Fabrizio Colonna
1.Duca di Paliano, Marchese di Atessa e Manoppello ^{[1, 2, 3]}

Abt 1460 - 1520  (~ 60 years)

• Birth	Abt 1460	Roma
  Gender	Male
  Other Titles	Conte di Tagliacozzo
  Lived In	Italy
  Notable	*
  Death	15 Mar 1520	Aversa
  Siblings	1 sibling
  	+ 1. Colonna, NN + 2. Colonna, 1.Duca di Paliano, Marchese di Atessa e Manoppello Fabrizio,   b. Abt 1460, Roma d. 15 Mar 1520, Aversa  (Age ~ 60 years)
  Person ID	I00058563	Leo
  Links To	This person is also Fabrizio Colonna at Wikipedia
  Last Modified	3 Jul 1998

  
  

  Father	Odoardo Colonna, Duca dei Marsi ,   b. 1414   d. 1485 (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F00339194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnese da Montefeltro,   b. 1470, Gubbio d. 1522, Roma (Age 52 years)
  Children	1. Vittoria Colonna,   b. 1490   d. 1547 (Age 57 years)   2. Federigo Colonna,   b. Abt 1497   d. 1516 (Age ~ 19 years) + 3. Ascanio Colonna, 2.Duca di Paliano e Marsi ,   b. Est 1498   d. 24 Mar 1557 (Age ~ 59 years)
  Family ID	F00028906	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 1998

  
  

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  BIOGRAPHY Fabrizio was born in Rome about 1460, the son of Odoardo Colonna, duca dei Marsi. He and his cousin Prospero, the secular heads of the Colonna family, acquired great fame as generals in the armies of the Church and of Emperor Charles V. Fabrizio was a general of the Holy League, the alliance formed in 1510-11 by Pope Julius II during the Italian Wars for the purpose of expelling Louis XII of France from Italy, thereby consolidating papal power. Fabrizio was captured while fighting on the side of the pope, Venice and Spain in the battle of Ravenna on 11 April 1512, in which the pope's forces were routed by the French with their Italian allies, particularly Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, husband of Lucrezia Borgia. This was the first battle in history to be won by artillery. A consequence of the battle was the relentless pursuit of Alfonso by Pope Julius, who was intent on taking Ferrara from him. Alfonso was required to attend the pope in Rome, and there make an abject formal confession and apology in return for having the pope's ban of excommunication lifted from him. The apology meant nothing to either man, and eventually Alfonso escaped from Rome, aided by Fabrizio and Marcantonio Colonna, who were grateful for Alfonso's kind treatment of Fabrizio after his capture at Ravenna. This was said to have been one of the few examples of gratitude and chivalrous behaviour to be found in the history of the Italian princes of the Renaissance. Some three months after his escape Alfonso returned to Ferrara, despite every effort by Julius to capture and arrest him. Fabrizio married Agnesina da Montefeltro, the daughter of Federigo da Montefeltro, duke of Urbino, and Battista Sforza. They had three children: Vittoria Colonna, the famous poetess of the Renaissance; Federigo and Ascanio Colonna, who was the only one to have progeny. Machiavelli's _Art of War_ is structured as a dialogue between Fabrizio Colonna and a number of Florentine gentlemen on how to manage war and military affairs. Fabrizio died in 1520.

  
  

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  [S00379] Shama, Davide, Andrea Dominici Battelli, ~Genealogie della Dinistie Italiano, www.sardimpex.com . Montefeltro 6 [S00028] ~Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser . 1959 431 [S02081] ~Wikipedia Website .

  
  

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