Paolo Orsini (actor)
Paolo Orsini may refer to: * Paolo Orsini (condottiero, born 1369) (1369–1416), Italian condottiero *Paolo Orsini (condottiero, born 1450) (1450–1503), Italian condottiero *Paolo Giordano I Orsini (1541–1585), 1st Duke of Bracciano *Paolo Giordano II Orsini Paolo Giordano II Orsini (1591–1656) was an Italian nobleman, Patron of arts, poet, and amateur painter. Biography He grew in Florence, where he attended the Medici court. On the death of his father Virginio Orsini in 1615, he inherited the ...

Paolo Orsini (condottiero, Born 1369)
Paolo Orsini (1369 – 5 August 1416) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Canino, Fiano Romano, Gallese, Olevano Romano, Orvieto, Marta, Montalto di Castro, Narni and Tuscania. He belonged to the Orsini family. He married Rita Sanguigni and with her had two children , Giampaolo and Calvinia, on whom little evidence survives. He also had an illegitimate son Francesco who also became a condottiero. Life The son of Francesco Orsini, he distinguished himself as a soldier and diplomat from his youth onwards. In the struggles between Ladislaus of Naples and Pope Innocent VII, he re-established the pope's authority over Rome in 1406 and the following year defended Innocent against Ladislaus' allies in the Colonna family and was made Captain General of the Church. During Innocent's time away from Rome, Paolo sided with Louis II of Anjou against a new assault by Ladislaus, managing to defeat him in the 1411 battle of Roccasecca. Whilst en route to the battle of Sant'Egidio against Bracc ...
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Paolo Orsini (condottiero, Born 1450)
Paolo Orsini (1450 – 18 January 1503) was an Italian condottiero in the service of the Papal States, Ferdinand I of Naples, Ferdinand of Aragon and the Republic of Florence. He was marquess of Atripalda and lord of Mentana, Palombara Sabina and Selci, Italy, Selci. Life An illegitimate son of cardinal Latino di Carlo Orsini, Latino Orsini, who belonged to the Duchy of Bracciano branch, his mother's name is unknown. The cardinal legitimised him to safeguard the family inheritance. He commanded the papal guards in 1485 when he and his cousin Virginio tried to take over Rome, but Paolo had all his goods confiscated as a result in 1496. He entered pope Alexander VI's service in 1497 and served alongside Cesare Borgia in the latter's attempt to conquer Bologna. He supported ''il Valentino'' in aiding the Duchy of Urbino who wished to return to ruling their state despite the Borgias' refusal to allow this. After capturing Senigallia the Borgia used deception to arrest the four nobleme ...
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Paolo Giordano I Orsini
Paolo Giordano Orsini (1541 – 13 November 1585) was an Italian nobleman, and the first duke of Bracciano from 1560. He was a member of the Roman family of the Orsini. Biography The son of Girolamo Orsini and Francesca Sforza, he was grandson, on his father's side, of Felice della Rovere (illegitimate daughter of Pope Julius II) and Gian Giordano Orsini and, on his mother's side, of Count Bosio Sforza and Costanza Farnese, an illegitimate daughter of Pope Paul III. On 3 September 1558 he married Isabella de' Medici, daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, at Poggio a Caiano. Paolo Giordano lived mostly in Rome and his castle at Bracciano, rather than with his wife, who stayed mostly at Florence. In 1571 he took part in the battle of Lepanto. A year later, in October 1572, he served as a general of the Spanish infantry, in a campaign that tried to reclaim the garrison of Navarino in the Peloponnese. On 16 July 1576 his wife died unexpectedly at the Medici villa o ...
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