Giovanna van den Eynde, Princess of Sonnino
Princess Giovanna van den Eynde was a member of the Van den Eynde family, Marchioness of Castelnuovo by birth, and the Princess consort of Galatro and Sonnino. She was the daughter of Ferdinand van den Eynde, 1st Marquess of Castelnuovo, son of the magnate Jan van den Eynde, and Olimpia Piccolomini, of the House of Piccolomini. Through her marriage to Giuliano Colonna, Giovanna became a member of the House of Colonna, and the first Princess of Sonnino. Through his marriage to her, Giovanna's husband acquired the title of Marquess of Castelnuovo.
Arms of the unification of the Houses of Colonna (left) and Van den Eynde (right) standing above the main gate of Palazzo Zevallos Stigliano
Van den Eynde is the name of an old Netherlandish noble family. One of the earliest recorded Van den Eynde to use the three-duck canting arms was Jacob van den Eynde, first Councilor and pensionary of Delft, and the highest official in the county of Holland. The Van den Eynde became especially prominent in 16th-century Delft, 17th-century Antwerp and Naples.
Jacoba van den Eynde. On the upper left, the Utrecht Van den Eynde 15th-century coat of arms
Jacoba van den Eynde, ca. 1500
Jacoba van den Eynde and Jacob van Serooskerke
Cenotaph of Jeronimus van Serooskerke (1500-1571) and Eleonora Micault (1513-1552) in the Sint-Gertrudiskerk in Bergen op Zoom
