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Mistress of the Vatican
this came all the greatness which successively followed [Gianbattista].
Let me add that she possessed an intellect of great value in economic
government, and she had always administered with care the possessions
of the family, with great advantage to the purse, to relieve the cares of
her brother-in-law.” 3
To Olimpia’s joy, her brother, Andrea, moved just outside Naples
and the two saw each other frequently. On September 23, 1621, Olimpia
wrote her mother that Andrea was four days into his governorship of
Aversa, a town five miles north of the city. Andrea was approximately
forty years old and well on his way to siring the ten sons and numerous
daughters he would have with two wives. Oddly, Olimpia never resented
her brother for being Sforza’s favorite or receiving all of the family
wealth; she would remain very close to him until his death.
While close to her brother, Olimpia seems to have distanced herself
from her husband. An anonymous document in the Vatican Archives
does not beat about the bush when it comes to stating that Olimpia
wore the breeches in the marriage. Olimpia, “married to Panfilio Panfilij
in the second marriage, showed such a stubborn mind that many
times . . . he was forced to tolerate her many importunities and many
insolent rebukes.” 4
Despite the marital tensions or, as some said, because of them, a
blessed event occurred. On February 21, 1622, some ten months after
arriving in Naples, Olimpia gave birth to a healthy son she called Camillo.
The Pamphili family, which had been grinding its way inexorably
toward extinction for decades, now had an heir. The proud papa
was nearly sixty and the mother thirty. With an uncle rising quickly in
the church hierarchy and a rich ambitious mother like Olimpia, the boy,
if he lived, was destined for a brilliant career. But many in Naples,
aware of the strained state of Olimpia’s marriage and her unusual closeness
to her brother-in-law, wondered if the papal nuncio himself might
be the father of the bouncing baby boy.
Shortly after the birth, Olimpia and Pamphilio returned to Viterbo
for a few months to show her mother, Vittoria, her grandson and manage
their business interests there. It is revealing that during her sojourn
in Naples, Olimpia had placed her mother, not her father, in charge of
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