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The princedom of San Donato was created by Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, for the

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Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov in 1840, so that Demidov could marry

Mathilde Bonaparte Mathilde Laetitia Wilhelmine Bonaparte, Princesse Française, Princess of San Donato (27 May 1820 – 2 January 1904), was a French princess and salonnière. She was a daughter of Napoleon's brother Jérôme Bonaparte and his second wife, Cathar ...

, niece of

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, without her losing her title of ''Princess''. The title was never recognized in Russia. It was named after

Villa San Donato The Villa San Donato is a Palladian palace built by Russian industrialist Nikolay Demidov on 42 hectares of marshland to the north of Florence at Polverosa which he had bought from the Catholic church, after he was made Russia's ambassador to the ...

, the

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family's villa, built by the first prince's father near

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List of holders

House of Demidoff San Donato family tree (EN) by shakko

# Anatoly Nikolaievich Demidov, 1st Prince of San Donato (1813-1870), Prince from 1840 creation, died without legitimate issue #

Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato Count Pavel Pavlovich Demidov, 2nd Prince of San Donato (russian: Павел Павлович Демидов; 9 October 1839, Frankfurt am Main / Bad Kissingen – 26 January 1885, Pratolino, Florence) was a Russian industrialist, jurist, p ...

(1839-1885), nephew of the former # Elim Pavlovich Demidov, 3rd Prince of San Donato (1868-1943), son of the former # Anatoly Pavlovich Demidov, 4th Prince of San Donato (1874-1943), half-brother of the former File:1831. Anatole Demidov.jpg, Anatole Paul Pavlovitch Demidoff.jpg, Paul File:Elim Pavlovich Demidov.jpg, Elim Anatoliy Pavlovich Demidov 2.jpg, Anatoly Pavlovich