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'''Philip de Lannoy, 2nd Prince of Sulmona<ref>Historia de la insigne Orden del Toyson de Oro, dedicada al Rey ..., Volume 1/Julián de Pinedo y Salazar</ref>''' (1514–1553) was an [[Italian people|Italian]] military leader in [[Spain|Spanish]] service.  

==Early life==
He was the son of [[Charles de Lannoy, 1st Prince of Sulmona]] and Françoise de Montbel, Duchess of Boiano (d. {{circa|1545}}). Among his siblings were Ferdinand de Lannoy, Count [[De la Roche family|de La Roche]] (who married Marguerite Perrenot de Granvelle, a daughter of [[Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle]]), Georges de Lannoy, 2nd Duke of Boiano (who married Julia Diaz Carlon, a daughter of Antonio Diaz Carlon, 3rd Count of [[Alife, Campania|Alife]]), and Clemente de Lannoy, Baron of Prata (who married Ippolita Branai Castriota Scanderbegh, a daughter of Ferrante Castriota, Marquess of Città Sant'Angelo).<ref name="Delano1984"/>

His father was the younger son of Jean IV de Lannoy, Lord of [[Mingoval]] (himself nephew of [[Jean III de Lannoy]]) and Philipotte de [[de Lalaing family|Lalaing]]. His maternal grandparents were Jacques de [[Jacqueline de Montbel d'Entremont|Montbel]], Count d'Entrémont, and Jeanne de [[Saint-Maur-des-Fossés|Saint-Maur]].<ref name="Delano1984">{{cite book |last1=Delano |first1=Lucile Kathryn |title=Charles De Lannoy, Victor of Pavia |date=1984 |publisher=Christopher Publishing House |isbn=978-0-8158-0442-0 |page=44 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Charles_De_Lannoy_Victor_of_Pavia/U5sfAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

==Career==
The title, [[Prince of Sulmona]], had been granted to his father in 1526, together with [[Grandee|Grandeeship of Spain]], during the reign of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor]] as [[King of Naples]], in recognition of the work done by Charles as [[Viceroy of Naples]].<ref name="Sainte-Marie1733">{{cite book |last1=Sainte-Marie |first1=Anselme de |title=Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des pairs, des grands officiers de la Couronne & de la Maison du Roy : & des anciens barons du Royaume... Par le P. Anselme,... continuée par M. Du Fourny. Troisième édition, revûë, corrigée & augmentée par les soins du P. Ange & du P. Simplicien... |date=1733 |publisher=par la compagnie des libraires associez |pages=75-76 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VP4npxABlEC&dq=%22PRINCES+DE+SULMONE%22&pg=PA75 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=fr}}</ref>

At the [[Battle of Ceresole]] in 1544, he commanded the [[Naples|Neapolitan]] light cavalry.<ref>[[Charles Oman|Oman, Charles]]. ''A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century.''  London: Methuen & Co., 1937.</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Isabella Colonna.jpg|upright=0.7|thumb|Portrait of his wife, Isabella Colonna]]
In 1534, he married [[Isabella Colonna]] of the prominent [[Colonna family]].<ref name="Anderson1732">{{cite book |last1=Anderson |first1=James |title=Royal Genealogies : Or, the Genealogical Tables of Emperors, Kings and Princes, from Adam to These Times ; in Two Parts. Part I. Begins with a Chronological History of the World, from the Beginning of Time to the Christian Era, and Then the Genealogies of the Earliest Great Families and Most Ancient Sovereigns of Asia, Europe, Africa and America, Down to Charlemain, and Many of 'em Down to These Times. Part II. Begins with the Grand Revolution of Charlemain, and Carries on the Royal and Princely Genealogies of Europe Down to These Times ; Concluding with Those of the Britannic Isles |date=1732 |page=687 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Royal_Genealogies_Or_the_Genealogical_Ta/yrqeY839bMwC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA687 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The widow of [[Louis Gonzaga (Rodomonte)|Louis "Rodomonte" Gonzaga]], Isabella was the only daughter of [[Vespasiano Colonna]], Duke of [[Minturno|Traetto]], Count of [[Fondi]], and, his first wife, Beatrice [[Appiani family|Appiani]].<ref name="HenryVIII1888">{{cite book |title=Calendar of Letters, Despatches, and State Papers, Relating to the Negotiations Between England and Spain: Preserved in the Archives at Simancas and Elsewhere. Henry VIII, 1536 - 1538 |date=1888 |page=313 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Calendar_of_Letters_Despatches_and_State/S8RprwyMWM0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA313 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref> She was raised, however, by her father's second wife, [[Giulia Gonzaga]]. From her first marriage, she was the mother of [[Vespasiano I Gonzaga]], who became the [[Duke of Sabbioneta]].{{efn|Her late husband's father, [[Ludovico Gonzaga (1480-1540)|Ludovico Gonzaga]], opposed her marriage to the Prince of Sulmona, and obtained a decree from Emperor [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] which entrusted her son's education to his aunt, and Isabella's stepmother, [[Giulia Gonzaga]].<ref name="DBdI1982"/>}} Together, they were the parents of five children:<ref name="Woodward1896">{{cite book |last1=Woodward |first1=John |title=A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries |date=1896 |publisher=W. & A.K. Johnston |page=61 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Treatise_on_Heraldry_British_and_Forei/A4RHn3i1CrAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA61 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

* Maria de Lannoy, who became nun in the monastery of [[Santa Maria Donna Regina Nuova|Santa Maria Donna Regina]] in Naples.
* [[Charles de Lannoy, 3rd Prince of Sulmona]] (1538–1566), also 2nd Count of Venafro; he married Costanza Doria [[del Carretto]].<ref name="Beger2003">{{cite book |last1=Beger |first1=Jens |last2=Lengemann |first2=Jochen |title=Günther XLI. Graf von Schwarzburg in Diensten Karls V. und Philipps II. in den Niederlanden (1550) 1551-1559 (1583): Briefe, Berichte und andere Dokumente aus den Jahren 1550-1583 |date=2003 |publisher=Hain |isbn=978-3-89807-056-0 |pages=581, 746 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/G%C3%BCnther_XLI_Graf_von_Schwarzburg_in_Die/HUVoAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=de}}</ref>
* Beatrice de Lannoy, who married Alfonso de Guevara, 5th Count of Potenza.<ref name="Nuovo2007">{{cite book |last1=Nuovo |first1=Isabella |title=Otium e negotium: da Petrarca a Scipione Ammirato |date=2007 |publisher=Palomar |isbn=978-88-7600-241-0 |page=391 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Otium_e_negotium/Z5ILAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=it}}</ref> After his death, she married Alberto [[House of Acquaviva|Acquaviva d'Aragona]], 12th Duke of [[Atri, Abruzzo|Atri]].<ref name="Weber1999">{{cite book |last1=Weber |first1=Christoph |last2=Becker |first2=Michael |title=Genealogien zur Papstgeschichte |date=1999 |publisher=Anton Hiersemann |isbn=978-3-7772-9915-0 |page=306 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Genealogien_zur_Papstgeschichte/n1bZAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=it}}</ref>
* [[Horace de Lannoy, 4th Prince of Sulmona]] (d. 1597), also 3rd Count of Venafro; he married Antonia [[:it:D%27Avalos|d'Avalos]].<ref name="Muquardt1852">{{cite book |title=Annuaire de la noblesse de Belgique |date=1852 |publisher=Muquardt |page=197 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Annuaire_de_la_noblesse_de_Belgique/3ON5Hp5eoUgC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA197 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=fr}}</ref><ref name="Nuovo2007"/>
* Vittoria de Lannoy (d. 1594), who married Giulio Antonio [[House of Acquaviva|Acquaviva d'Aragona]], 1st Prince of [[Caserta]], 2nd Marquess of [[Bellante, Abruzzo|Bellante]].<ref name="Broccoli1889">{{cite book |last1=Broccoli |first1=Angelo |title=Archivio storico campano, compilato da alcuni cultori di storia e letteratura patria: v.1-2, 1889-1894 |date=1889 |publisher=F. Russo |page=228 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Archivio_storico_campano_compilato_da_al/mPGerlfmBCkC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA228-IA1 |access-date=7 May 2025 |language=it}}</ref>

The Prince died in 1553 and was succeeded as Prince of Sulmona by his eldest son, [[Charles de Lannoy, 3rd Prince of Sulmona|Charles]]. The title, however, became extinct upon the death of Philip II de Lannoy, 6th Prince of Sulmona in 1604.{{efn|The title was recreated in 1610 for [[Pope Paul V]]'s nephew, Marcantonio Borghese, by King [[Philip III of Spain]], in his capacity as [[Kingdom of Naples|King of Naples]].}} Upon his widow's death at [[Naples]] in 1570, her son Vespasiano from her first marriage inherited all her possessions.<ref name="DBdI1982">{{cite book|title=Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani|publisher=Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana|year=1982|chapter=COLONNA, Isabella|url=http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/isabella-colonna_(Dizionario_Biografico)}}</ref> 

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