# Vitellozzo Vitelli — The Prince character guide

> Vitellozzo Vitelli in The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0013-vii-concerning-new-principalities-which-are-acquired-either-by-the-arms-of-others-or-by-good-fortune

## Who they are

Condottiero betrayed and strangled by Cesare Borgia at Senigallia.

## In the story

### [VII: Concerning New Principalities Which Are Acquired Either by the Arms of Others or by Good Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/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.

### [VIII: Concerning Those Who Have Obtained a Principality by Wickedness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_prince_se/chapters/viii-concerning-those-who-have-obtained-a-principality-by-wickedness)

Brother of Pagolo, under whom Oliverotto served and with whom he was later executed.

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