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Alessandro Torlonia
Prince of Civitella-Cesi
Alessandro Torlonia of Civitella-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)​
IssueSandra, Countess Clemente Lequio di Assaba
Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi
Marino Torlonia
Olimpia Weiller
FatherMarino Torlonia, 4th Prince of 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:

  • Donna Alessandra ("Sandra") Vittoria Torlonia (1936–2014),[5] married to Count Clemente Lecquio di Assaba (1925–1971); their son is Alessandro Lecquio.
  • 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.
  • Don Marino Riccardo Francesco Giuseppe Torlonia (1939–1995)
  • Donna Olimpia Emmanuela Enrichetta Maria Torlonia (born 1943), who married the French millionaire Paul-Annik Weiller, son of Paul-Louis Weiller. They have issue:

Relations

Don Alessandro's youngest sister was Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields.[citation needed]

Ancestry

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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