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     Angela Orsini married Guastarano de' Paparoni Conte dell' Anguillara.¹

     Orsina Orsini married Francesco I d'Este Lord of Reggio, son of Obizzo II d'Este Markgrave d'Este, Signore di Ferrara and Giacoma Fieschi.^1,2

     Francesco I d'Este Lord of Reggio married Orsina Orsini, daughter of Bertoldo/Bertolo Orsini Senator of Rome and Filippa (?).^1,3

Francesco I d'Este Lord of Reggio died on 23 August 1312 at Ferrara, Italy (now); killed in battle.^2,3
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, 4 volumes, Marburg, 1953, 1975., W. K. Prinz von Isenburg, Reference: II 122.³

; Francesco, lord of Reggio, +k.a.Ferrara 23.8.1312; m.Orsina Orsini.²

     Giordano Orsini Cardinale Diacono di Sant'Eustacchio died in 1287.¹
      ; Cardinale Diacono di Sant'Eustacchio.¹

     Matteo Rosso Orsini Nobile Romano, Signore di Montegiordano, Senatore di Roma died after 1282.¹
      ; Matteo Rosso (+ post 1282), Nobile Romano, Signore di Montegiordano, Senatore di Roma nel 1279 (?), Capitano di guerra di Todi, Podestà di Siena nel 1281.¹

     Giovani "Giangaetano" Orsini married Stefania Rossi before 1177.^1,3,2

Giovani "Giangaetano" Orsini died after 12 April 1232.¹
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: 228
2. Papal Genealogy, The Families and Descendants of the Popes 1998, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, George L. Williams, Reference: Table IIIA.²

     Stefania Rossi married Giovani "Giangaetano" Orsini, son of Orso Orsini and Gaetana Gaetani, before 1177.^1,2,3

Stefania Rossi died after 1232.¹
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: 228.²

     Jernegan fitz Hugh (?) of Tanfield, Yorkshire married Sybil (?)¹

Jernegan fitz Hugh (?) of Tanfield, Yorkshire died circa 1183.¹

     Sybil (?) married Jernegan fitz Hugh (?) of Tanfield, Yorkshire, son of Hugo fitz Jernegan (?).¹

      ; Avice de Tanfield was the wife of Robert Marmion (d. c1242) of Winteringham, Lincolnshire. While searching the archive for Tanfield references, I found a number of notations of later Tanfields, but only one that suggests a line for Avice. John Ravilious posted information on 25 Sep 2002* in which he identified the father of Avice as Gernegan de Tanfield.

I did a Google search to see if I could find any additional leads and found several references to Gernegan and to Gernegan Fitz Hugh. I also checked DD for Tanfield citations, but found none. I then looked for Fitz Hugh and found the following on page 912:

"Filius Hugonis, Jernegan

Son of Hugh fitz Jernegan of Tanfield, Yorkshire. Married Sybil. Died a. 1183 leaving two sons, Hugh and Roger. See EYC v, 40ff."

I thought I had my man, but closer inspection raised some doubts. First, no mention is made of a daughter named Avice. Further, as Tanfield seems to have passed to the Marmions through Avice, the existence of two sons raised additional flags. Second, this Jernegan died c1183. According to John's information in his above-cited posting, Avice died aft 1283. Clearly, this Jernegan could not be the father of Avice.

However, it does seem highly likely that Avice was a descendant of this Jernegan. First, he is associated with Tanfield, the manor that passed through Avice to the Marmions. Second, he is the son of a Hugh who in turn was the son of another Jernegan. He has a son named Hugh, so it seems possible that his son might be the grandfather of Avice, and that this Hugh might have named a son Jernegan in keeping with the family tradition.

So I offer the following line as speculation in the hope someone can verify it, or prove it wrong:

1. Jernegan, a Breton (DD page 918)
2. Hugo fitz Jernegan (DD page 918)
3. Jernegan fitz Hugh (d. c1183) of Tanfield, Yorkshire married Sybil (DD page 912)
4. Hugh fitz Jernegan de Tanfield (DD page 912)
5. Jernegan fitz Hugh de Tanfield (Ravilious* and assorted websites)
6. Avice de Tanfield (d. aft 1283) married Robert Marmion (Ravilious* other postings)

Comments are welcomed.

Gordon Kirkemo.¹

; a Breton.¹

     Maud (?) married Hugh fitz Jernegan de Tanfield, son of Jernegan fitz Hugh (?) of Tanfield, Yorkshire and Sybil (?).¹

     Maud (?) was living in 1231.¹

     Orso Orsini married Gaetana Gaetani, daughter of Crescenzio Gaetani.^1,3,4

Orso Orsini died after 1207; Le van de Pas says d. 1170.^1,3
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: 228.³

     Gaetana Gaetani married Orso Orsini, son of Bobone Orsini.^1,4,2

      ; Leo van de Pas cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: 228.²

; figlia di Crescenzio Gaetani (Caetani.)¹ Gaetana Gaetani was also known as Gaetana di Gaeta.² Gaetana Gaetani was also known as Gaetana Caetani.¹

      ; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels Fürstliche Häuser , Reference: 1959 430
2. Papal Genealogy, The Families and Descendants of the Popes 1998, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, George L. Williams, Reference: Table IIIa.¹

      ; Leo van de Pas cites: Papal Genealogy, The Families and Descendants of the Popes 1998, Jefferson, North Carolina, USA, George L. Williams, Reference: Table IIIa.¹

     Napoleone Orsini Senator of Rome died between 1257 and 1262.¹
      ; Napoleone (+ post 1257/1262), Nobile Romano, Senatore di Roma 3-1244/1245, Gonfaloniere della Chiesa, Capitano del Popolo di Orvieto nel 1248. La successione dei suoi discendenti riferita ai secoli XIII e XIV è spesso incerta.¹

     Giacomo Orsini Nobile Romano, Canonico di San Pietro in Vaticano was living in 1210.¹

     Mattoe Orsini died after 1222.¹
      ; Nobile Romano, forse era Senatore di Roma.¹

      ; Nobile Romano, uomo d'armi.¹ Napoleone Orsini was living between 1189 and 1218.¹

     Giacomo Orsini died after 1200.¹
      ; Nobile Romano.¹

     Bobone Orsini died in 1170.¹
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: 228.¹

     Niccolo Orsini died between 1201 and 1220.¹
      ; Nobile Romano, Cardinale Diacono con il titolo di Santa Maria in Cosmedin dal 4/5-1192.¹

     Oddone Orsini died after 1214.¹
      ; Nobile Romano.¹

     Bobone Orsini died after 1214.¹
      ; (Parentela incerta, cugino ?) Bobone (+ post 1214), Nobile Romano, Cardinale Diacono con il titolo di San Teodoro poco dopo il 1-6-1199, Canonico di San Pietro in Vaticano.¹

     Peitro Orsini married (?) Scorgi.²

Peitro Orsini died after 27 May 1159.²
      ; Leo van de Pas cites: The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: 228.¹

     (?) Scorgi married Peitro Orsini, son of Bobone Orsini.¹

      ; Nobile Romana.¹

     Giacinto Orsini was born circa 1110; Catholic Encyclopedia says b. ca 1106.^1,2
Giacinto Orsini died on 8 January 1198 at Rome, Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale, Lazio, Italy (now).^1,2
      ; He was eighty-five on his election, and wanted to abdicate some months before he died, but was prevented from doing so by the cardinals.³

; Leo van de Pas cites: 1. The Plantagenet Ancestry Baltimore, 1975. , Lt.Col. W. H. Turton, Reference: introduction
2. Chambers's Biographical Dictionary London, 1968. , Reference: 247.³

; Pope Celestine III - (GIACINTO BOBONE): The first of the Roman Orsini to ascend the Chair of Peter, b. about 1106; d. at Rome, 8 January, 1198. He was forty-seven years a cardinal when, in his eighty-fifth year, he was elected (30 March, 1191) successor of Clement III; being only a deacon he was ordained priest (13 April) and consecrated bishop the next day, respectively Holy Saturday and Easter. The following day he anointed and crowned King Henry VI of Germany as emperor, and as empress his queen Constantia. The king was then on his way to Southern Italy to enforce against Tancred the claims of Constantia to the crown of the two Sicilies. The Roman people, however, did not permit the afore-mentioned solemnities to take place until both pope and king had aided them to satisfy their wrath against the neighbouring Tusculum. The town was levelled with the ground and abandoned to the savage vengeance of the Romans. The aged pope has been blamed for this act of cruelty, in this so unlike his predecessor Innocent II who withstood (1142) a similar passionate insistence of the Romans for the destruction of Tibur (Tivoli). The responsibility, however, rests chiefly on the emperor, whose blood-thirsty Italian career was thus becomingly inaugurated. In spite of the pope the emperor proceeded southward to make good his claims to Sicily, but was defeated and compelled to retire, leaving the empress a prisoner of Tancred, who freed her at the papal petition. The aged Celestine astonished many by his longanimity in dealing with the young and violent Henry VI who in Germany surpassed his predecessors in cruelty and oppression of the churches. The pope was also slow and cautious in threatening Henry with excommunication for his imprisonment of King Richard the Lion-Hearted whom Henry had caused to be seized (1192) by Duke Leopold of Austria, and delivered to himself, as Richard was on the way back to England, nor was the English king set free until he had paid a great ransom (£100,000). It was a violation of the law of nations that a younger and more vigorous pope would not have so long tolerated. Only in 1193 were the duke and his associates excommunicated and an attempt made to compel restitution of the ransom. Shortly after, on the death of Tancred (1194) Henry VI again crossed the Alps, resolved to finally compass the union of the German Crown with that of the Two Sicilies. Amid incredible cruelties he accomplished his purpose, defied the rights of the pope as overlord of Sicily, deceived the pope with vain promises of a crusade, and would probably have hastened by a generation the memorable conflict of Rome with his son Frederick II had not death carried off the cruel and lawless king, 28 Sept., 1197, in his thirty-sixth year, not, however, before he had induced the pope to acknowledge the aforesaid infant Frederick as King of the Two Sicilies. Celestine himself soon passed away, in the ninety-second year of his age. He showed more resolution in dealing with other princes of Europe, particularly in defence of the ecclesiastical marriage laws. He induced King Alfonso IX of Leon to abandon his project of an incestuous union with a Portuguese princess, and defended with vigour the validity of the marriage of Queen Ingeburg with Philip Augustus of France, to whom he refused a divorce, while he declared invalid the divorce accorded to Philip by the bishops of his kingdom. A serious crusade was the constant ideal of Pope Celestine; he confirmed the new military Order of Teutonic Knights (1191), and favoured greatly the Knights Templar and the Hospitallers. St. Malachy of Armagh, St. Bernward of Hildesheim, St. John Gualbert, and St. Ubaldus of Gubbio were canonized by him (See HENRY VI.)

THOMAS J. SHAHAN
Transcribed by Gerald M. Knight

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume III
Copyright © 1908 by Robert Appleton Company
Online Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. Knight
Nihil Obstat, November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor
Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.²

; Leo van de Pas shows Celestine III to be the son of Bobone Orsini; Genealogie Delle Dinastie Ialiane shows him to be the brother of this Bobone.^3,1

; Giacinto (* 1110 ca. + Roma 8-1-1198), Cardinale dal 1144, eletto Papa Celestino III il 30-3-1191, ordinato prete il 13-4-1191.¹ As of between 30 March 1191 and 8 January 1198, Giacinto Orsini was also known as Pope Celestine III.^1,3,2