The title Duke and Prince of Paliano is borne by the head of the Colonna di Paliano family. At times the honour has been borne by several members at once. The Princes also bear many other titles and honorifics. A duke is a nobleman, historically of highest rank and usually controlling a duchy. ... The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ... Paliano is a town and commune in the province of Frosinone, in the Lazio region of central Italy. ... The Colonna family was a powerful noble family in medieval and renaissance Rome, supplying one pope and many other leaders, and fighting with their rivals the Orsini family for influence. ...

Lords of Paliano

• Lorenzo Onofrio I Colonna (1417-1423)
• Antonio Colonna (1423–1471) - son of Lorenzo Onofrio
• Prospero Colonna (1423–1463) - brother of Antonio
• Oroardo Colonna (1423–1485) - brother of Antonio
• Marcantonio I Colonna (1485–1522) - grandson of Antonio
• Vespasiano Colonna (1522–1528) - grandson of Antonio; son of the condotierro Prospero Colonna
• Fabrizio I Colonna (1485–1519) - son of Oroardo

Prospero Colonna, sometimes referred to as Prosper Colonna, was a condottiere in the service of the Papal States and the Holy Roman Empire during the Italian Wars. ...

Dukes of Paliano

• Fabrizio I Colonna (1519–1520)
• Ascanio Colonna (1520–1556) - son of Fabrizio I
• Giovanni Carafa (1556–1559) - nephew of Pope Paul IV

Pope Paul IV (June 28, 1476 – August 18, 1559), né Giovanni Pietro Carafa, was Pope from May 23, 1555 until his death. ...

Duke-Princes of Paliano

• Marcantonio II Colonna (1559–1585) - son of Ascanio
• Marcantonio III Colonna (1585–1595) - grandson of Marcantonio II
• Marcantonio IV Colonna (1595–1611) - son of Marcantonio III
• Filippo I Colonna (1611–1639) - brother of Marcantonio III
• Girolamo Colonna (1639–1666) - son of Filippo I, contested by brother Frederico
• Marcantonio V Colonna (1639–1659) - brother of Girolamo
• Lorenzo Onofrio II Colonna (1659–1689) - son of Marcantonio V
• Filippo II Colonna (1689–1714) - son of Lorenzo Onofrio II
• Fabrizio II Colonna (1714–1755) - son of Filippo II
• Lorenzo II Colonna (1755–1787) - son of Fabrizio II
• Filippo III Giuseppe Colonna (1787–1818) - son of Lorenzo II
• Aspreno I Colonna (1818–1847) - brother of Filippo III
• Giovanni Andrea Colonna (1847–1894) - son of Aspreno I
• Marcantonio VI Colonna (1894–1912) - son of Giovanni Andrea
• Fabrizio III Colonna (1912–1923) - brother of Marcantonio VI
• Marcantonio VII Colonna (1923–1947) - son of Fabrizio III
• Aspreno II Colonna (1947–1987) - son of Marcantonio VII
• Marcantonio VIII Colonna (1987– ) - son of Aspreno II