Giovanni Battista Orsini

For the cardinal, died 1503, see Giambattista Orsini.

Giovanni Battista Orsini, or Jean-Baptiste des Ursins, was the 39th Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitaller from 1467 to 1476.

Tomb of Jean-Baptiste des Ursins, Rhodes. Musée de Cluny.

Image of the young 39th Grand Master of the Order of the Knights Hospitalier, 1467 - 1476, Giovanni Battista Orsini, (circa 1450 - 1503), Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery of San Salvadore Maggiore, diocese of Arezzo, since August 1477, Cardinal deacon since November 1483, participant in the conclaves of 1484 to elect Pope Innocent VIII and 1492 to elect Pope Alexander VI, but his properties were confiscated by such Pope, the father of Cesare Borgia, in January 1503, dying in prison, probably poisoned according to some pamphlets, on 22 February 1503

Coat of Arms of J.B. des Ursins, Grand-Master, on the walls of the castle at Rhodes, Greece.

References

• Musée de Cluny
• Coat of arms of the House of Orsinis from the castle of Rodos (Rhodes) who belonged to the Grand Master Giovanni Battista degli Orsini.

Preceded by Piero Raimondo Zacosta

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller 1467–1476

Succeeded by Pierre d'Aubusson