 -1547)
- Ippolita Orsini married Giovanni Conti Signore di Roccagorga
His second marriage to Rosata Agostini, their son Orso Orsini (d. 1576)
d. Gentile Orsini married Caterina de Aragon. Their children:
d.1. Arrigo Orsini, Duca di Nola (d. 1528) married his cousin Maria Sanseverino, daughter of Bernardino Sanseverino, principe di Bisignano
d.2. Porzia Orsini married Ottavio Orsini di Monterotondo
d.3. Giovanna Orsini married Luigi Martino di Capua, Conte di Altavilla
e. Aldobrandino Orsini, Arcivescovo di Nicosia (d.1521)
f. Dianora Orsini married Paolo Savelli Signore di Castel Gandolfo
f. from a second marriage, Elena Maria Orsini married Prince (Shahzada) Djem Sayd (1459 Adrianople Palace -1495 Naples), Governor of Kastamonu (r1469-74) Governor of Karaman (r 1474-81), 2nd Vali Ahad from 1474, Sultan of Anatolia (28 May 1481)
2.2. Lodovico Orsini (d. 1465) married Simona Gonzaga
2.3. Gianfrancesco Orsini, bishop of Bitonto
2.4. Giacomo Ranolfo Colonna, Signore di Riofreddo married Vannozza Colonna
2.5. Orlando Orsini, bishop of Nola (d.1505)
2.6. Bernardina Orsini married Cesare Bandini.
A.4. Gentile Orsini, Conte di Nola e di Soana (d.1434) married Orsina Orsini di Tagliacozzo. Their children:
1. Orso Orsini Duca di Ascoli, Conte di Nola, Marchese di Monforte, Manfredano e di Forino (d. Viterbo 1479), fought as condottiero under the Duke of Milan and the Republic of Venice. Later he passed to the service of Ferdinand I of Naples, but, having not took part to the Barons’ conjure, was rewarded with the fiefs of Ascoli and Atripalda. He took part to the Aragonese campaign in Tuscany and was killed in the siege of Viterbo.
His children:
- Raimondo Orsini, Conte di Nola e dell’Atripalda, Duca di Ascoli (d. 1486)
- Roberto Orsini Signore di Forino e Castelnuovo
2. Agnese Orsini married Ludovico Frangipani dell Tolfa, Signore di Serino
3. N Orsini married Matteo Boffa Stendardo, Conte di Arienzo
4. Paola Orsini married Andrea di Grato Conti
Other children: Latino, Simone, Bartolomeo, Gesoffeta
A.5. Giovanna Orsini married Biordo Michelotti Signore di Orvieto e Assisi
B. Guido Orsini (d. after 1381), Nobile Romano, Consignore di Soana, nel 1371 diviene cittadino di Firenze.
His daughter Luigia ORSINI married her cousin Nicola ORSINI, Conte di Pitigliano e di Nola, son of Bertholdo Orsini and Agnese dell’Anguillara.
Their children:
1. Orsina ORSINI di Soana married Salvatore COLONNA (d. ~. 1431). Their son Niccolo COLONNA. His son Pierfrancesco COLONNA married Laura di Somma, granddaughter of Lorenzo Onofre COLONNA., Conte d’ ALBA
2. Aldobrandino ORSINI (~1420 – 1472), conte di Pitigliano, Signore di Sorano, Manciano, Saturnia e Montemerano e Nobile Romano, condottiero al servizio del Re di Napoli e di Siena;
Married his cousin Bartholomea Orsini (b~1410), daughter Carlo Orsini (son of Giovanni Orsini and Bartolomea Spinelli), Signore de Bracciano and of Paola Geronima Orsini dei Conti di Tagliacozzo (daughter of Giacomo Orsini and Isabella di Marzano)
Their children:
2.1. Niccolo II Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano (1442 -1510), 6th Count of Pitigliano, count of Nola from 1485, Nobile romano, one of the major condottieri of the time
Complete title is: Niccolò di Aldobrandino de’ Orsini, Count-Palatine of Pitigliano and Soana, Signore di Sorano, Manciano, Saturnia, Fiano, Morlupo and Filacciano, conte di Nola, Lord of Avella, Boiano, Ottaviano, Cicala, Palma di Campagnia and Montefortino Irpino, Ghedi with Leno, Castelletto, Malpaga and Montirone)
- Equipped with the reputation that comes from a famous name, the connections and dynastic links with many of the ruling families of Italy, and with their own private fief as a base, both Niccolò, and his father Aldobrandino made careers as mercenaries taking Condotte (mercenary contracts) with Florence, Siena, the Pope, and the Kingdom of Naples at various times.
- Field Marshal of the Republic of Florence in 1478
- Captain General of the Republic of Florence (Florence’s highest military rank) in 1485
- Captain General of the Church of Rome from 1485
Governatore Generale delle milizie veneziane dall’8-1495 e da questo anno in poi fu sempre al servizio di Venezia.
- celebre condottiero al servizio della Chiesa nel 1458, 1482, 1489 e 1492, di Napoli nel 1463 e 1481,
Married Elena dei Conti de Montalcino. They children:
- Bartolomea (Diana ) Orsini Conti married Federico I Sforza (d.~ 1535), 3° Conte di Santa Fiora e Conte di Cotignola e Signore di Menconico Cella; Signore di Varzi e Castell’Arquato investito nel X-1527; generale veneziano e milanese, Senatore di Milano nel 1522 per privilegio del Duca di Milano. Grandson of Bosio I Sforza, brother of Francesco Sforza, duke of Milan.
a.1. Bosio II Sforza, 9° Conte di Santa Fiora e Conte di Cotignola, Signore di Varzi e Castell’Arquato (investito nel X-1527, confermato VIII-1538), Signore di nconico Cella; investito di Cella di Bobbio nel 1525; condottiero al servizio del Duca di Milano e del Papa, Governatore di Parma dal 2-1527, comandante della guardia pontificia 1534/1535. Married Costanza Farnese illegitimate daughter of Alessandro Farnese, Pope Paul III, descendant of Roberto Orsini. Their children:
- Guido Ascanio (1518 -1564), Cardinale dal 18-12-1534 (con il titolo di San Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia, di Santa Maria in Cosmedin, di Sant’Eustacchio, di Santa Maria in Via Lata, Vescovo di Parma, Camerlengo della Chiesa, Legato di Bologna e della Romagna, Legato in Ungheria nel 1540. Elected Bishop of Montefiascone e Corneto, nowadays Diocese of Viterbo, Acquapendente, Bagnoregio, Montefiascone, Tuscania e San Martino al Monte Cimino
- Sforza (~1520 -1575), 10° Conte di Santa Fiora 1538/1555, Conte di Cotignola, Signore di Castell’Arquato e arzi; Governatore di Parma nel 1540, Capitano Generale della guardia pontificia il 25-2-1548, Governatore di Siena per conto del Granduca di Toscana nel 1554, Cavaliere dell’Ordine del Toson d’Oro dal 1559, investito di Rocca Albenga nel 1560, ambasciatore toscano a Vienna nel 1565, Spanish general and consultant for the Guvernor of the Spanish Low Countries in 1571).
- Alessandro SFORZA (1534-1581), magister, Papal chaplain, Scriptor of apostolic letters. Cleric of the Apostolic Chamber, January 12, 1554. Canon of the patriarchal Vatican basilica, Rome, April 18, 1554, legate in the entire State of the Church, in addition to his legation in Bologna, to eradicate the banditism, July 11, 1580.
- Francesca Sforza married Girolamo Orsini, duke of Bracciano, son of Giovanni Giordano Orsini and of Felicia della Rovere. Their sons Virginio and Orazio Orsini died at the battle of Lepanto. Their son Paolo Orsini, duke of Bracciano married Isabella de Medici, principesa di Toscana, daughter of Cosimo I de Medici.
- Faustina Sforza di Santa Fiora (d. 1546) married Muzio Sforza, marchese di Caravaggio (son of Violante Bentivoglio dei Signori di Bologna and of Gian Paolo Sforza Marchese di Caravaggio, Conte di Galliate
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- Mario Sforza, 5th conte di Segni married Fulvia Conti. Their son Federico Sforza, Conte di Santa Fiora, Principe di Valmontone, Duca di Segni
- Giulia Sforza di Santa Fiora
3.2. Francesca (1469-1562), who married Don Sigismondo Carafa, Prince of Aliano in 1500
b. Ludovico Luigi Orsini (~1475- 1534), Count of Pitigliano, married Giulia Conti. His Children:
b1. Enrico (d. 1528) took part to the Italian Wars at the service of both France and Spain, often changing side with the typical ease of the Italian military leaders of the time.
b.2. Geronima (Girolama) married Pier Luigi Farnese (1503-1547), duke of Parma, illegitimate son of Pope Paul III. Their children:
- Alessandro Farnese, cardinale, Archeveque de Avignon et de Monreal (1520 -1589)
- Vittoria Farnese (b.1521) married Guidobaldo II della Rovere, duca di Urbino
- Ottavio Farnese, duca di Parma, Camerino e Piacenza (b.1524) married Margarethe von Habsburg, daughter of Karl V, Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches, rey de España and of his mistress Johanna von der Gheest
- Orazio Farnese, duca di Castro (b.1532) married Diane d’ Angoulême, duchesse de Châtellerault et d’ Angoulême, illegitimate daughter of king Henry II of France.
- Ranuccio Cardinal Farnese, Arcbishop di Napoli
b.3. Marzia married Gian Giacomo Medici of Marignano, an important general of the Spanish army.
b.4. Gianfrancesco Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano married Ersilia Gaetani. Their children:
- Nicola Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano (1510 – 1594) married Livia Orsini di Nerola. Their children: Alessandro Orsini, Conte di Pitigliano (d. Roma 1604); Artemisia Orsini di Pitigliano married Giulio Cesare Colonna, Principe di Palestrina (b.~ 1570); Isabella Orsini married her cousin Jacopo Todeschini Piccolomini, di Monte Marciano
- Virginia Orsini married Antonello Savelli, Signore di Albano (1511 -1547)
- Ippolita Orsini married Giovanni Conti Signore di Roccagorga
His second marriage to Rosata Agostini, their son Orso Orsini (d. 1576)
c. Gentile Orsini married Caterina de Aragon. Their children:
c.1. Arrigo Orsini, Duca di Nola (d. 1528) married his cousin Maria Sanseverino, daughter of Bernardino Sanseverino, principe di Bisignano
c.2. Porzia Orsini married Ottavio Orsini di Monterotondo
c.3. Giovanna Orsini married Luigi Martino di Capua, Conte di Altavilla
d. Aldobrandino Orsini, Arcivescovo di Nicosia (d.1521)
e. Dianora Orsini married Paolo Savelli Signore di Castel Gandolfo
f. from a second marriage, Elena Maria Orsini married Prince (Shahzada) Djem Sayd (1459 Adrianople Palace -1495 Naples), Governor of Kastamonu (r1469-74) Governor of Karaman (r 1474-81), 2nd Vali Ahad from 1474, Sultan of Anatolia (28 May 1481) Defeated by his older half brother Bayezid at the battle of Yenishir 20 June 1481. Djem was the son of Mehmed II Sultan of Turkey (r 1448-81) and of Princess Helen Paleologos (Helene Hatun) Daughter of Demetrios Paleologos, Despot of Morea. King Ferrante I of Naples, acknowledged Djem as a Royal cousin and provided the title of Viscount to Djem’s son.
2.2. Lodovico Orsini (d. 1465) married Simona Gonzaga
2.3. Gianfrancesco Orsini, bishop of Bitonto
2.4. Giacomo Ranolfo Colonna, Signore di Riofreddo married Vannozza Colonna
2.5. Orlando Orsini, bishop of Nola (d.1505)
2.6. Bernardina Orsini married Cesare Bandini.
3. Orso Orsini (died July 5, 1479) was count of Nola and fought as condottiero under the Duke of Milan and the Republic of Venice. Later he passed to the service of Ferdinand I of Naples, but, having not took part to the Barons’ conjure, was rewarded with the fiefs of Ascoli and Atripalda. He took part to the Aragonese campaign in Tuscany and was killed in the siege of Viterbo.
C. Isabella, Nobile Romana. Married Corrado d’Alviano Signore d’Alviano
D. Costanza (d. 1436), Nobile Romana married in 1364 Ugolino Trinci, Signore di Foligno
Giovanna (Giacoma) ORSINI
Married Nicola CAETANI, Seigneur de SERMONETA (~ 1310 -~ 1348). Their son Giacomo II CAETANI, Seigneur de SERMONETA (~1338- 1423) married Sveva SANSEVERINO. Their children:
- Cristovao CAETANI, Conte de FONDI. His son Honorato CAETANI, Conte de FONDI, (d.~. 1491). His son Balthasare Caetani married (d.~ 1480) married Antonella CARACCIOLO. Their daughter Mondella CAETANI married his cousin Girolamo di SANSEVERINO, Principe de BISIGNANO. Their children:
A.1. Bernardino di SANSEVERINO, Principe de BISIGNANO (d.~1517) married Leonora (Dianora) PICCOLOMINI. Their children:
- Pietro Antonio di SANSEVERINO (d. aft. 1553) married Erina (SCANDERBERGH) CASTRIOTA
- Giovanna SANSEVERINO married Charles de ROHAN, Seigneur de GIE, Vicomte de Fronsac (d.~1528). Their children:
- Jacqueline de ROHAN (~1520 – 1587) married Francois d’ ORLEANS-LONGUEVILLE, Marquis de Rothelin, Prince de Chatel-Aillon (1513 – 1548). Their son Leonor d’ ORLEANS, Duc de LONGUEVILLE (alleged 26th Grandmaster of Priory of Sion) (1540 – 1573) married Marie de BOURBON, Duchesse d’ ESTOUTEVILLE (1539-1601), descendant from Marguerite del Balzo and Pierre de Luxembourg. Their daughter Eleonore d’ ORLEANS is ancestor of Grimaldi, Princes de Monaco
- Francois de ROHAN, Seigneur de Gie (d.~ 1559). His daughter Eleonore de ROHAN, Dame du Verger, Comtesse de Rochefort (~1539-~1583) married Louis VI de ROHAN, Prince de Guemene, Comte de Montbazon
A. 2 Sveva di SANSEVERINO married her cousin Belisario ACQUAVIVA d’ Aragona (~ 1459-1528). Their daughter Adriana ACQUAVIVA d’ Aragona married Ferrante (SCANDERBERGH) CASTRIOTA. Their daughter Erina Scanderbegh married her cousin Pietro Antonio di SANSEVERINO. Ancestor of Maximilian Joseph, Duke von/in BAYERN (1808 – 1888), father of Elisabeth (Sissy) Empress of Austria-Hungary.
A.3. Laura di SANSEVERINO married her cousin Indico d’ AVALOS, Conte de MONTE ODORISIO
- Angela CAETANI, (Inesinha) (d.~ 1443) married Giovanni TOMACELLI. Their daughter Caterina TOMACELLI married Andrea Matteo ACQUAVIVA, 2nd Duca di ATRI. Their son Giosia ACQUAVIVA, Count of TERRANO, 6th Duque d’ ATRI; (Knight of Golden Fleece) (d. 1462) . His son Giuliantonio ACQUAVIVA d’ Aragona, 7th Duque d’ ATRI ( ~ 1430 – 1481) married his cousin Caterina ORSINI, daughter of Giovanantonio Orsini.
- Giacobello (III) CAETANI, (~1355 – 1408) married Rosa d’Eboli. Their children:
- Sveva CAETANI married Lorenzo Onofre COLONNA, Conte d’ ALBA (d.~. 1423). Their children:
- Anna COLONNA married her cousin Giovannantonio Orsini
- Eduardo COLONNA (d. ~1503) his son Fabrizio COLONNA, Conte di Tagliacozzo (d.~ 1520)
- Antonio COLONNA (~1408 -~ 1471)
2. Giacomo CAETANI (~1380 -~ 1433) married his cousin Giovanella ORSINI. Their children:
- Onorato GAETANI, Signore di SERMONETTA (~1419 -~ 1479). His daughter Giovanella CAETANI married Pier Luigi FARNESE (d.~ 1487). Their son is Pope Paul III Alessandro FARNESE,
- Beatriz CAETANI married Bernardo Gaspar de AQUINO, Marques de PESCARA. Their daughter, Antonella d’ AQUINO, Marquesa de PESCARA (d.~ 1493) married Inigo (Knight of the Garter) d’ AVALOS, Conte de MONTE ODORISIO. Their son Indico d’ AVALOS, Conte de MONTE ODORISIO (~1467-1503) married his cousin Laura di SANSEVERINO
