Giovanni Orsini (bishop)
Giovanni Orsini or John Orsini may refer to: *John I Orsini (died 1317), count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos *John II Orsini, despot of Epirus (1323–1335) * Giovanni Orsini (died 1359), bishop of Padua *Giovanni Battista Orsini, grand master of the Hospitallers (1467–1476) *Giambattista Orsini (died 1503), cardinal See also *Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (other) *Orsini family The House of Orsini is an Italian noble family that was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and Renaissance Rome. Members of the Orsini family include five popes: Stephen II (752-757), Paul I (757-767), Celestine I ...

John I Orsini
John I Orsini ( it, Giovanni Orsini) was the count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos from 1303 or 1304 to his death in 1317. Married to an Epirote princess, John spent a decade at the Epirote court before succeeding his father, Richard Orsini, as count palatine. As a vassal of the Principality of Achaea, he was involved in its domestic affairs and especially the dynastic dispute between the '' infante'' Ferdinand of Majorca and Princess Matilda of Hainaut in 1315–16, and participated in a number of Latin campaigns against Epirus, which he aspired to rule. A year after his death, his son and heir Nicholas Orsini seized Epirus and brought it under the Orsini family's rule. Life John was the only son of Richard Orsini, Count palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos, who in turn was the son of Count Matthew Orsini and a daughter of the '' sebastokrator'' John Komnenos Doukas, ruler of Thessalonica. In 1292, he was wed to Maria, the daughter of Despot Nikephoros I Komneno ...
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John II Orsini
John II Orsini, also John Komnenos Doukas or Comnenus Ducas (Greek: Ἰωάννης Κομνηνός Δούκας, ''Iōannēs Komnēnos Doukas'', Italian: Giovanni II Orsini), was count palatine of Cephalonia from 1323 to 1324 and Despot of Epirus from 1323 to 1335. Life John was the son of Count John I Orsini of Cephalonia by Maria, a daughter of Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus by Anna Palaiologina Kantakouzene. His older brother Nicholas Orsini had made himself ruler of Epirus in 1318 by murdering their maternal uncle Thomas I Komnenos Doukas. In 1323 John murdered his brother and succeeded in both Cephalonia and Epirus. In 1324 John's Angevin overlord, John of Gravina, stopped at Cephalonia on his way to fight the Byzantines in the Peloponnese and deposed John Orsini as count of Cephalonia, annexing the island to his own domains. Deprived from his family base, John had to conclude peace with Andronikos II Palaiologos of the Byzantine Empire and was allowed t ...
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Giovanni Orsini (died 1359)
Giovanni Orsini (died June 1359) was a Roman nobleman of the Orsini family who served as the bishop of Padua from 1353 until his death. Orsini was a brother of Cardinal Rinaldo Orsini. He studied at the University of Bologna and the University of Padua, where he earned a doctorate. Prior to his election as bishop, he had been a canon of Reims, archdeacon of Brabant in the diocese of Liège and a canon of Padua Cathedral. He was also the honorary sacristan of Urgell and treasurer of Vercelli. Orsini was appointed bishop on 14 January 1353 by Pope Innocent VI while only in minor orders. He was the last in a string of largely absentee bishops, succeeding Ildebrandino Conti. He continued to work for the papal court in Avignon throughout his episcopate. He may never have visited Padua after becoming bishop. At Avignon, he was a notary, while also being an archpriest of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. He appointed vicars general to govern his diocese in his absence, each usuall ...
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Giovanni Battista Orsini
Giovanni Battista Orsini, or Jean-Baptiste des Ursins, was the 39th Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller from 1467 to 1476. References *Musée de ClunyCoat of arms of the House of Orsinis from the castle of Rodos (Rhodes)
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Giovanni Battista Giovanni Battista was a common Italian given name (see Battista for those with the surname) in the 16th-18th centuries. It refers to " ...
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Giambattista Orsini
Giambattista Orsini (died February 22, 1503) (also called Giovanni Battista Orsini or Jean-Baptiste des Ursins) was an Italian Roman Catholic cardinal. He served as papal legate to the Marches of Ancona. Biography Giambattista Orsini was born in Rome before 1450, the son of Lorenzo Orsini, ''signore'' of Monte Rotondo, and Clarice Orsini, sister of Cardinal Latino Orsini. Notable family members also include his nephews Giovanni "Leo" de Medici and Piero de Medici, and his brother-in-law Lorenzo de Medici. Giambattista Orsini was the leader of the Guelph Party, meaning that he was against the election of a Holy Roman Emperor. The Orsini's greatest rival was the Roman noble Colonna family. Little is known from his education and childhood, with the exception of the fact that his family’s upper class status certainly favored his ecclesiastical career, as he became nominated at a young age to the roles of cleric of the apostolic chamber, auditor of the Roman Sacra Rota, and canon ...
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Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (other)
Giovanni Gaetano Orsini may refer to: * Pope Nicholas III (died 1280), born Giovanni Gaetano Orsini *Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (died 1335) Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (''ca.'' 1285 - 27 August 1335), Cardinal of the Holy Roman Church from 17 December 1316 until his death, was a Roman nobleman, a nephew of Pope Nicholas III and a grandson of Matteo Rosso Orsini. He was sometimes recor ...