Ermes di
Colloredo Colloredo is a surname that may refer to:
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*Rudolf von Colloredo (1585–1657), Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, who fought in the Thirty Years' War
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(28 March 1622 – 21 September 1692) was an Italian
count and writer who served the
Grand Duke of Tuscany the
Holy Roman Emperor
The Holy Roman Emperor, originally and officially the Emperor of the Romans ( la, Imperator Romanorum, german: Kaiser der Römer) during the Middle Ages, and also known as the Roman-German Emperor since the early modern period ( la, Imperat ...
and the
Republic of Venice.
Ermes was born in
Colloredo di Monte Albano,
Friaul
Friuli ( fur, Friûl, sl, Furlanija, german: Friaul) is an area of Northeast Italy with its own particular cultural and historical identity containing 1,000,000 Friulians. It comprises the major part of the autonomous region Friuli Venezia Giuli ...
. He was educated at
Medici's court in
Florence as page of Greatduke
Ferdinando II de' Medici, and entered the service of Emperor
Ferdinand III during the
Thirty Years War as a Cuirassiers' Officier, at the orders of his uncle, Field Marschall Rudolf von Colloredo Mels und Wallsee, Governor of
Prague, of the
Republic of Venice as a Cavalry Colonel and
Emperor Leopold I. In the latter part of his life Ermes returned to his homeland to focus on writing poetry, most of which centers on the theme of love.
Ermes wrote over 200
sonnet
A sonnet is a poetic form that originated in the poetry composed at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the Sicilian city of Palermo. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's invention, ...
s, in both
Friulian and
Italian. He used the ''koinè'' from
San Daniele, which would become the most notable literary language and the basis of today's standard Friulian.
Ermes died in Gurizzo,
Codroipo.
See also
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Friulian literature
Friulian (or Friulan) literature is the literature of the autonomous Italian region of Friuli, written in the local Friulian language.
Early
The oldest surviving poems in Friulian date from the 14th century. They are songs of ballads: ''Piruç m ...
Further reading
*"''Ermes di Colloredo: Poesie Friulane, l’Opera Completa''". LiteraryJoint Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2019. The complete work of Ermes Earl of Colloredo, full text.
External links
Sonets dal sît Centri Friûl Lenghe 2000(Friulian)
(Friulian)
(Friulian)
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1622 births
1692 deaths
People from Colloredo di Monte Albano
17th-century Italian poets
Italian male poets
Friulian-language writers
Friulian-language poets
17th-century Italian male writers