Prospero Colonna di Paliano

Senator of the Kingdom
In office 16 June 1900 – 16 September 1937
Monarch	Umberto I
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
In office 10 June 1895 – 17 May 1900
Constituency	Anagni
Personal details
Born	(1858-07-18)18 July 1858 Naples, Two Sicilies
Died	16 September 1937(1937-09-16) (aged 79) Rome, Italy
Spouse	Maria Ignazia Massimo
Children	Mario Pietro Fabrizio
Profession	military officer

Prospero Colonna, Duke of Rignano, Prince of Sonnino (18 July 1858 – 16 September 1937) was an Italian politician and aristocrat. He was twice mayor of Rome (1899–1904, 1914–1919). He served in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate of the Kingdom of Italy.

Biography

Prospero was born in

, an ancient aristocratic family.

In his youth, he married Maria Ignazia Massimo. They had 3 children: Mario [Wikidata], Piero (future Fascist politician) and Fabrizio.

In 1895, Colonna was elected to the

.

During his term, Rome completed a

In June 1904 the IOC's President Pierre de Coubertin chose Rome as the host for the IV Olympic Games, but Colonna refused due to the difficult status of the city treasury. Although he reached out to the government, the Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti refused to help the city. Finally, Colonna resigned his office.^[2]

When the

as cavalry colonel. However, he never participated in battles, as he was appointed "military" mayor of Rome. In 1919, he resigned the office again and retired from politics. He died in 1937.

References

External links

• "Scheda di Prospero Colonna sul sito della Camera dei Deputati".
• "Scheda di Prospero Colonna sul sito del Senato".
• Bartoccini, Fiorella (1982). "COLONNA, Prospero". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 27.

Preceded by Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa	Mayor of Rome 1899–1904	Succeeded by Enrico Cruciani Alibrandi
Preceded by Ernesto Nathan	Mayor of Rome 1914–1919	Succeeded by Adolfo Apolloni