Pedro Coloma, Baron of Bornhem
# 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.

## Family

Coloma was the son of Juan Coloma, a knight in the Order of Santiago, and Doña Maria Fernadez, Lady of Bobadilla. 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.

## 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. He also restored and improved the medieval duck decoy on the estate, and in 1603 founded a religious community that is now Bornem Abbey.

