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From: Evert Dijkema <>
Subject: Re: Orsini
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 16:54:21 +0100


Henry Soszynski schreef:

> On Thu, 02 Mar 2000 15:12:32 -0800, Alex Polenov
> <> wrote:
>
> >Hi! Am I really most boring person of a day? I'm looking
> >genealogy of Orsini family.
> >
> >Thanks for help,
> >Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> Nope, I can think of many others more boring. I too am looking for
> more info on the Orsini, namely the following........
> Is Giovan Giordano who in 1511 married Felicia, the daughter of Pope
> Julius II the same as the Gian Giordano who married in 1487 Maria
> d'Aragona 1472-1513 ?
> Giovanni Gaetano Orsini (Pope Nicholas III) c1216-1280 is described as
> uncle of Cardinal Napoleone Orsini c1263-1342, can anyone show the
> exact relationship?
> Who are the parents of Giovanni Orsini +1317 Count of Cephalonia?
> Who are the parents of Giovanni Orsini fl.1353-1390 and father of
> Giacomo Orsini Count of Tagliacozza?
> TIA
> Cheers,Henry

There is a lot of stuff on the net about the genealogy of British royalty
and nobility, and also of other Western Europan countries. But there is
nothing (at least, I have not found anything) about the genealogy of the
higher Italian nobility. Unfortunately, people such as Leo van de Pas,
Paul Theroff and Brigitte Gastel, who have made such efforts to make
information on genealogy available on the net, which is highly
appreciated, have not dedicated their efforts to Italian houses, and
others haven't either. Much of it should be in Conte Pompeo Litta
"Famiglie celebre italiane", a lot of volumes, I think, but I have no
access to these.

The book "Papal Genealogy" by George L Williams has a number of charts on
the various branches of the Orsini family, concentrating on family
relations of various popes. Unfortunately, these mostly show only the main
lines of descent, no spouses and also no daughters and younger sons. Yet,
if anyone is interested, I shall be happy to scan these and send the scans
to private persons - not to the newsgroup in general, because of the "no
pictures" rule. Please let me know if you wish to receive these.

Best regards, Evert Dijkema, Amsterdam

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