Prince of Civitella-Cesi is an Italian title of nobility granted to Giovanni Torlonia (1755–1829) of the

Torlonia 200px, Coat of arms of the House of Torlonia. The House of Torlonia is the name of an Italian princely family from Rome, which acquired a huge fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries through administering the finances of the Vatican. The first infl ...

family. In exchange for the administration of finances of the

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with the blessing of the Pope, Giovanni Torlonia was created in 1794

Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...

Bracciano Bracciano is a small town in the Italian region of Lazio, northwest of Rome. The town is famous for its volcanic lake ( Lago di Bracciano or "Sabatino", the eighth largest lake in Italy) and for a particularly well-preserved medieval castle Cast ...

and

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of Pisciarelli; in 1803

Marquis A marquess (; french: marquis ), es, marqués, pt, marquês. is a nobleman of high hereditary rank in various European peerages and in those of some of their former colonies. The German language equivalent is Markgraf (margrave). A woman wi ...

of Romavecchia and Turrita; and 1st Prince of Civitella Cesi ( Princeps Romanus); in 1809 he was created a

Roman Patrician The patricians (from la, Wikt:patricius, patricius, Greek language, Greek: πατρίκιος) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the Roman Kingdom, and the early Roman Rep ...

(with Papal confirmation of that honor on January 19, 1813) and in 1820 became

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and

Guadagnolo The Monti Prenestini is a mountain range in the Lazio sub-Apennines, in central Italy to the east of Rome. It is of limestone formation. It is bounded by the Monti Tiburtini to the north, by the Monti Ruffi to the east, and by the valley of th ...

, with other titles. He was the builder of the Villa Torlonia in

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Princes of Civitella-Cesi

Giovanni Torlonia, 1st Prince of Civitella-Cesi Giovanni Raimondo Torlonia (May 1755 – February 25, 1829) was a famous Franco-Italian banker to the Vatican and noble of the Torlonia family. In 1785 he inherited the fortune of his father Marino Torlonia (1725–1785; in early life Marin Torloni ...

(born Siena, May 1754, died Rome, 25 Feb 1829), in 1814 created Prince of Civitella-Cesi, who in September 1793 married in Rome Anna Maria Schultheiss (born Donaueschingen, 23 August 1760, died Rome, 4 November 1840) * Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi *

Augusto Torlonia, 3rd Prince of Civitella Cesi Don Augusto Torlonia, of the House of Torlonia, was an Italian nobleman and third Prince of Civitella-Cesi. Augusto inherited the title from his grandfather's younger brother, Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince of Civitella-Cesi. Augusto was born in ...

(20 January 1855 - 17 April 1926). *

Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi Marino Torlonia (29 July 1861 – 5 March 1933), 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, duke of Poli and Guadagnolo, was an Italian nobleman. Biography He was born in Poli, Italy, the sixth son of Prince Don Giulio Torlonia, 2nd Duke di Poli e di Guadagno ...

Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi (7 December 1911 – 1 May/12 May 1986) was an Italian banking heir and a member of the House of Torlonia. About Born in Rome on 7 December 1911, Torlonia was the son of Marino Torloni ...

Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi '' Don'' Marco Alfonso Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi (2 July 1937 – 5 December 2014) was the son of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and Infanta Beatriz of Spain, daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. He was, therefor ...

Giovanni Torlonia, 7th Prince of Civitella-Cesi Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of ...

(b. Rome 18 Apr 1962); on 9 June 2001 he married Carla De Stefanis (born Rome 23 Nov 1966) in the Palazzo Torlonia, Rome. **Heir-Apparent: Don Stanislao (born January 2005) Civitella-Cesi {{VaticanCity-stub