The Prince · Character

Vitellozzo Vitelli

Condottiero betrayed and strangled by Cesare Borgia at Senigallia.

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Also known as Vitellozzo, Vitelli, Valentino nello ammazzare Vitellozzo Vitelli

First appearance: VII: Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune

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Member of the Orsini faction; reconciled with Borgia and later killed at Sinigalia.

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In VII: Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune: Member of the Orsini faction; reconciled with Borgia and later killed at Sinigalia. Later, in VIII: Concerning…

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