Filippo Colonna, 9th Prince of Paliano
[Image:CoA fam ITA colonna.png|right|thumb|150px|Crest of the Colonna family.]
Filippo II Colonna was an Italian nobleman of prominent Colonna family. He was the 9th Duke and Prince of Paliano.
Early life
Born in Rome on 7 April 1663, Filippo was the son of Don Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna, hereditary Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples, and Maria Mancini, a niece of Cardinal Mazarin. The Spanish had ruled Naples since the early sixteenth century, and the Colonna were prominent servants of the Spanish crown in Italy.Career
In 1687, while his father served as head of the interregnum council of Naples, Filippo was appointed commander of a company of lancers. 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 the family's Roman palazzo refurbished. He opened the gallery in 1703. The composer Giovanni Bononcini wrote six serenatas, an oratorio and five operas while in his service from 1692 to 1697. Filippo was a member of the Academy of Arcadia, which had been established in Rome in 1690.
Among his other titles, Filippo was Prince of Castiglione, and Duke of Marino, Miraglia and Tagliacozzo. He was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece by Spanish king Carlos II in 1679. In 1710 he became the first Colonna to be appointed hereditary Prince Assistant to the Papal Throne.
Personal life
Don Filippo married the Spanish aristocrat Lorenza 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 Olimpia Pamphilj, by whom he had several children, including:- Lorenzo Colonna, who died young.
- Fabrizio II Colonna, who married Caterina Zefirina Salviati, a daughter of Antonio Maria Salviati, 3rd Duke of Giuliano and Maria Lucrezia Rospigliosi.
- Agnese Colonna, who married Camillo Borghese, 4th Prince of Sulmona.
- Clemente Colonna
- Anna Colonna, who married Domenico Marzio IV Carafa, 8th Duke of Maddaloni.