Case #2049.1

Assassination Pre-meditated Homicide Fatal Convicted

Case Description

Vittoria Accoramboni, the Duchess of Bracciano, and her brother, Marcello Accoramboni, are murdered in her private apartment in Padua. The killers had been hired by Lodovico Orsini, a cousin of the recently deceased Duke.

Outcome

Filled indicator = recorded in source; hollow = not recorded or not applicable.

Fatal

Convicted

Sentence enforced

In contumacia

Pardoned

Arbitration

Archival Sources

Reference: https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/vittoria-accoramboni_(Dizionario-Biografico)/?search=ACCORAMBONI,%20Vittoria

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Case #2049.2 · Assassination

Via: Marcello Accoramboni, Duchess of Bracciano Vittoria Corombona, Virginio Claudio

Feb. 5, 1586

Venice