Virginio Orsini, II. duca di Bracciano

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About Virginio Orsini, II. duca di Bracciano

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Virginio Orsini (September 1572 – 9 September 1615) was the second Duke of Bracciano, member of the Orsini family and knight of the order of the Golden Fleece.

He was the son of Paolo Giordano I Orsini and Isabella de' Medici, and inherited his father's titles and fiefs after his death in 1585. In 1589 he married Flavia Peretti, a niece of Pope Sixtus V, by whom he had 11 children.[1] His son Paolo Giordano became a prince of the Holy Roman Empire through his marriage with Isabella Appiani, princess of Piombino.

Virginio Orsini was a supporter of the Earl of Essex but he did not visit England until the English court for the Christmas revels in December 1600 where he was entertained by Shakespeare's Twelfth Night and the play opens with the character of Duke Orsino saying the famous line "If music be the food of love, play on." He died in Rome in 1615.

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Virginio Orsini, II. duca di Bracciano's Timeline

1572
September 1572
1591
1591
Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1592
1592
Bracciano, Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy
1598
1598
Florence, Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy
1600
November 11, 1600
Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
1603
July 29, 1603
Firenze, Italia (Italy)
1615
September 9, 1615
Age 43
Rome, Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Rome, Lazio, Italy