Colonna is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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The House of Colonna, also known as Sciarrillo or Sciarra, is an Italian noble family, forming part of the papal nobility. It was powerful in medieval and Renaissance Rome, supplying one pope and many other church and political leaders. The family is notable for its bitter feud with the Orsini family over influence in Rome, until it was stopped by papal bull in 1511. In 1571, the heads of both families married nieces of Pope Sixtus V. Thereafter, historians recorded that "no peace had been concluded between the princes of Christendom, in which they had not been included by name".
Spinelli is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Fabrizio Colonna was an Italian condottiero, a member of the powerful Colonna family. He was the son of Edoardo Colonna and Filippa Conti.
Marcantonio II Colonna, Duke of Tagliacozzo and Duke and Prince of Paliano, was a Roman aristocrat who served as Viceroy of Sicily in the service of the Spanish Crown, general of the Spanish forces, and Captain General of the Church. He is best remembered for his part as the admiral of the Papal fleet in the Battle of Lepanto. He was "one of the most illustrious land and sea captains of the 16th century".
Paliano is a town and comune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy.
Marcantonio Colonna (1535–1584) was an Italian aristocrat who was an admiral of the Papal fleet at the Battle of Lepanto.
Anna Maria (Marie) Mancini was the third of the five Mancini sisters; nieces to Cardinal Mazarin who were brought to France to marry advantageously. Along with two of their female Martinozzi cousins, the Mancini sisters were known at the court of King Louis XIV of France as the Mazarinettes. Marie is an ancestor of Queen Paola of Belgium.
Filippo II Colonna was an Italian nobleman of prominent Colonna family. He was the 9th Duke and Prince of Paliano.
Filippo Colonna, 6th Prince of Paliano, 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.
The title Duke and Prince of Paliano is borne by the head of the elder line of the Colonna family. At times the honour has been borne by several members at once. The Princes also bear many other titles and honorifics.
Giovanni Carafa, Duke of Paliano, was a papal nephew and minor Italian prince.
Don Guido Colonna, dei principi di Paliano, noble of Rome, patrician of Naples and Venice was an Italian aristocrat, diplomat and European Commissioner.
Paolo Spinola or Pablo Spínola Doria, 3rd Marquis of the Balbases and 3rd Duke of San Severino and Sesto, was a Spanish nobleman of Italian descent and a diplomat.
Lucrezia Barberini was an Italian noblewoman and, by marriage, Duchess of Modena. Born into the Barberini family, she was the last wife of Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena.
Anna Colonna (1601–1658) was an Italian noblewoman of the Colonna and Barberini families. She was also the Princess of Paliano.
Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna (1637–1689) was an Italian nobleman of the Colonna family. He was the 8th Duke and Prince of Paliano and hereditary Grand Constable of the Kingdom of Naples. He was also a Knight of the Golden Fleece.
Marcantonio Colonna, 7th Prince of Paliano was an Italian nobleman of the Colonna family and 7th Prince of Paliano.
Caetani is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:
Lorenzo Onofrio Colonna may refer to:
