Coloma family

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Coloma or de Coloma or Colomba[1] is an old important Spanish Noble House. A branch belongs to the Flemish nobility,[2] and became the Counts of Bornhem.[3][4] Other branches became the Counts of Elda, Marquesses of Espinar, Marquesses of Noguera and Marquesses of Canales de Chozas.

History

The origin is going back to Don Pedro de Coloma and his wife dona Maria de Cardona. Pedro was esquire of Gaston, count of Carcasonnes. He left France and settled in Catalonia, and was called Coloma (a female pigeon, in Catalan), from the French Colombe.

His descendants made military careers in service of the Kings of Aragon. Gaston I de Coloma was rewarded the Order of Montesa. Other early members like Francisco Coloma fought against the moriscos in Mallorca. Juan I de Coloma left Catalonia and went to Borja, he received by royal grace of John II of Aragon and Navarre the Seigneury of Alfajarin in 1467. Here his eldest son, (from the second marriage) don Juan II de Coloma, became 1st Lord of Elda in Valencia, together with Salinas and Petrer. His descendants lived in Zaragossa, La Rioja and Burgos: they and spread in the empire. The married to important families like Croy and de Borja. It is believed that a branch is still alive, probably don Francisco Coloma y Gallegos, died 1993, who was minister of Franco had six children.

The Flemish branch that came out Spain with Farnese lived in Bornem, Gent, Brussels and Mechelen. They had important careers and functions in the society of the Austrian Empire. In Mechelen and Bornem they left important heritage and monuments. The Flemish branch has become extinct.

Genealogy

Descendants of Juan I

  1. don Juan I Coloma, 1st Lord of Alfajarin: married 1st to doña blanca Fernandez de Luna, 2nd to doña Juana de Herredia.

descendants of don Juan IV Coloma, 1st Count of Elda

  1. don Juan IV, 1st Count of Elda

descendants of don Juan VI Andres Coloma, 4th Count of Elda

  1. don Juan VI Andres Coloma, 4th Count of Elda

descendants of don Juan VII Coloma

  1. don Juan VII Coloma, marr. Teresia de Sarmiento y Sotomayor

the Flemish Branch of Coloma de Bornhem

Don Juan IX Coloma, Lord of Bobadilla: Knight of Santiago, Marr. Doña Maria Fernadez, Lady of Bodabilla.

Descendants of Jean-Alphonse, 1st Count Coloma

Jean Alphonse, 1st Count de Coloma, (1677–1739); Count Coloma in 1728: member of the Great Council of Mechelen and president of the Privy Council of the Habsburg Netherlands. Marr Barbe le Poyvre.

Branch of la Rioja

  1. don Pedro Coloma y Nobajas: Royal Secretary of Felipe IV, Knight of Santiago, married to doña Mariana Escolano y Ledesma.[5]
  2. don Francisco Coloma y Maceda, (1617-1677): Marquess of Canales de Chozas, 28th Governor-General of the Philippines. Married María de Cuellar y Cisneros.

Others

  • don Julio Coloma y Gallegos, born 1907: Capitain-General, de brigada y infanteria.
  • don Francisco Coloma y Gallegos, born 1912: minister of Franco, marr. doña Mercedes de Picón y Agero, Marquesa of Seone.

References

  1. 1.Diccionario hispanoamericano de heráldica, onomástica y genealogía: adición al "Diccionario heráldico y genealógico de apellidos españoles y americanos", por Alberto y Arturo García Carraffa
  2. 2."Coloma-Instituut - Erfgoedobjecten - Inventaris Onroerend Erfgoed". inventaris.onroerenderfgoed.be. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. 3.Joseph Felix Antoine François de Azevedo Coutinho y Bernal, Généalogie de la Famille de Coloma, 1777.
  4. 4."Geschiedenis Bornem - Gemeente Bornem". bornem.be. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  5. 5.Parroquias madrileñas de San Martín y San Pedro el Real: algunos personajes ...