Filippo Colonna, 9th Prince of Paliano

Born in Rome, 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.

In 1687, while his father served as head of the interregnum council of Naples, Filippo was appointed commander of a company of lancers.

Don Filippo married the Spanish aristocrat Lorenza de la Cerda in Madrid in 1681, but she died without issue in 1697.

The Prince suffered from painful bladder stones and diseased kidneys prior to his death at Rome in 1714.

Fabrizio also commissioned a tomb for his father in the church of Sant’ Andrea in the family seat of Paliano, which was executed by the sculptor Bernardino Ludovisi and installed in 1745.