His most important and longest work is his autobiography Commentaries in 13 books, first published in 1584 by Cardinal Francesco Bandini Piccolomini, a distant relative.

For a year he accompanied the general Ottavio Piccolomini in his German campaigns as field chaplain, and in 1641, shortly after his return, he published a number of clever but exceedingly scurrilous satires on the Roman Curia and on the powerful house of the Barberini, held together by the frame story expressed in its title, Il Corriero svaligiato (" The Post-boy Robbed of his Bag ").

Della Rovere did not support the candidature of Cardinal Piccolomini of Siena, who was ( on 8 October 1503 ) consecrated under the name of Pope Pius III, but who died twenty-six days afterwards.

to the north-west at Ruminghem, opposite the French army under Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force at Zouafques ; after being joined by Imperialist reinforcements under Ottavio Piccolomini, he marched to attack La Force, and was defeated with the loss of 2, 000 men killed or captured at Zouafques.

to the north-west at Ruminghem, opposite the French army under Jacques-Nompar de Caumont, duc de la Force at Zouafques ; after being joined by Imperialist reinforcements under Ottavio Piccolomini, he marched to attack La Force, and was defeated with the loss of 2, 000 men killed or captured ( action at Zouafques, exact date unknown but around 21 June ).

Thereafter, Piccolomini served as a colonel under Feldmarschallleutnant Heinrich Holk, a Danish officer, in the battle of Lützen and other operations.

From 1632 Piccolomini started convert the castle to the baroque style under the direction of C. Lurago and G. Pieroni.

Some historians believe this might have happened instead upon his transfer from house arrest under the watch of Archbishop Ascanio Piccolomini to that of someone less favorable towards his views, near Florence.

The lordship of Senigallia was bestowed by Pius II on his nephew Antonio Piccolomini, but the people of the town in 1464 placed themselves anew under Pope Paul II, and Giacomo Piccolomini in 1472 failed in his attempt to seize the place.

He was received as a boy into the household of Aeneas Silvius, who permitted him to assume the name and arms of the Piccolomini family ( his brother Antonio being made Duke of Amalfi during the pontificate of Pius II ).

Piccolomini ( pronounced ) is the name of an Italian noble family, which was prominent in Siena from the beginning of the 13th century onwards.

* Enea Silvio Piccolomini ( papal name Pius II )

* Francesco Piccolomini ( papal name Pius III )

The Italian humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, who at one time worked at Frederick's court, described the Emperor as a person who wanted to conquer the world while remaining seated.

The king's ablest adviser, the humanist Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, who was later to be Pope Pius II, made peace with Eugene in 1442.

Later in the campaign, Thomas had problems with the Imperialist general Ottavio Piccolomini, who refused to accept orders from the Prince as a Spanish commander, arguing that his Imperialist troops were an independent force.

Later in the campaign, Thomas had problems with the Imperialist general Ottavio Piccolomini, who refused to accept orders from the Prince as a Spanish commander, arguing that his Imperialist troops were an independent force.

Ottavio Piccolomini ( November 11, 1599 – August 11, 1656 ) was an Italian general who served as Generalfeldmarschall of the Holy Roman Empire.

Poggio, like Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini ( who became Pius II ), was a great traveller, and wherever he went he brought enlightened powers of observation trained in liberal studies to bear upon the manners of the countries he visited.

Pienza was rebuilt from a village called Corsignano, which was the birthplace ( 1405 ) of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini ( Italian: Enea Silvio Piccolomini ), a Renaissance humanist born into an exiled Sienese family, who later became Pope Pius II.

Alessandro Piccolomini ( June 13, 1508 – March 12, 1579 ) was an Italian humanist and philosopher from Siena, who promoted the popularization in the vernacular of Latin and Greek scientific and philosophical treatises.

D ' Estouteville was a candidate for the papacy after the death of Pope Calixtus, but he was defeated by Cardinal Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, who became Pope Pius II.

It was the birthplace of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, Pope Pius II, in whose employ Alberti served.

Pope Pius II, born Enea Silvio Piccolomini ( Latin Aeneas Sylvius ; 18 October 1405 – 14 August 1464 ) was Pope from 19 August 1458 until his death in 1464.

Pope Pius III ( 29 May 1439 – 18 October 1503 ), born Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, was Pope from 22 September to 18 October 1503.

He was born in Siena, the nephew of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, the future Pope Pius II, by his sister Laodamia.

Cardinal Piccolomini participated in the conclave that elected Pope Paul II ( 1464 – 71 ) in 1464, but was absent when Pope Sixtus IV ( 1471 – 84 ) was elected in 1471.

In 1502 the Cardinal commissioned a library with access from an aisle of the Duomo di Siena that was intended to house the library of humanist texts assembled by his uncle and commissioned the artist Pinturicchio to fresco its vault and ten narrative panels along the walls depicting scenes from the life of Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini.

In it, Cardinal Piccolomini was elected Pope Pius III on 22 September 1503.

Üsküb was briefly occupied in 1689 by the Austrian General Eneo Piccolomini.

He and his troops did not stay for long, however, as the town was quickly engulfed by the plague, which ultimately killed Piccolomini himself in December 1689.

The Bishops of Warmia were usually Germans or Poles, although Enea Silvio Piccolomini, the later Pope Pius II, was an Italian bishop of the diocese.

According to chronicler Piccolomini, Žižka's dying wish was to have his skin used to make drums so that he might continue to lead his troops even after death.

A manuscript of the text was rediscovered in Vienna in 1442 by the Italian humanist Enea Silvio Piccolomini.

There were several fifteenth-century and early sixteenth-century humanist Popes one of whom, Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini ( Pius II ), was a prolific author and wrote a treatise on " The Education of Boys ".

Many humanists were churchmen, most notably Pope Pius II ( Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini ), Sixtus IV and Leo X, and there was often patronage of humanists by senior church figures.

On 25 January 1874 his overture Les Piccolomini was performed at a Pasdeloup concert, sandwiched between works by Bach and Beethoven.

The Tale of Two Lovers () written in 1444 was one of the bestselling books of the 15th century, even before its author, Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini, became Pope Pius II.

On behalf of Francesco Piccolomini, in 1649 Roth was assigned to the so-called Ethiopian mission to India.

It was then brought to Italy, where Enea Silvio Piccolomini, later Pope Pius II, first examined and analyzed the book.

In 1463, his fellow humanist Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini, then Pius II, gave him the purely ceremonial title of Latin Patriarch of Constantinople.