Isabella Colonna (1513 – 1570) was an Italian noblewoman, a member of the

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Biography

She was the only daughter of Vespasiano Colonna, duke of Traetto (modern Minturno) and count of

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, and Beatrice Appiani: However, she grew up with

Giulia Gonzaga Giulia Gonzaga (1513 – 16 April 1566) was an Italian ruler and letter writer of the Renaissance. She was the countess regnant of Rodigo as the heir of her late spouse between 1528 and 1541. Biography Giulia was born in Gazzuolo (near Mantua) ...

, Vespasiano's second wife. In 1531 she married

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, an imperial captain of Charles V: the two had a son,

Vespasiano I Gonzaga 250px, Vespasiano I Gonzaga. Vespasiano I Gonzaga, Duke of Sabbioneta (6 December 1531 – 26 February 1591) was an Italian nobleman, diplomat, writer, military engineer and condottiero. He is remembered as a patron of the arts and the founder ...

, future duke of Sabbioneta. One year later Louis died, and Isabella Colonna moved with his parents at

Sabbioneta Sabbioneta ( egl, label= Casalasco-Viadanese, Subiunèda) is a town and in the province of Mantua, Lombardy region, Northern Italy. It is situated about north of Parma, not far from the northern bank of the Po River. It was inscribed in the World ...

. Later, after quarrels with the latter, she moved to Rivarolo and the, in 1534, to her fiefs in southern Italy. After she married Filippo Lannoy, prince of Sulmona, her father-in-law Ludovico Gonzaga opposed, and obtained from the emperor a decree which entrusted Vespasiano's education of his aunt Giulia Gonzaga. Isabella Colonna died at

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

in 1570; her son Vespasiano inherited all her possessions.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Colonna, Isabella 1513 births 1570 deaths

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16th-century Italian women