Don Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy (di Bassano), de Khevenhüller-Metsch y Borbón, dei Principi Ruspoli (December 28, 1822 – February 4, 1914) was a
Spanish aristocrat, son of the
prince Camillo Ruspoli and wife
Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca
Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca, twice Grandee of Spain (in full, es, Doña Carlota Luisa Manuela de Godoy (di Bassano) y Borbón, segunda duquesa de Sueca, segunda marquesa de Boadilla del Monte, segunda condesa de Evoramonte, ...
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He was 2nd
Duke of Alcudia,
Grandee of Spain First Class, with a
Coat of Arms of de Godoy in succession of his maternal grandfather (Letter of February 18, 1853) and 3rd
Count of Évoramonte in
Portugal Portugal ''de Juro e Herdade'' with Honours of Relative, ''Maestrante'' of Granada, Gentleman of the Chamber of Her Catholic Majesty with exercise and service,
Senator
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of the Realm, etc. And
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.
Marriage and children
He married in
Madrid, May 11, 1857 Doña Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y Téllez-Girón (
Naples, January 21/2, 1833 –
Lucca, July/June 11, 1865), daughter of Don
Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox
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, Gonzaga y Portocarrero, 17th
Duke of Medina-Sidonia,
Marquiss of Villafranca del Vierzo, 13th
Marquis of Los Vélez, and 21st
Count of Niebla,
Grandee of Spain First Classe. The first cousin of
Eugenia de Montijo (Empress of the French), and wife Doña María del Pilar Joaquina de Silva-Bazán y Téllez-Girón, de Waldstein y Pimentel, of the Marqueses de Santa-Cruz, etc., and had five children:
*
Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca
* Don Joaquín (Gioachino) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, September 26, 1859 – 1904), unmarried and without issue
* Don José (Giuseppe) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, August 21, 1861 – 1948), unmarried and without issue
* Doña María Teresa (Maria Tereza) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, November 26, 1862/1863 –
Paris, March 23, 1958) married in Paris, September 17, 1883 Henri Cognet de Chappuis de Maubou, Comte de Maubou, and had one son and one daughter:
** ''Jacques Cognet de Chappuis de Maubou, Vicomte de Maubou, without further notice''
** ''Guillaumine "Mine" Cognet de Chappuis de Maubou, without further notice''
* Don Camilo Ignacio (Camillo Ignacio) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (
Pau, January 31, 1865 – Madrid, April 15, 1930)
See also
*
Ruspoli
References
* Affonso, Domingos de Araújo and Valdez, Rui Dique Travassos, ''Livro de Oiro da Nobreza'' (3 volumes), Volume 1, p. 491-8, Lisbon, 1938
* Instituto de Salazar y Castro, ''Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', various (periodical publication)
External links
*
Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy on a genealogical site* http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/alcudiaduque.htm : § « II. Don Adolfo Rúspoli y Godoy, 2. duque de la ALCUDIA y Grande de España » (1822–1914)
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1822 births
1914 deaths
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