Castiglione, Giovanni Battista [alias John Baptist Castillion] (c. 1515–1598), Italian tutor, groom of the privy chamber, courtier, and poet, was from Gassino-Torinese near Turin, Italy. His father, Pietro Castiglione (c. 1490–1544), a captain in Maximillian’s army, was killed in the wars against the French and his mother is unknown. He was a cousin of ...
