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The House of Piccolomini (pronounced [pikkoˈlɔːmini]) is the name of an Italian noble family, Patricians of Siena, who were prominent from the beginning of the 13th century until the 18th century. [3] The family achieved the recognized titles of Pope of the Catholic Church, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, Grandee of Spain, and Duke of Amalfi
Francesco Todeschini-Piccolomini, a member of the House of Piccolomini was born in Sarteano [3] on 9 May 1439, [4] as the fourth child of Nanno Todeschini [5] and Laudomia Piccolomini, the sister of Pope Pius II. Francesco was received as a boy into the household of Aeneas Silvius who permitted him to assume the name and arms of the Piccolomini ...
Alfonso II Piccolomini (10 March 1499 – 17 February 1559) was a Neapolitan nobleman and military leader who held the office of Duke of Amalfi throughout his life. He belonged to the Sienese Piccolomini family and served as imperial governor of the Republic of Siena from 1529 until 1541.
The house of Piccolomini was a Sienese family that had seen two of its members elected to the papal throne (Popes Pius II and Pius III). Piccolomini received a military education as a young boy and became a tercio pikeman for the Crown of Spain at the age of almost seventeen. [1] 1618 saw the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War.
The title of Duke of Amalfi was reestablished as a Spanish dukedom in 1642 by King Philip IV of Spain for Ottavio Piccolomini, an Imperial field marshal. Of noble Tuscan descent, two popes were scions of the Piccolomini family, and the first duke's younger brother, Ascanio II Piccolomini , served as archbishop of Siena from 1628 until 1671.
Antonio Piccolomini was the son of Andrea Piccolomini, of the lords of Modanella, in the same branch of the Piccolomini family as Pope Pius II. [3] He was ordained a priest in the Order of Saint Benedict. [2] He was appointed abbot of the Camaldolese monastery of S. Vigilio in Siena, which was under the patronage of the Piccolomini family. [4]