Pirro Colonna
Pirro Colonna (1500 – November 1552) was an Italian military leader in the service of Charles V during the Italian War of 1542. He commanded the garrison of Carignano during the French sieges of the city before and after the Battle of Ceresole.
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- Oman, Charles. A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century. London: Methuen & Co., 1937.
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- 1500 births
- 1552 deaths
- Colonna family
- 16th-century condottieri
- 16th-century Italian nobility
- Military leaders of the Italian Wars
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