Ermes di

Colloredo Colloredo is a surname that may refer to: *Colloredo-Mansfeld, German Princely family which was based in Austria *Rudolf von Colloredo (1585–1657), Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire, who fought in the Thirty Years' War *Count Hieronymus von ...

(28 March 1622 – 21 September 1692) was an Italian

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and writer who served the

Grand Duke of Tuscany The rulers of Tuscany varied over time, sometimes being margraves, the rulers of handfuls of border counties and sometimes the heads of the most important family of the region. Margraves of Tuscany, 812–1197 House of Boniface :These were origin ...

the

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and the

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. Ermes was born in

Colloredo di Monte Albano Colloredo di Monte Albano ( fur, Colorêt di Montalban) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about northwest of Udine. History The Roman villa at Muris has rec ...

, Friaul. He was educated at

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's court in

Florence Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico ...

as page of Greatduke

Ferdinando II de' Medici Ferdinando II de' Medici (14 July 1610 – 23 May 1670) was grand duke of Tuscany from 1621 to 1670. He was the eldest son of Cosimo II de' Medici and Maria Maddalena of Austria. He was remembered by his contemporaries as a man of culture a ...

, and entered the service of Emperor Ferdinand III during the

Thirty Years War The Thirty Years' War was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battl ...

as a Cuirassiers' Officier, at the orders of his uncle, Field Marschall Rudolf von Colloredo Mels und Wallsee, Governor of

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

, of the

as a Cavalry Colonel and

Emperor Leopold I Leopold I (Leopold Ignaz Joseph Balthasar Franz Felician; hu, I. Lipót; 9 June 1640 – 5 May 1705) was Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. The second son of Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, by his first wife, Maria An ...

. In the latter part of his life Ermes returned to his homeland to focus on writing poetry, most of which centers on the theme of love. Ermes wrote over 200

sonnet A sonnet is a poetic form that originated in the poetry composed at the Court of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II in the Sicilian city of Palermo. The 13th-century poet and notary Giacomo da Lentini is credited with the sonnet's inventio ...

s, in both Friulian and

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. He used the ''koinè'' from San Daniele, which would become the most notable literary language and the basis of today's standard Friulian. Ermes died in Gurizzo,

Codroipo Codroipo ( fur, Codroip) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Italian region Friuli Venezia Giulia, located about northwest of Trieste and about southwest of Udine. Codroipo borders the following municipalities: Basiliano, Bertiolo, Camino a ...

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Sonets dal sît Centri Friûl Lenghe 2000
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(Friulian) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ermes Di Coloret 1622 births 1692 deaths People from Colloredo di Monte Albano 17th-century Italian poets Italian male poets Friulian-language writers Friulian-language poets 17th-century Italian male writers

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