Spouse(s) Lucrezia Tomacelli Name Filippo Colonna Mother Anna Borromeo | Father Fabrizio Colonna Noble family Colonna family Died April 11, 1639 | |
Children Girolamo Colonna, Anna Colonna, Marcantonio V Colonna Grandchildren Maffeo Barberini, Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, Carlo Barberini, Lucrezia Barberini Great grandchildren Rinaldo d'Este, Urbano Barberini Similar People Girolamo Colonna, Taddeo Barberini, Lucrezia Barberini | ||
Filippo Colonna (1578 – 11 April 1639), Prince of Paliano, was an Italian nobleman, who was the head of the Colonna family of Rome and the hereditary Gran Connestabile at the court of Naples.
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Biography
He was born in Rome. A nephew of Carlo Borromeo and grand nephew of Gian Giacomo Medici, he married Lucrezia Tomacelli, of the Lords of Galatro (1576–1622) in 1597.
His rebuilding of Palazzo Colonna began the process of creating a unified structure of the assortment of medieval buildings. He realized the monumental garden entrance on Monte Cavallo. In 1639, he walked down a well known path by his home, and promptly died by slipping on a stone of sorts and splitting open his head on the rocks.
At his death it was revealed that he had appointed his second son, Girolamo, to be his heir, thus starting a war of succession between the eldest son, Federico, and Girolamo.
Issue
He had five children;