Pedro Coloma, Baron of Bornhem

Don Pedro Coloma (died 27 December 1621), Baron of Bornhem and Lord of Bobadilla, was a Spanish officer in the Army of Flanders who established a noble line in the Habsburg Netherlands, a branch of the famous House of Coloma.

Tomb in Bornem church

Family

Coloma was the son of Juan Coloma, a knight in the Order of Santiago, and Doña Maria Fernadez, Lady of Bobadilla.[1] In 1585 he married Jeanne l'Escuyer, Viscountess of Dourlens, with whom he had three sons: Alexander, a captain of light cavalry, who succeeded him but died childless in 1625; Diego, who served as a gentleman in the household of Philip III of Spain; and Pierre, who continued the line.[1]

Career

Coloma arrived in the Low Countries in 1577, to fight against the Dutch Revolt, and in 1586 bought the lordship of Bornhem in Flanders. He built a manor house on the site of Bornem Castle.[2] He also restored and improved the medieval duck decoy on the estate,[2][3] and in 1603 founded a religious community that is now Bornem Abbey.[4]

References
  1. Jean Charles Joseph de Vegiano, Nobiliaire des Pays-Bas et du comté de Bourgogne, edited by J.S.F.J.L. de Herckenrode, vol. 1, part 1 (Ghent, 1865), pp. 501-502.
  2. "Kasteeldomein Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde". erfgoed.net. Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.
  3. "Eendenkooi aan de Oude Schelde te Bornem en Weert". erfgoed.net. Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.
  4. "Sint-Bernardusabdij". erfgoed.net. Flemish organization for Immovable Heritage.
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