Colonna family

The Colonna were an important Roman noble family.

The name comes from the nearby to the Alban Hills Location Colonna. In the high and late Middle Ages, from the 11th to the 16th century the Colonna exercised through its many castles and large estates, among which the city of Palestrina is to call, and the great multitude of their clients a significant influence on the affairs of the Papal States and the papal elections. In the struggles between emperor and pope they usually were on the side of the Ghibellines. From her family many cardinals, generals, statesmen and scholars emerged except the Pope Martin V..

Known family members

Worldly

  • Marcantonio (1535-1584), Admiral
  • Stefano, Roman senator, born in the second half of the 13th century, Pope Boniface VIII fled to France and business 1303 its capture by French troops. Before Ludwig of Bavaria in 1327, he had as a follower of Pope John XXII. Search in Avignon refuge. In the riots of Cola di Rienzo Colonna was at the head of the enemy with this nobility and lost in these struggles life.
  • Sciarra († 1329 ), brother of Stefano, commander of Palestrina under Boniface VIII, fled, besieged by this, was seized by pirates at Anzio and chained to the rowing bench. Redeemed in Marseille, he returned with his brother Stefano and the Frenchman William of Nogaret back in 1303, opened by bribing the city of Anagni and took Bonifacius caught. In 1327 he opened the Emperor Louis of Bavaria, the gates of the capital and handed the latter in the Vatican Basilica on 17 January 1328 imperial crown, which is why he was allowed to carry a golden crown above the silver pillar of his blazon. An attempt, John XXII. to dethrone, failed; Colonna died in exile.
  • Prospero, papal commander (1452-1523), the most famous of his race, fought a long time for Charles VIII of France during its invasion of Italy in 1495, but then stepped over to the Spaniards and helped the Spanish general Gonsalvo de Cordova the French out Italy sell. In the following Italian wars of the victory at Vicenza and the incidence of the Swiss in Piedmont were his work. Captured in 1515 by the French, he broke up with 350 pounds of gold, then in command of the entire army of the allies and the French wrested Italy. The new French army under Odet de Foix, he struck at the Battle of Bicocca on 27 April 1522 and quit the campaign by the capture of Cremona and Genoa. Colonna died on December 30, 1523. Italy honored him by the surnamed Paganorum defensor et italicae gentis pater.
  • Vittoria (1490-1547), poet, wife of Fernando Francesco d' Avalos, friendship with Michelangelo

Spiritual

  • Giovanni I. († January 28, 1245 ) was 1206 Cardinal by Pope Innocent III.
  • Giacomo Colonna († August 14, 1318 ) was in 1278 by Cardinal Nicholas III.
  • Pietro ( † 1326) was in 1288 by Pope Nicholas IV Cardinal
  • Giovanni II († July 3, 1348 ) was in 1327 by Cardinal John XXII.
  • Stefano († 1378 ) was cardinal in 1378 by Pope Urban VI.
  • Agapito († October 3, 1380 ) was cardinal in 1378 by Pope Urban VI. , Was Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Brescia and Lisbon.
  • Oddo (* 1368, † February 20, 1431 ) was elected pope in 1417, only to subsequently ordained priest and bishop, and took the name of Pope Martin V.. His election to the Council of Constance ended the Great Western Schism. He was regarded as a patron of the arts and magnified by the power of his family nepotism.
  • Prospero the Elder ( † March 24, 1463 ) was in 1426 by his uncle Martin V. Cardinal.
  • Pompeo (1479-1532), Cardinal
  • Giovanni IV († September 26, 1508 ) was in 1480 by Sixtus IV, Cardinal
  • Marc Antonio the Elder ( * 1523, † March 14, 1597 ) was defeated in the conclave of 1590 the Cardinal Niccolo Sfondrati, who took the name Pope Gregory XIV.
  • Carlo ( * November 4, 1665; † July 8, 1739 ) 1706 Cardinal by Pope Clement XI.
  • Prospero (1662-1743), Cardinal
  • Marcantonio Colonna (1724-1793), Cardinal

The Lords of Colonna

  • Pietro Colonna (1078-1108), Lord of Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola and Gallicano
  • Piero Colonna ( † after 1116), whose son, Mr. Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola, Gallicano and Palestrina
  • Oddone Colonna ( † after 1151 ), whose son, Mr. Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola, Gallicano and Palestrina
  • Giordano Colonna ( † after 1188 ), whose son, Mr. Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola, Gallicano and Palestrina
  • Oddone Colonna ( † after 1280 ), whose son, Mr. Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola, Gallicano and Palestrina, Roman senator
  • Giovanni Colonna († 1293 ), whose son, Mr. Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola, Gallicano and Palestrina, Roman senator
  • Agapito Colonna († 1300 ), whose son, Mr. Colonna, Monteporzio, Zagarola, Gallicano and Palestrina, 1293 Roman senator - whose descendants: the dukes of Paliano and the Dukes of Zagarolo (see below)
  • Stefano Colonna the Elder ( † around 1349 ), whose brother, Lord of Palestrina, Roman senator - whose descendants: the dukes of Palestrina (see below)

Dukes of Paliano

  • Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna († 1423 ), Lord of Paliano etc.
  • Antonio Colonna († 1471 ), whose son, Mr. Paliano etc. Pietro Antonio Colonna, whose son
  • ODOARDO Colonna († 1485 ), 1459 1st Duca di Marsi

Dukes of Zagarolo

  • Girolamo Colonna († 1482 ), Lord of Gallicano and Zagarolo, illegitimate son of Antonio Colonna († 1471 )
  • Marcello Colonna ( † after 1526), whose son, Lord of Gallicano and Zagarolo
  • Camillo Colonna († 1558 ), whose son, 1st Duca di Zagarolo
  • Pompeo Colonna († 1584), whose son, 2nd Duke of Zagarolo
  • Marzio Colonna ( † after 1601), whose son, 3rd Duke of Zagarolo, 1st Principe di Gallicano
  • Pierfrancesco Colonna, whose son, 4th Duke of Zagarolo, 2nd Principe di Gallicano
  • Pompeo Colonna († 1676 ), whose son, 5th Duke of Zagarolo, 3rd Principe di Gallicano

The lords and princes of Palestrina

  • Stefano Colonna the Younger ( † 1347 ), son of Stefano Colonna the Elder
  • Stefanello Colonna († 1366/68 ), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Giovanni Colonna († 1413 ), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Niccolò Colonna († 1410), whose brother, Lord of Palestrina
  • Jacopo Colonna († 1431 ), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Stefano Colonna († 1433 ), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Stefano Colonna ( 1433-1482/90 ), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Francesco Colonna († 1538), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Stefano Colonna († 1548), whose son, Lord of Palestrina
  • Giulio Cesare Colonna ( † after 1571), whose son, 1571 1st Principe di Palestrina
  • Francesco Colonna († 1636), whose son, 1st Principe di Carbognano e Bassanello, Palestrina in 1630 sold to the Barberini family

The Prince of Carbognano

  • Giulio Cesare Colonna (1602-1681), whose son, 2nd Principe di Bassanello e Carbognano
  • Egidio Colonna († 1686), whose son, 3 Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassanello
  • Francesco Colonna (1684-1750), whose son, 4th Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassanello
  • Giulio Cesare Colonna (1702-1787), whose son, 5th Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassanello, Principe di Palestrina ( uxor nomine ); Cornelia Costanza Barberini ∞ Donna 4 Principessa di Palestrina
  • Urbano Barberini Colonna di Sciarra (1733-1796), whose son, 6th Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassonello,
  • Maffeo Barberini Colonna di Sciarra (1771-1849), whose son, 7 Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassonello
  • Maffeo Barberini Colonna di Sciarra (1850-1925), whose posthumous son, 8th Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassanello
  • Urbano Barberini Colonna di Sciarra (1913-1942), whose son, 9th Principe di Carbognano, Duca di Bassonello
  • Alberto Riario Sforza ( b. 1937 ), whose son, 10th Principe di Carbognano ( uxor nomine )
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