Francesco, Principe Ruspoli (23 February 1899 – 27 October 1989) was the 8th 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 na ...
, 8th Marchese di
Riano, 13th Conte di
Vignanello
Vignanello is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Viterbo in the Italian region Latium, located about northwest of Rome and about southeast of Viterbo.
Vignanello borders the following municipalities: Corchiano, Fabrica di Roma, Ga ...
and
Prince of the Holy Roman Empire
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Definition
Originally, possessors o ...
, son of
Alessandro Ruspoli, 7th Prince of Cerveteri
Alessandro, Principe Ruspoli (January 14, 1869 – September 28, 1952), Grand Master of the Sacred Apostolic Hospice, was the 7th Principe di Cerveteri, 7th Marchese di Riano, 12th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son ...
and wife Marianita dei Duchi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. His maternal grandmother was an American heiress from
New York City
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,
New York. His great-great-great-great-uncle was
Bartolomeo Ruspoli and his great-great-great-great grandfather was
Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere
Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere (15 June 1618 – 29 June 1688) was an Italian nobleman and Duke of Bomarzo.
Biography
Lante was the son of Marcantonio Lante (1566–1643) and his wife Lucrezia della Rovere. He was nephew to his f ...
. He later became a
poet
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and fought in both
World Wars
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.
Marriages and children
He married firstly in
São Paulo
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,
São Paulo
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, on 28 February 1924, Claudia dei Conti Matarazzo (
Castellabate
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History
The area was inhabited since Upper Palaeolithic times. In early medieval times, the current ...
, 12 March 1899 –
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 30 October 1935), daughter of
Francesco, 1st Conte Matarazzo,
Italian
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-Brazilian
industrialist and
tycoon
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, and wife Filomena Sansivieri, and grandaunt of
Brazil
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ian
television
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and
film director Jayme Monjardim
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He is the former husband of actress Ingra Liberato, divorced without issue ...
, heiress to one of the largest fortunes in
Brazil
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, by whom he had two sons:
*
Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri
Alessandro "Dado", Principe Ruspoli (9 December 1924 – 11 January 2005) was an occasional actor and a playboy and eccentric aristocrat, the 9th Principe di Cerveteri, 9th Marchese di Riano, 14th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Roman Pa ...
*Don
Sforza Marescotto dei Principi Ruspoli (
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 23 January 1927 –), married firstly at
Migliarino
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Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city a ...
on 30 November 1946 and divorced in 1983 Flavia Domitilla dei Duchi Salviati (
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 28 April 1925 –
Migliarino
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Ferrara (, ; egl, Fràra ) is a city a ...
Pisano, 6 April 2007), and had two daughters. And married secondly at
Vignanello
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Vignanello borders the following municipalities: Corchiano, Fabrica di Roma, Ga ...
on 15 October 1983
Pia Giancaro
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Life and career
Born Maria Pia Gianporcaro in Palermo, the daughter of a Sicilian railroad worker and a Slavic mother, Giancaro in 1968 won the Miss Sic ...
(
Palermo, 12 March 1950, and had one daughter:
**''Donna Claudia dei Principi Ruspoli (
São Paulo
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,
São Paulo
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, 30 August 1947 –), unmarried and without issue''
**''Donna Giada dei Principi Ruspoli (
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 8 March 1949 –), married Giovanni Angelo Theodoli di San Vito e Pisoniano, 6th
Duke of Nemi (
Bologna
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, 1 May 1942).
''
**''Giacinta Ortensia Rosa Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (
Paris
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, 3 March 1988 –)''
He married secondly, on 4 May 1946, Maria Celeste Rossi (3 October 1916 –
Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg
, map_caption ...
, 12 February 1997), without issue.
Ancestry
References
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External links
Francesco Ruspoli on a genealogical site
Notes
See also
*
Ruspoli
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1899 births
1989 deaths
Francesco
Francesco
Nobility from Rome
Military personnel from Rome