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    Ascanio Colonna (April 3, 1560 – May 17, 1608) was an Italian Cardinal who in his lifetime enjoyed a reputation for eloquence and learning. Colonna was...
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    Viceroy of Sicily in 1577–1584. Prince of Paliano. Ascanio Colonna (1560–1608), cardinal Federico Colonna y Tomacelli, Prince of Butera (1601–1641), Viceroy...
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    were Ascanio Colonna, Duke of Tagliacozzo, and Giovanna d'Aragona. Due to acts of rebellion, he was disinherited by his father; but in 1562 Colonna was...
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    His daughter was Vittoria Colonna, who was an Italian poet, and a close friend of Michelangelo. His son Ascanio Colonna (1500–1557) was 2nd Duke of...
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    sister-in-law, Giovanna d'Aragona, separated from Colonna's brother Ascanio and came to Ischia. Colonna tried to reconcile them, but even though Giovanna...
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    the condottiero Prospero Colonna Fabrizio I Colonna (1485–1519) - son of Odoardo Fabrizio I Colonna (1519–1520) Ascanio Colonna (1520–1556) - son of Fabrizio...
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    Colisano, and Susanna Gonzaga). His mother was Girolama Colonna y d'Aragona, a daughter of Ascanio Colonna di Paliano, 1st Count of Tagliacozzo (1500–1557) by...
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    relative military tranquility in the Lazio territories, Ascanio I Colonna, Vittoria Colonna's brother, initiated the urban renewal of the fiefdom, according...
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  • Two Italian families meet in Universal Pictures' amusement park. Ascanio Colonna (Ascanio Orsini Varaldo in the original version) is a Roman prince, who...
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  • When Giovanna d'Aragona, Duchess of Tagliacozzo, left her husband, Ascanio Colonna, and took their six children to Ischia, given the rank of the parties...
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  • 1593–1601 Beltrán de la Cueva y Castilla, duke of Alburquerque 1601–1602 Ascanio Colonna, cardinal 1602–1604 Gastón de Moncada, 2nd Marquis of Aitona 1604–1610...
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    Contemporary newspapers reported that a disagreement between Cardinals Ascanio Colonna and Francesco Sforza di Santa Fiora during the conclave nearly became...
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    of Capo d'Orso, capturing the enemy commanders Alfonso d'Avalos and Ascanio Colonna. However, Andrea became dissatisfied with his treatment at the hands...
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    (1604); Alessandro di Sangro, Titular Patriarch of Alexandria (1604); Ascanio Colonna, Cardinal-Bishop of Palestrina (1606); Marcello Lante della Rovere...
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    Austria (1580–1598) Francisco de Múxica Guzmán de Avila (1599–1606) Ascanio Colonna (1606) Antonio Zapata y Cisneros (1606–1616) Gaspar de Borja y Velasco...
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    Marcantonio Colonna 1597–1608: Ascanio Colonna 1608–1633: Scipione Caffarelli-Borghese 1633–1642: Pietro Maria Borghese 1644–1666: Girolamo Colonna Federico...
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    "Leonora". Vittoria d'Ascanio Colonna was the daughter of Ascanio Colonna, Duke of Paliano, and therefore the niece of Vittoria Colonna, the poet. According to...
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  • offices in the Roman Curia. His clients included Ascanio Colonna, brother of the poet Vittoria Colonna. Cherubini served as deputy for the governor of...
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    known as the saeculum obscurum. Cardinals Vincenzo Santucci and Carlo Colonna are also buried in the archbasilica. The skull of Saint Peter is also claimed...
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    local street gang. In 1597, he began his service for the cardinal Ascanio Colonna whom he followed to Spain. In 1589 he was elected to the Accademia...
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    backward. Tradition holds that he painted the work for the Cardinal Ascanio Colonna. The work has inspired many romantic artists including Stendhal, Percy...
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    Maria, wife of Alfonso d'Avalos, Marquis of Vasto; Giovanna, wife of Ascanio Colonna. Other sources say she is the mother of Cesare and Alfonso, whom the...
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    (1561–1562) Georges d'Armagnac (1562–1585) Francesco Sforza (1585–1588) Ascanio Colonna (1588–1591) Federico Borromeo (1591–1593) Pietro Aldobrandini (1593–1604)...
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    The Pietà for Vittoria Colonna is a black chalk drawing on cardboard (28.9×18.9 cm) attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti, dated to about 1538–44 and...
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    interiors of the Colosseum. He enjoyed the protection of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna. In Rome he also met Cardinal Federico Borromeo, who played an important...
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    described as "beautiful, but cold". In 1518, the year of her engagement to Ascanio Colonna, Constable of Naples, Cardinal Bibbiena, papal ambassador to the French...
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    Marino, a fiefdom of the Colonna family, who at the time were enemies of the Pope and allies of Spain. Following this, Ascanio Colonna, the lord of Marino...
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    Colonna, the daughter of Don Ascanio Colonna, 2nd Duke of Paliano, and Giovanna d'Aragona and the niece of famed poet and diplomat Vittoria Colonna,...
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    his brother Philip Rubens, who entered in the service of Cardinal Ascanio Colonna. Many of their descendants married to important noble families. The...
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  • Catholic Church titles Preceded by Ascanio Colonna Cardinal-Deacon of Santi Vito, Modesto e Crescenzia 1599 Succeeded by Lelio Biscia Preceded by Fernando...
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