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Rinaldo Orsini

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Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Death: July 13, 1450 (47-54)
Piombino, Province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy (peste)
Immediate Family:

Son of Giacomo Orsini, 5°conte di Tagliacozzo and Isabella Orsini
Husband of Caterina Orsini and Caterina d'Appiano
Brother of Giannantonio Orsini, 6°conte di Tagliacozzo; Paola Gironima Orsini, 6^contessa di Tagliacozzo and Angela Caetani, di Tagliacozzo

Occupation: Generale delle armate della Repubblica di Siena
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About Rinaldo Orsini

Rinaldo Orsini (died 1450) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the Orsini family.

He was the son of Jacopo Orsini. In 1426 he fought for the Pope against the Colonna family. In 1442 he was hired by the Republic of Siena, and in 1445 he became lord of Piombino and Isola d'Elba through his marriage with Caterina Appiani. In 1447, attacked by Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples, he defended it with the help of a Florentine army. He was therefore named captain of the Republic of Florence and, in 1450, moved against Alfonso's troops which were besieging Castiglione della Pescaia, but without effect. He died the same year by plague.


 F2. (ex 1°) Rinaldo (+ di peste, Piombino 13-7-1450), Nobile Romano, 

generale senese nel 1442, Signore di Piombino e dell’Isola d’Elba associato alla seconda moglie.

  1. a) = Caterina Sanseverino, figlia di Filippo Signore di Bollita e di Elisabetta d’Aquino dei Baroni di Castiglione (+ ante 1440) (vedi/see)
  2. b) = Piombino 1440 Caterina I d’Appiano Signora sovrana di Piombino e Isola d’Elba dal 1445, figlia di Gherardo Leonardo Signore di Pisa, poi di Piombino e dell’Isola d’Elba e di Paola Colonna (* Piombino 1398 + ivi 19-2-1451) (vedi/see).

dei Conti di Tagliacozzo

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Rinaldo Orsini's Timeline

1396
1396
Rome, Lazio, Italy
1450
July 13, 1450
Age 54
Piombino, Province of Livorno, Tuscany, Italy