Alessandro "Dado", Principe Ruspoli (9 December 1924 – 11 January 2005) was an occasional

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and a

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and

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aristocrat, the 9th Principe di

Cerveteri Cerveteri () is a town and ''comune'' of northern Lazio in the region of the Metropolitan City of Rome. Known by the ancient Romans as Caere, and previously by the Etruscans as Caisra or Cisra, and as Agylla (or ) by the Greeks, its modern name de ...

, 9th Marchese di Riano, 14th Conte di

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and Prince of the Roman Papal States. Dado descends from a brother of Cardinal

Bartolomeo Ruspoli Cardinal Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli (25 October 1697 – 21 May 1741) Titles held Son of Prince Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri and wife Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta, maternal niece of Pope Innoc ...

. Dado was born in Rome in 1924. His mother, his father's first wife Claudia dei Conti Matarazzo, who died when he was 9, was heiress to one of the largest fortunes in Brazil. His father

Francesco Ruspoli, 8th Prince of Cerveteri Francesco, Principe Ruspoli (23 February 1899 – 27 October 1989) was the 8th Principe di Cerveteri, 8th Marchese di Riano, 13th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 7th Prince of Cerveteri and ...

, later a

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, fought in both

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. Dado became known for his extravagant lifestyle in the 1950s and 60s. He was friends with

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Truman Capote Truman Garcia Capote ( ; born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, ...

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and many others.

Marriages and children

His first marriage, in Rome on 8 December 1947, was to ''Nobile'' Francesca dei Baroni Blanc (Rome, 27 June 1920 –

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, 27 February 1962), daughter of ''Nobile'' Mario dei Baroni Blanc and wife Anita Felici. They had no children. His second marriage at

, the location of the ancestral residence,

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, on 5 May 1964, was to French aristocrat Nancy de Girard de Charbonnières ( Pouillon, 18 April 1939 –), daughter of Roger Jean de Girard de Charbonnières and wife Andrée Marie Pommarède. The marriage produced one son: *

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His third marriage was also in Rome, on 20 November 1993, to Theresa Patricia Genest. This marriage produced a daughter and a son: * Donna (Mathilde) Mélusine dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, 25 July 1994), a socialite and friend of Lady Kitty Spencer * Don Théodore Alexandre dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, 30 April 1997) Between marriages he had two sons by actress

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(17 March 1957 –), daughter of William Berger: *

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, (7 November 1975), married actress

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(

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, 10 March 1984), without issue. * Bartolomeo Ruspoli, (Rome, 6 October 1978 –), married in November 2004 Aileen Getty (14 July 1957), daughter of

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and first wife Abigail "Gail" Harris, without issue.

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1982) - Mavi's father * '' Les italiens'' (1989) - un inquisitore * ''

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'' (1990) - Vanni * ''Faccione'' (1991) * '' La casa del sorriso'' aka ''The House of Smiles'' (1991) - Andrea * ''Il giardino dei ciliegi'' aka ''The Cherry Orchard'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1 episode, "Florence, May 1908", 1993) - Professor Reale * ''Just Say Know'' (2002) - Himself * ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid'' (2007) ( V) - Professor Reale * ''Marco Ferreri, il regista che venne dal futuro'' (2007) - Himself

Ancestry

References

External links

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Alessandro Ruspoli on a genealogical site
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Italian male film actors Italian socialites

Marriages and children

Filmography

Ancestry

See also

References

External links