Felipe Antonio Spinola, 4th Marquis of the Balbases

Carlo Filippo Antonio Spinola y Colonna, 4th marquis of Los Balbases, (Madrid, Spain, 11 November 1665 – after 30 July 1721), was Viceroy of Sicily, 1707–1713, during the Spanish Succession War holding the kingdom of Sicily for pretender, after recognized as King of Spain, Philip V of Spain.

He was eldest son of Paolo Spinola, 3rd Marquis of the Balbases, (Milan, Italy, 24 February 1628 -Madrid, Spain, 23 December 1699), Governor of the Duchy of Milan, 1668 - 1670. After his father's death, he became 4th Duke of Sesto and 4th Marquis of Los Balbases.

His mother, Anna Colonna (1629–1686), was a daughter of Marcantonio V Colonna, Prince of Paliano during the period 1639 - 1659.

He married, Madrid, 20 September 1682, Isabel María de la Cerda y Aragón, (1667 - 1707), a daughter of Juan Francisco de la Cerda, 8th Duke of Medinaceli, (1637–1691) and Catalina de Aragón-Folch de Cardona, duchess of Cardona, duchess of Segorbe, duchess of Lerma, having 2 sons and 7 daughters, as well as three bastards, one male, 2 females.

The eldest son, 5th Duke of Sesto and 5th Marquis of the Balbases since 1721 was Ambrosio Gaetano Spinola y de la Cerda, 5th Marquis of the Balbases, (Milan, Italy, 20 January 1696 - 1757), becoming a Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1737.

After the Treaty of Utrecht, Spinola and his troops were ordered to leave Sicily and sail to Barcelona, where they played an important role in the Siege of Barcelona (1713–14).

Some References

• http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/balbases.htm

• Papal Genealogy: The Families and Descendents of the Popes by George L. Williams Edit. McFarland Co Inc, USA, 276 pages, (Year 2004), - ISBN 978-0-7864-2071-1