Who is his mother?

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Leo van de Pas

Who is his mother?

Legg inn av Leo van de Pas » 08 jun 2007 09:37:16

Romano Orsini, who died in 1350, is an ancestor of at least 31 Gateway
Ancestors. And he is most likely on a very interesting crossroad as, if we
can make sure who his mother was, he could be a descendant of Charlemagne,
Alfred the Great, Emperor Friedrich II and many more historical figures.

His father Gentile II Orsini, a Roman Senator who died in 1314, was married
four times
(1) Simonetta (source :Anton Ferrante Boschetti, Table X in Famiglie
Celebrie Italiane, published in 1930)
(2) Clarice di Ruffo (sources Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fuerstliche
Haeuser, 1959, page 543, and
(Turton, Plantagenet Ancestry page 224, here
she made out to be the mother of Romano)
(3) Jacoba (Source Anton Ferrante Boschetti, Tafel X)
(4) Cubitosa (source Anton Fedrrante Boschetti, Tafel X)

Gentile II had about ten children, but by which wives did they belong?

Douglas Richardson's _Plantagenet Ancestry_ (p. 446.) gives
"... ROMANO (or ROMANELLO) ORSINI, signore of Pitigliano, Bardella,
Cantalupo, Vicovaro, etc., Justiciar of Naples, and, in right of his
wife [Anastasia de Montfort], Count of Nola and Soano, son and heir of
Gentile Orsini, signore of Pitigliano, Bardella, Catalupo, Vicovaro,
etc., Justiciar of Naples, by Jacopa, daughter of Giovanni Pierleoni."

As a source for the Orsini family Richardson gives the no longer accessible
Sardimpex website.

In "Papal Genealogy" by George Williams, Page 22 shows only the name of
Gentile (no wives) and one son Romano.

Can anyone shine some light on this? Perhaps Turton was guilty of wishful
thinking making Clarice di Ruffo mother of Romano as her ancestry is quite
impressive.
With best wishes
Leo van de Pas
Canberra, Australia

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