Raimondo del Balzo Orsini di Nola (died 17 January 1406), aka Raimondello, a remarkable nobleman of the Neapolitan Kingdom. He was Count of Soleto 1382, Duke of Benevent 1385-1401, Prince of Taranto 1393-1406, Count of Lecce 1401-06, Duke of Bari.

Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples

Gonfaloner of the Holy Roman Church 1385, confirm,ed in 1399 together with principality of Taranto.

In 1384 he married Mary of Enghien (1367- 9 May 1446), Countess of Lecce, daughter and (after her brother) heiress of Count John, Lord of Nivelles, Presle, Omophita and Diskoria, and his wife Bianca del Balzo dei Duchi d'Andria. Maria di Enghieno (1367-1446) was an important feudal heiress in Southern Italy, and, in her secod marriage, became Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily and Hungary, etc. ...

Raymond was the second son of Nicola Orsini di Nola (1331-1399), 3rd Count of Nola, grand Justiciar and also Grand Chancellor of Kingdom of Naples, and his second wife Maria del Balzo (of counts of Soleto).

His grandfather was Roberto Orsini di Nola (1295-1345), 2nd Count of Nola, Grand Justiciar of Naples, and grandmother was the remarkable heiress Sveva del Balzo (born in first years of 14th century), Countess of Soleto, heiress of des Baux because of whom the family is later known as del Balzo Orsini.

His full brother Roberto was 4th Count of Nola, died 1400 and left only illegitimate issue, however natural son inherited County of Nola and became Grand Justiciar.

One of his sisters, Sveva, married Francesco del Balzo, Duke of Andria.

Raymond became the richest Italian feudal lord of his era.

Children with Mary:

1. Giannantonio (1386-1463), 2nd Prince of Taranto, Duke of Bari, Count of Lecce, Acerra, Soleto, Conversano, also 1443 count of Matera, 1453 Ugento.
2. Maria del Balzo Orsini, married Antonio Acquaviva, 2nd Duke of Atri. Apparently childless.
3. Caterina del Balzo Orsini, married Bartolomeo (aka Tristano) di Chiaramonte (de Clermont), Count of Copertino (1380- c 1432)
4.  ??? Gabriele (d 1453), Count of Ugento 1434, 1st Duke of Venosa 1441, Count of Lecce, Neapolitan General and Admiral. Married 1431 Giovanna (Ippolita) Caracciolo del Sole, daughter of Sergianni Caracciolo, Grand Seneschal of Kingdom of Sicily, and his wife Caterina Filangieri.