Kaspar Colonna
Count Kaspar Colonna von Fels , occasionally Kolonna , (* 1594 - March 31, 1666 in Opole ) was a German officer.
Life
Colonna was the son of Leonhard Colonna Freiherr von Fels and Ursula born Freiin Krajir von Kraygk and was raised Protestant. On November 7, 1620 he enrolled at the University of Altdorf .
Since his family, led by his uncle Count Leonhard Colonna von Fels , was involved in the Bohemian uprising on May 23, 1618 , the emperor had all the Colonnas' goods confiscated. Kaspar Colonna was less involved, but emigrated to Silesia to be on the safe side and there acquired the rule of Kotulin near Groß-Strehlitz . There he married Antonia Sidonia Kunigunde von Kolowrat-Liebsteinsky.
In 1633 Colonna was accepted into the Fruit-Bringing Society by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen . The prince gave him the company name of the destroyer and the motto of the gall . As an emblem he was given earth smoke or pigeon basket ( Fumaria officinalis L. ). Colonna's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no.
- A little herb that smokes the bile,
- Taken boiled, hence the body remains,
- Injured from fever; The Took crushed me
- In bitter Fiebergall, apparently not to come,
- When I soaked through it: So now will be crushed
- The bitter vice that we love one another
- In the unity of spirit, which drifts and gall
- Inherited from Adam, and the jellyfish takes away.
As the Swedish cavalry colonel, Colonna fought under Count Heinrich Matthias von Thurn before the Peace of Prague against Emperor Ferdinand II. Later he submitted and was raised to the imperial nobility Comes Palatinus Caesareus Perpetuus with effect from August 2, 1656 .
When on October 7, 1664 in Brieg, the wife of Duke Georg III. von Brieg was buried, Colonna represented Emperor Ferdinand II. At that time, Count Colonna had the title of Imperial and Royal Polish and Swedish Chamberlain and Colonel .
Count Kaspar Colonna died on March 31, 1666 in Opole at the age of 72.
literature
- Alfons Nowack : The imperial count Colonna, Baron von Fels, on Groß-Strehlitz , Tost and Tworog in Upper Silesia . Groß-Strehlitz, Wilpert 1902.
- Helmut Stampfer : In the footsteps of the Counts of Völs-Colonna in Upper Silesia . (PDF; 1.2 MB) In: Völser Zeitung, XVII. Year / no. 6, Völs am Schlern November – December 2005, p. 16.
Individual evidence
- ^ The Imperial Counts Colonna-Fels on Gross-Strehlitz, Tost, Tworog ›Home genealogy and genealogy . June 7, 2011 ( rambow.de [accessed April 7, 2017]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colonna, Kaspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colonna von Fels, Kaspar (full name); Kolonna, Kaspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1594 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1666 |
| Place of death | Opole |