The Orsini family is an Italian noble family; it was one of the most influential princely families in medieval Italy and renaissance Rome.
Romano (1268-1327), called Romanello, was Royal Vicar of Rome in 1326, and inherited the countship of Soana [Sovana] through his marriage with Anastasia de Montfort, Countess of Nola. Sovana is a small town in southern Tuscany, Italy.