- Filippo I Colonna
Don Filippo I Colonna (1578 –
11 April 1639 ),duke and prince of Paliano , [Additionally Duca di Tagliacozzo, Conte di Ceccano, Marchese di Cave, Signore di Genazzano, Anticoli, Castro, Collepardo, Morulo, Piglio, Vico, Rocca di Papa, Rocca di Cave, and other "feudi".] the head of theColonna family ofRome , was hereditary Gran Connestabile at the court of Naples.A nephew of
Carlo Borromeo and grand nephew ofGian Giacomo Medici , he married Lucrezia Tomacelli, [Pietro Tomacelli had served asPope Benedict IX in Rome, 1389 to 1404.] dei signori di 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.At his death it was revealed that he had appointed his son Girolamo his heir, thus started a war of succession between Federico and Girolamo.
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