Innocent X
Giovanni Battista Pamphilj was pope from 1644 to 1655. He protested against the Peace of Westphalia and commissioned Bernini’s Fountain of the Four Rivers; Velázquez painted his portrait in 1650.
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Key details
Birth: 6 May 1574 Documented
Death: 7 January 1655 Documented
Role: Pope
Dynasty: Pamphilj · ES
Territories: Papal States (ES)
Recorded relationships
Sources for this profile
- Deutsche Nationalbibliothek · GND authority record · Innozenz X., Papst
- Treccani · Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
- Encyclopaedia Britannica
Biographical and contextual references in their original language. Sources and methodology.
Evidence for this profile
5 recorded claims · 3 without a claim-specific source. Context references do not by themselves verify every fact.
Dates (2/2 with a precise source)
- BirthDocumented
6 May 1574
The authority record gives the birth as 1574-05-06. - DeathDocumented
7 January 1655
The authority record gives the death as 1655-01-07.
Family and relationships (0/2 with a precise source)
- FatherPending review
Camillo Pamphilj
A precise source has not yet been added. - MotherPending review
Maria Cancellieri del Bufalo
A precise source has not yet been added.
Governments (0/1 with a precise source)
- GovernmentPending review
Pope · Papal States · 1644–1655
A precise source has not yet been added.
Biographical and contextual references (3)
Editorial history
- 2026-10-12 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-08 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-04 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-10-03 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
- 2026-09-30 · The duchy is limited to Dijon and Autun; each other fief now enters the map only under its dated ruler. John III of Namur and the Nevers/Rethel branch were added. The previous shape combined later counties and unrelated lands as if all belonged to the duchy from 1363.
- 2026-09-28 · Claim registry added; existing historical data kept. Specific sourcing remains to be reviewed.
