Fabio Orsini

Fabio Orsini (1476-29 December 1504) was an Italian condottiero and lord of Mentana.[1] He was son of Paolo Orsini,[2] who was murdered in 1503 by Cesare Borgia.[3]

Fabio Orsini
Coat of arms
Born1476
Rome, Italy
DiedDecember 29, 1504(1504-12-29) (aged 27–28)
Garigliano
Noble familyOrsini
FatherPaolo Orsini
OccupationCondottiero, mercenary and warrior

Cesare Borgia apprehended Vitellozzo Vitelli and Paolo Orsini, so Fabio fled when he saw the arrest of them.[4] On August 23, Ludovico of Pitigliano and Fabio Orsini came with 400 horse and 500 foot soldiers.[5] The alliance between the Borgia and the Colonna saved Caesar from, and on August 24 Ludovico was yielded and Fabio dismayed.[6]

At nineteen, he became a mercenary and brave and ruthless warrior, fighting many battles and dying of a head wound on 29 December 1503 during the battle of Garigliano.[7]

References

  1. "FABIO ORSINI Signore di Mentana". Condottieri di Ventura (in Italian). 27 November 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
  2. Viator. Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. 4. Los Angeles: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520023925.
  3. Machiavelli, Niccolo (28 October 1988). Skinner, Quentin (ed.). Machiavelli: The Prince. Translated by Price, Russell. Cambridge University Press. p. 131. ISBN 9780521349932.
  4. Burchard, John (29 January 2018). Pope Alexander VI and his Court. Ozymandias Press. p. 93. ISBN 1531267653.
  5. Gregorovius 2010, p. 5.
  6. Gregorovius 2010, p. 6.
  7. Abramov-van Rijk, Elena (2009). Parlar Cantando: The Practice of Reciting Verses in Italy from 1300 to 1600. Peter Lang. p. 154. ISBN 9783039116706.

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