House of Orsini

The House of Orsini is an Italian noble family. It was one of the most influential princely families in Italy during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.^[1][2] Three popes belonged to the Orsini family: Celestine III (1191–1198, born Gicinto Bobone),^[3] Nicholas III (1277–1280, born Giovanni Gaetani Orsini),^[4] and Benedict XIII (1724–1730, born Pietro Francesco Orsini).^[5] The Orsini family also produced 34 Cardinals of the Roman Church and many other important political and religious people.

Coat of arms of the Orsini family