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Alessandro Torlonia
Prince di Civitelli-Cesi
Born7 December 1911
Rome, Italy
Died1 or 12 May 1986(1986-05-12) (aged 74)
Palazzo Torlonia, Rome, Italy
Noble familyTorlonia
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1935)​
IssueDonna Sandra, Countess Lequio di Assaba
Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
Don Marino Torlonia
Donna Olimpia, Mrs. Weiller
FatherMarino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
MotherMary Elsie Moore

Don Alessandro Torlonia (7 December 1911 – 1 May/12 May 1986) was the 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.

Born in Rome, Torlonia was the son of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore.

On the death of his father in 1933, he inherited large estates as well as his father's princely and other titles.[1]

He died in the Palazzo Torlonia, Rome, in 1986.

Marriage

Arms of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.

On 14 January 1935, Don Alessandro morganatically[2][3][4] married in Rome the Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909–2002), a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.

Don Alessandro and Infanta Beatriz had four children:

  1. Donna Alessandra ("Sandra") Vittoria Torlonia (1936–2014),[5] married to Count Clemente Lecquio di Assaba (1925–1971); their son is Alessandro Lecquio.
  2. Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, (1937–2014) who married firstly Donna Orsetta Caracciolo dei principi di Castagneto, secondly Philippa Catherine McDonald and thirdly Blažena Anna Helena Svitáková.
  3. Don Marino Riccardo Francesco Giuseppe Torlonia (1939–1995)
  4. Donna Olimpia Emmanuela Enrichetta Maria Torlonia (born 1943), who married the French millionaire Paul-Annik Weiller. She is the mother of Sibilla Weiller, the wife of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg.

Relations

Don Alessandro's youngest sister was Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields. He was also a first cousin of Bettine Moore, the mother of the actress Glenn Close.

Ancestry

Family of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi
16. Giovanni-Raimundo Torlonia, Duke di Bracciano
8. Marino Torlonia, Duke di Bracciano e Poli e Guadagnolo
17. Anna-Maria Schultheiss
4. Giulio Torlonia, 2nd Duke di Poli e Guadagnolo
18. Francesco Sforza-Cesarini, Duke di Segni
9. Donna Anna Sforza-Cesarini
19. Donna Gertrude Conti, Duchess di Poli e Guadagnolo
2. Marino Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi]
20. Agostino Chigi della Rovere Albani, Prince di Farnese
10. Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere Albani, Prince di Farnese
21. Donna Carlotta Amalia Barberini-Colonna
5. Donna Teresa Chigi della Rovere Albani
22. Luigi Doria-Pamphilj-Landi, Prince di Melfi
11. Donna Leopoldina Doria-Pamphilj-Landi
23. Donna Teresa Orsini dei Duchi di Gravina
1. Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
24. Francis Moore
12. William Ropes Moore
25. Sarah Cheever
6. Charles Arthur Moore
26. Tunis Van Ness
13. Caroline Van Ness
27. Polly Goodrich
3. Mary Elsie Moore
28. Benjamin Smith Campbell
14. John Keyes Campbell
29. Sally Keys
7. Mary Campbell
30. George Sheffield
15. Betsey Sheffield
31. Thirza Baker

Notes and references

  1. ^ Balansó, La Familia real y la familia irreal, p. 84
  2. ^ Tourtchine, Jean-Fred. Le Royaume d'Espagne. Collection "Les manuscrits du CEDRE, dictionnaire historique et généalogique", Paris: Cercle d’études des dynasties royales européennes (CEDRE), 1996. ISSN 0993-3964. Volume III, p. 166.
  3. ^ Eilers, Marlene. Queen Victoria's Descendants. Rosvall Royal Books, Falkoping, Sweden, 1997, pp.117-118.
  4. ^ Zorilla, Francisco. Genealogia de la Casa de Borbon de Espana. Editora Nacional, Madrid, 1971, pp. 204-205.
  5. ^ Muere Sandra Torlonia

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