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Virginio Orsini
Gentile Virginio Orsini (circa 1434 - 8 January 1497) was a Renaissance Roman aristocrat and vassal of the papal throne and the Kingdom of Naples, mainly remembered as the powerful head of the Orsini family during its feud with Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia). His most celebrated dignity was that of the Lord of Bracciano, but during his lifetime he bore many titles, among which Count of Tagliacozzo, Vicovocaro and Anguillara, Lord of Cerveteri, Knight of the Order of Emellino (1463), Constable of the Kingdom of Naples and Gonfalonier of the Roman Church.
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