Orso Orsini

Whatever the relationship between Nello and Margherita, in January 1292, the Countess met with Napoleone Orsini to discuss a marriage between herself and his brother, Orsello Orsini. Her county was still threatened with invasion and this marriage would have secured her an alliance against the rebels. In early 1292, she married Orsello Orsini, and he was successful in restoring normal relations with Orvieto, renewing the vows of friendship signed before by their ancestors and Margherita’s first husband, Guy de Montfort. On the fifth of March, 1294, Osello also managed to make a treaty with Siena, which had previously desired to conquer her county. However, Margherita faced new fears and troubles when Orsello died in October 1295.