Filippo II Colonna | |
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| Born | (1663-04-04)4 April 1663 |
| Died | 8 November 1714(1714-11-08) (aged 51) Rome |
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| Parent(s) | Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna Maria Mancini |
Filippo II Colonna (7 April 1663 – 8 November 1714) was an Italian nobleman of prominentColonna family. He was the 9thDuke and Prince of Paliano.
Born inRome on 7 April 1663, Filippo was the son of DonLorenzo Onofrio Colonna, hereditary GrandConstable of the Kingdom ofNaples, andMaria Mancini, a niece ofCardinal Mazarin. TheSpanish had ruled Naples since the early sixteenth century, and the Colonna were prominent servants of the Spanish crown in Italy.
In 1687, while his father served as head of theinterregnum council of Naples, Filippo was appointed commander of a company oflancers. In 1689 he succeeded his father as Grand Constable and Duke-Prince of Paliano.
As a patron of the arts, Filippo had the art gallery in thefamily's Roman palazzo refurbished. He opened the gallery in 1703. The composerGiovanni Bononcini wrote six serenatas, an oratorio and five operas while in his service from 1692 to 1697.[1] Filippo was a member of theAcademy of Arcadia, which had been established in Rome in 1690.[2]
Among his other titles, Filippo was Prince ofCastiglione, and Duke ofMarino,Miraglia andTagliacozzo. He was made a knight of theOrder of the Golden Fleece by Spanish kingCarlos II in 1679. In 1710 he became the first Colonna to be appointed hereditaryPrince Assistant to the Papal Throne.
Don Filippo married the Spanish aristocratLorenza de la Cerda in Madrid in 1681, but she died without issue in 1697. Later that year in Rome he wed his second wife, the Italian aristocrat OlimpiaPamphilj (1672–1731), by whom he had several children, including:[3]
The Prince suffered from painful bladder stones and diseased kidneys prior to his death at Rome in 1714.[4] His son Fabrizio II succeeded him in his hereditary titles. Fabrizio also commissioned a tomb for his father in the church of Sant' Andrea in the family seat ofPaliano, which was executed by the sculptorBernardino Ludovisi and installed in 1745.[5]
Through his daughter Agnese, he was a grandfather ofMarcantonio Borghese, 5th Prince of Sulmona.
