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Cristiana Agnelli
Cristiana Brandolini d’Adda, Contessa di Valmareno ( Agnelli; born 16 February 1927) is an Italian socialite and member of the Agnelli family. Early life and family Cristiana Agnelli was born on 16 February 1927 in Turin. Her father was Edoardo Agnelli, an industrialist, and her mother was ''Donna'' Virginia Bourbon del Monte, a noblewoman. Her paternal grandfather, Giovanni Agnelli, founded Fiat Automobiles. Her maternal grandfather was Carlo del Monte, Prince di San Faustino. She was the fifth of seven children. Her sisters were Princess Clara von Fürstenberg, Countess Susanna Rattazzi, and Countess Maria Sole. Her brothers were Gianni Agnelli, Giorgio Agnelli, and Umberto Agnelli. Agnelli's father died in a plane crash when she was eight years old and her mother died in a car accident when she was eighteen years old. Adult life At the age of nineteen, Agnelli moved to Rome with her sister Susanna to study art. She met Brandolino "Brando" Brandolini d'Adda, Conte di V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alps, Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Larger Urban Zones, Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiber Island
The Tiber Island ( it, Isola Tiberina, Latin: ''Insula Tiberina'') is the only river island in the part of the Tiber which runs through Rome. Tiber Island is located in the southern bend of the Tiber. The island is boat-shaped, approximately long and wide, and has been connected with bridges to both sides of the river since antiquity. Being a seat of the ancient temple of Asclepius and later a hospital, the island is associated with medicine and healing. The Fatebenefratelli Hospital founded in the 16th century, and the church of San Bartolomeo all'Isola dating from the 10th century, are located on the island. History The island has been linked to the rest of Rome by two bridges since antiquity, and was once called ''Insula Inter-Duos-Pontes'' which means "the island between the two bridges". The Ponte Fabricio, the only original bridge in Rome, connects the island from the northeast to the Field of Mars in the rione Sant'Angelo (left bank). The Ponte Cestio, of which o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Countesses
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bourbon Del Monte Family
Bourbon may refer to: Food and drink * Bourbon whiskey, an American whiskey made using a corn-based mash * Bourbon barrel aged beer, a type of beer aged in bourbon barrels * Bourbon biscuit, a chocolate sandwich biscuit * A beer produced by Brasseries de Bourbon * Bourbon chicken, a dish made with bourbon whiskey * Bourbon coffee, a type of coffee made from a cultivar of ''Coffea arabica'' * Bourbon Coffee, a coffeehouse chain * Bourbon vanilla, a cultivar of vanilla Places * Bourbon, Indiana, United States * Bourbon, Missouri, United States * Bourbon, Boone County, Missouri * Bourbon County, Kentucky, United States * Bourbon County, Kansas, United States * Bourbon Street, a street in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States * Bourbon-l'Archambault, Allier département, France * Bourbon-Lancy, Saône-et-Loire département, France * Bourbonne-les-Bains, Haute-Marne département, France * Bourbonnais, an area derived from the former dukedom of Bourbon, France * Île Bourbon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brandolini D'Adda Family
Brandolini is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Aureliano Brandolini (1927–2008), Italian agronomist and development cooperation scholar *Aurelio Lippo Brandolini (1454?–1497), Italian humanist and political theorist *Coco Brandolini d'Adda (born 1979), Italian fashion editor and executive *Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda (born 1927), Italian socialite *Bianca Brandolini d’Adda (born 1987), Italian fashion model, actress and socialite *Fernando Brandolini (1932–1987), Italian professional racing cyclist *Georgina Brandolini d'Adda (born 1949), French-Brazilian fashion executive *Luca Brandolini (born 1933), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church * Marie Brandolini d'Adda (1963-2013), French-Italian glass maker *Muriel Brandolini, French-Vietnamese interior designer * ''Alberto Brandolini'', data scientist and proponent of Brandolini's Law Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Births
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Living People
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International Best Dressed List
The International Best-Dressed Hall of Fame List was founded by fashionista Eleanor Lambert in 1940 as an attempt to boost the reputation of American fashion at the time. The American magazine '' Vanity Fair'' is currently in charge of the List after Lambert left the responsibility to "four friends at Vanity Fair" in 2002, a year before her death. Other people who have been on the list include: Women * Duchess of Alba ( Cayetana Fitz-Stuart), socialite, President of the House of Alba Foundation; Seville (2011) *Stacey Bendet, creative director and C.E.O., Alice + Olivia; New York (2014) * Liliane Bettencourt, (2009) * Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Kensington Palace (2014) * Misty Copeland, ballerina (2015) * Catherine Deneuve, actress (2009) * Lauren Hutton, model and actress, New York (2017). * Sheikha Moza bint Nasser al-Missned of Qatar, Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development; UNESCO special envoy for basic and higher educatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cecil Beaton
Sir Cecil Walter Hardy Beaton, (14 January 1904 – 18 January 1980) was a British fashion, portrait and war photographer, diarist, painter, and interior designer, as well as an Oscar–winning stage and costume designer for films and the theatre. Early life and education Beaton was born on 14 January 1904 in Hampstead, north London, the son of Ernest Walter Hardy Beaton (1867–1936), a prosperous timber merchant, and his wife, Esther "Etty" Sisson (1872–1962). His grandfather, Walter Hardy Beaton (1841–1904), had founded the family business of "Beaton Brothers Timber Merchants and Agents", and his father followed into the business. Ernest Beaton was an amateur actor and met his wife, Cecil's mother Esther ("Etty"), when playing the lead in a play. She was the daughter of a Cumbrian blacksmith named Joseph Sisson and had come to London to visit her married sister. Ernest and Etty Beaton had four children – Cecil; two daughters, Nancy Elizabeth Louise Hardy Beaton (190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marie Angliviel De La Beaumelle
Marie Brandolini d'Adda di Valmareno (née Angliviel de la Beaumelle; 7 April 1963 – 30 May 2013) was a French-Italian glass maker. Early life and family Marie Angliviel de la Beaumelle was born on April 7, 1963, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine. Her father was Armand Angliviel de la Beaumelle, a member of a prominent haute bourgeois family from Languedoc, and her mother was Baroness Béatrice Juliette Ruth de Rothschild, a member of the aristocratic Rothschild family. Her maternal grandfather was Baron Alain de Rothschild. On her father's side she is a distant relation to Laurent Angliviel de la Beaumelle. After her father died, her mother remarried Pierre Rosenberg in 1981. Adult life She married Brandino Brandolini d'Adda, the son of Brandolino Brandolini d'Adda, Conte di Valmareno and Cristiana Agnelli, in November 1987 in Paris. The couple had three sons: Guido, Marcantonio, and Gioacchino. They resided in the Palazzo Brandolini on the Grand Canal in Venice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Brandolini
Countess Muriel Brandolini d'Adda di Valmareno (née Phan van Thiet), known professionally as Muriel Brandolini, is a French-Vietnamese interior designer and decorator. In 2016 Brandolini was named one of the world's top 100 designers by '' Architectural Digest''. Early life Muriel Phan van Thiet was born in Montpellier, France and grew up in Saigon, Vietnam and in Martinique. Her father was a lawyer from Vietnam and her mother was a pianist of Venezuelan and French ancestry. She grew up speaking French as her primary language. Her father died when she was young, during the Vietnamese War, which prompted the family to move to Martinique. When she was fifteen years old her mother sent her to Paris to study secretarial skills after she had dropped out of her private high school in Martinique. Career Brandolini came to New York City in 1979 and began working as a salesperson in Deschamps. She was discovered by Franca Sozzani who hired her as a fashion stylist for ''Italian Vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Brandolini D'Adda
Princess Georgina Brandolini d'Adda, Contessa di Valmareno (born Princess Georgina Maria Natividad de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny; 23 December 1949) is a French-Brazilian fashion executive and designer. Early and personal life Princess Georgina Maria Natividad de Faucigny-Lucinge et Coligny was born on 23 December 1949 in Rio de Janeiro. Her father was Prince Jean-Louis de Faucigny-Lucinge, a French aristocrat, and her mother was Sylvia Régis de Oliveira, the only daughter of Raul Régis de Oliveira, a Brazilian diplomat who served as Brazil's Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1925 to 1939. She grew up in Paris. On 12 June 1975, she married Rodrigo Tiberto Brandolini d'Adda, Conte di Valmareno, an Italian nobleman who was the son of Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda and nephew of Gianni Agnelli, in a Catholic ceremony at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Paris, becoming Countess of Valmareno. They have two children, Donna Cornelia Brandolini d'Adda and Donna Bianca Brandolini d'Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
