The House of Orsini 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 five popes: Stephen I
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 number 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.
The Orsini Castle in Nerola.
The black nobility or black aristocracy are Roman aristocratic families who sided with the Papacy under Pope Pius IX after the army of the Kingdom of Italy led by the House of Savoy entered Rome on 20
Orsini family
…1724–1730). The family also included 34 cardinals, numerous condottieri, and other significant political and religious figures. The Orsini are part of the Black nobility who were Roman aristocratic families who supported the Popes in the governance of the Papal States. According to their own family legend, the Orsini…
Pius IX funeral escorted by the noble guard