Pier Francesco Orsini

Vicino Orsini
Condottiero
Duke of Bomarzo
Patron of the arts
Personal details
Born
Pier Francesco Orsini

(1523-07-04)July 4, 1523
Italy Rome, Italy
DiedJanuary 28, 1583(1583-01-28) (aged 59)
Italy Lazio, Italy
SpouseGiulia Farnese
Parents
  • Giovanni Corrado Orsini (father)
  • Clarice Orsini di Franciotto di Monterotondo (mother)
OccupationPolitician
ReligionEpicureanism
Military service
Battles/warsTreaty of Cateau-Cambrésis

Pier Francesco Orsini (4 July 1523 – 28 January 1583),[1] also called Vicino Orsini, was an Italian condottiero, patron of the arts, and duke of Bomarzo.[2] He is famous as the commissioner of the Mannerist Park of the Monsters in Bomarzo (northern Lazio).[2]

  1. ^ Mingarro 2005, p. 274, Introducción.
  2. ^ a b Mingarro 2005, p. 34, Introducción.