# Fabrizio Colonna

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**Fabrizio Colonna** (c. 1450 – 18 March 1520) was an Italian [condottiero](/source/Condottiero), a member of the powerful [Colonna family](/source/Colonna_family). He was the son of [Edoardo Colonna](/source/Edoardo_Colonna) and [Filippa Conti](/source/Filippa_Conti).

Fabrizio was born sometime before 1452. He was married to [Agnese di Montefeltro](/source/Agnese_di_Montefeltro) daughter of [Federico da Montefeltro](/source/Federico_da_Montefeltro), 1st Duke of [Urbino](/source/Urbino),[1] and Battista [Sforza](/source/Sforza).

Fabrizio was known as count of [Tagliacozzo](/source/Tagliacozzo) and grand constable of the [kingdom of Naples](/source/Kingdom_of_Naples).

During the [Italian War of 1499–1504](/source/Italian_War_of_1499%E2%80%931504), he played a notable part in the [Battle of Cerignola](/source/Battle_of_Cerignola) in 1503.

He was a general in the [Holy League](/source/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai) that fought against [Louis XII of France](/source/Louis_XII_of_France) from 1509 to 1515, and at the [Battle of Ravenna](/source/Battle_of_Ravenna_(1512)), he commanded the army of the [Papal States](/source/Papal_States) against France.[2]

His daughter was [Vittoria Colonna](/source/Vittoria_Colonna),[3] who was an Italian poet, and a close friend of [Michelangelo](/source/Michelangelo). His son Ascanio Colonna (1500–1557) was 2nd Duke of Paliano and father of [Marcantonio Colonna](/source/Marcantonio_Colonna) (1535-1584). His nephew [Marcantonio](/source/Marcantonio_I_Colonna) was also a successful general.

Fabrizio is the main speaker in [Machiavelli](/source/Machiavelli)'s *[The Art of War](/source/The_Art_of_War_(Machiavelli))* and is referenced throughout the book as an authority on both Classical and current military structure, strategy, and tactics.[4][5]

## See also

- [Vittoria Colonna](/source/Vittoria_Colonna)
- [Prospero Colonna](/source/Prospero_Colonna)
- [Marcantonio Colonna](/source/Marcantonio_Colonna)
- [Colonna family](/source/Colonna_family)

## References

1. Crotty, Homer D (1877). "The Twentieth century.". *The Twentieth Century.*. **18**: 455. [OCLC 228667363](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/228667363)

1. Eaton, Charlotte A (1827). *Vittoria Colonna: a tale of Rome, in the nineteenth century ...*. Edinburgh; London: W. Blackwood; T. Cadell. pp. 125, 126. [OCLC 1057959207](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1057959207)

1. Roscoe, William & Roscoe, Thomas (1846). *The life and pontificate of Leo the Tenth.*. Vol. 1. London: Henry G. Bohn. pp. 307, 308. [OCLC 1008280613](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1008280613)

1. Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001). *Renaissance and Reformation, 1500-1620: a biographical dictionary*. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-313-30574-0. [OCLC 1001986979](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1001986979)

1. Najemy, John M. (ed.) (2010). [*The Cambridge Companion to Machiavelli*](https://www.cambridge.org/in/academic/subjects/literature/european-literature/cambridge-companion-machiavelli?format=HB&isbn=9780521861250). New York: [Cambridge University Press](/source/Cambridge_University_Press). p. 124. ISBN 9781139827867.

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