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[td]After the death of Anna's mother in 1622 when Colonna twenty-one and her sister was two, they were sent to live and be educated at the convent of [[San Giuseppe dei Ruffi|San Gisueppe dei Ruffi]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hills |first=Helen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCmOEADgZCYC&dq="caterina+tomacelli"+san+giuseppe&pg=PA106 |title=Invisible City: The Architecture of Devotion in Seventeenth-Century Neapolitan Convents |date=2004-01-25 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-535353-2 |language=en}}</ref> The convent had been founded by Anna's maternal grandmother Ippolita Ruffo<ref name=":1" /> and her aunt Caterina Tomacelli.<ref name=":1" /> who was prioress of the convent during her nieces stay there.[/td]
[td]After the death of Anna's mother in 1622 when Colonna twenty-one and her sister was two, they were sent to live and be educated at the convent of [[San Giuseppe dei Ruffi|San Gisueppe dei Ruffi]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Hills |first=Helen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCmOEADgZCYC&dq="caterina+tomacelli"+san+giuseppe&pg=PA106 |title=Invisible City: The Architecture of Devotion in Seventeenth-Century Neapolitan Convents |date=2004-01-25 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-535353-2 |language=en}}</ref> The convent had been founded by Anna's maternal grandmother Ippolita Ruffo<ref name=":1" /> and her aunt Caterina Tomacelli.<ref name=":1" /> who was prioress of the convent during her nieces stay there.[/td]
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[td]Sometime around 1623 it was rumored that a betrothal was underway for one the Colonna sisters with the proposed groom being Taddeo Barberini,<ref name=":4" /> the nephew of the new pope [[Pope Urban VIII|Urban VIII]]. Though the Barberini had come into prominence and power they were regarded as upstarts lacking a sufficient noble background. This hoped to amend by marrying the youngest Barberini brother into the ancient Roman nobility. (The Colonna family could trace their descent back to the 11th century.)[/td]
[td]Sometime around 1623 it was rumored that a betrothal was underway for one the Colonna sisters with the proposed groom being Taddeo Barberini,<ref name=":4" /> the nephew of the new [[Pope Urban VIII]]. Though the Barberini had come into prominence and power they were regarded as upstarts lacking a sufficient noble background. This hoped to amend by marrying the youngest Barberini brother into the ancient Roman nobility. (The Colonna family could trace their descent back to the 11th century.)[/td]
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[td]Barberini was also at the time in discussion to marry Anna Carafa,<ref name=":4" /> a significant heiress and a distant relative of Colonna. Barberinis brother ,Cardinal Francesco Barberini visited the convent in 1627 in order to ascertain the demeanour and health of the three sisters.<ref name=":4" /> In the end Colonna was chosen as an acceptable bride for his brother.[/td]
[td]Barberini was also at the time in discussion to marry Anna Carafa,<ref name=":4" /> a significant heiress and a distant relative of Colonna. Barberinis brother ,Cardinal Francesco Barberini visited the convent in 1627 in order to ascertain the demeanour and health of the three sisters.<ref name=":4" /> In the end Colonna was chosen as an acceptable bride for his brother.[/td]
[td]Colonna and her husband had great affectation for each other which also extended to their children, whose well-being Colonna informed her husband about in great detail in their correspondence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Castiglione |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q...ng+for+maternal+affection+castiglione&pg=PT38 |title=Accounting for Affection: Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome |date=2015-03-13 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-31572-4 |language=en}}</ref> Colonna showed great care for her children, even sleeping by their beds in a makeshift cot when they were ill.<ref name=":2" /> Colonna was very devout and saw things like the death of one of her children's nurse-maids as a divine punishment.<ref name=":2" />[/td]
[td]Colonna and her husband had great affectation for each other which also extended to their children, whose well-being Colonna informed her husband about in great detail in their correspondence.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Castiglione |first=C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q...ng+for+maternal+affection+castiglione&pg=PT38 |title=Accounting for Affection: Mothering and Politics in Early Modern Rome |date=2015-03-13 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-31572-4 |language=en}}</ref> Colonna showed great care for her children, even sleeping by their beds in a makeshift cot when they were ill.<ref name=":2" /> Colonna was very devout and saw things like the death of one of her children's nurse-maids as a divine punishment.<ref name=":2" />[/td]
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[td]For the first few years of their marriage the couple lived at the [[Palazzo Barberini|Palazzo Barbarini]], with Colonna and her husband inhabiting one wing, while her brother-in-law Antonio lived in the other, but Colonna found the air in the building unhealthy<ref name=":4" /> and believed that inhaling this "[[Miasma theory|bad air]]" was the reason for her having given birth to only daughters.[/td]
[td]For the first few years of their marriage the couple lived at the [[Palazzo Barberini]], with Colonna and her husband inhabiting one wing, while her brother-in-law Antonio lived in the other, but Colonna found the air in the building unhealthy<ref name=":4" /> and believed that inhaling this "[[Miasma theory|bad air]]" was the reason for her having given birth to only daughters.[/td]
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[td]The couple therefore moved to the older residence [[Palazzo Barberini ai Giubbonari]]<ref name=":4" />,where their first son Francesco would be born.<ref name=":4" />[/td]
[td]The couple therefore moved to the older residence [[Palazzo Barberini ai Giubbonari]]<ref name=":4" />,where their first son Francesco would be born.<ref name=":4" />[/td]
[td]Colonna joined her husband and children in Paris in 1646 <ref name=":2" />,but upon arrival Colonna discovered that her only surviving daughter, Lucrezia had been placed in a convent. Despite Colonna stating that she wanted to have her daughter living with her,her daughter was to remain in the convent.<ref name=":2" />[/td]
[td]Colonna joined her husband and children in Paris in 1646 <ref name=":2" />,but upon arrival Colonna discovered that her only surviving daughter, Lucrezia had been placed in a convent. Despite Colonna stating that she wanted to have her daughter living with her,her daughter was to remain in the convent.<ref name=":2" />[/td]
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[td]While in Paris, Colonna had developed a close friendship with [[Anne of Austria]], [[Regent|Regent of France]] (wife of former King [[Louis XIII of France]]). Colonna's husband passed away in 1647 from phthisis , Anne urged Colonna to stay in France but Colonna chose return to Rome.[/td]
[td]While in Paris, Colonna had developed a close friendship with [[Anne of Austria]], [[Regent|Regent of France]] (widow of King [[Louis XIII]]). Colonna's husband passed away in 1647 from phthisis, Anne urged Colonna to stay in France but Colonna chose return to Rome.[/td]
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[td]==Return to Rome==[/td]
[td]==Return to Rome==[/td]
[td]Colonna and Barberini had five children:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldroots.com/foundation/families/taddeobarberinidesc.htm |title=Worldroots - Barberini |access-date=2010-06-28 |archive-date=2009-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2009101...m/foundation/families/taddeobarberinidesc.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>[/td]
[td]Colonna and Barberini had five children:<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://worldroots.com/foundation/families/taddeobarberinidesc.htm |title=Worldroots - Barberini |access-date=2010-06-28 |archive-date=2009-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2009101...m/foundation/families/taddeobarberinidesc.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>[/td]
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[td]*[[Lucrezia Barberini]] (1628–1699) who married [[Francesco I d'Este, Duke of Modena|Francesco I d'Este]] and became [[Duchess of Modena]].[/td]
[td]*[[Lucrezia Barberini]] (1628–1699) who married [[Francesco I d'Este]] and became [[Duchess of Modena]].[/td]
[td]*Camilla Barberini (1629–1631) who died in infancy[/td]
[td]*Camilla Barberini (1629–1631) who died in infancy[/td]
[td]*[[Carlo Barberini]] (1630–1704) who became a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]][/td]
[td]*[[Carlo Barberini]] (1630–1704) who became a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]][/td]

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