Paolo Orsini (condottiero, born 1369)

Posthumous portrait of Orsini from Giulio Roscio et al., Ritratti et elogii di capitani illvstri, Roma, 1646

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.[1] 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.[2]

  1. ^ (in Italian) Paolo Orsini in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Francesco Sansovino, De gli hvomini illvstri della casa Orsina, Venezia, 1565.