Olimpia Giustiniani was an Italian noblewoman of the houses of Giustiniani and Barberini.
Background
She was the granddaughter of Olimpia Maidalchini, grand-niece of Pope Innocent X and wife of Maffeo Barberini, Prince of Palestrina. Guistiniani was born on May 18, 1641 at the Palazzo Pamphili to Andrea Giustiniani and Anna Maria Flaminia Pamphili, of the powerful Giustiniani and Pamphili families. Olimpia Guistiniani was married in 1653 to Maffeo Barberini, son of Taddeo Barberini (who died in exile in Paris), future Prince of Palestrina and heir to the Barberini estate.
Career
Marriage Issue Maffeo Barberini and Olimpia Giustiniani had five children: Costanza Barberini (1655–1687), married duke Francesco Caetani of Caserta in 1680 Camilla Barberini (1657–1740), married count Carlo Borromeo-Arese in 1689 Francesco Barberini (1662–1738), cardinal from 1690 Urbano Barberini (1664–1722), who would inherit the titles of his father in 1685 Taddeo Barberini (1666–1702), married Maria Teresa Muti in 1701 but died childless.