Paola Colonna (c. 1378 – 3 November 1450) was the lady of Piombino from 1441 until 1445. She was born in

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as the daughter of Agapito Colonna, lord of Genazzano. Her brother Giordano was shortly Prince of

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and Duke of

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, while her brother Oddo would become

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. On 18 June 1396 she was married to

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, lord of

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. At his death she held the regency for their son

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. When the latter also died, she left the principate, against the legitimate heir

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, to her daughter

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, married to the condottiero

Rinaldo Orsini Rinaldo Orsini (died 1450) was an Italian condottiero, a member of the Orsini family. He was the son of Jacopo Orsini. In 1426 he fought for the Pope against the Colonna family. In 1442 he was hired by the Republic of Siena, and in 1445 he beca ...

. She died in Piombino in 1450.

References

* Mauro Carrara, Signori e principi di Piombino, Bandecchi & Vivaldi, Pontedera 1996.
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