Napoleone Orsini was an Italian

Italy

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 condottiero.

The son of Orso Orsini of Bracciano, he fought for Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV

Pope Eugene IV , born Gabriele Condulmer, was pope from March 3, 1431, to his death.-Biography:He was born in Venice to a rich merchant family, a Correr on his mother's side. Condulmer entered the Order of Saint Augustine at the monastery of St. George in his native city...

 against Francesco Sforza in 1443. Later, in the 1450s, he flanked Ferdinand of Aragon

Ferdinand I of Naples

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 in the struggle between the Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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 and the Duchy of Milan

Duchy of Milan

The Duchy of Milan , was created on the 1st of may 1395, when Gian Galeazzo Visconti, Lord of Milan, purchased a diploma for 100,000 Florins from King Wenceslaus. It was this diploma that installed, Gian Galeazzo as Duke of Milan and Count of Pavia...

. Subsequently Orsini fought against the rival baronal families of the Colonna and the Anguillara

Anguillara

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 in the Lazio.

In 1461, as Papal

Papal States

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 commander for Pope Pius II

Pope Pius II

Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini was Pope from August 19, 1458 until his death in 1464. Pius II was born at Corsignano in the Sienese territory of a noble but decayed family...

 he defeated Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, who was moving to enter the Kingdom of Naples

Kingdom of Naples

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, at Mondolfo

Mondolfo

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, in the Abruzzo

Abruzzo

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. The following year he was appointe commander-in-chief of the Papal Army and warred against Roberto Malatesta

Roberto Malatesta

Roberto Malatesta was an Italian condottiero and lord of Rimini, a member of the House of Malatesta.-Biography:...

, lord of Rimini

Rimini

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, being wounded in the course of the campaign.

Orsini did not take part in any relevant military feat thenceforth.

External links

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