The

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Earl of Newburgh (pronounced "''New''-bruh") was created in the Peerage of Scotland in 1660 for James Livingston, 1st Viscount of Newburgh, along with the subsidiary titles Viscount of Kynnaird and Lord Levingston. The viscountcy of Newburgh and Livingston baronetcy, which devolved upon the 1st Earl, were created with

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to heirs male and became extinct on the death of the 2nd Earl (2nd Viscount and 3rd Baronet). However, the Earldom and its subsidiary titles, which were created with

to heirs whomsoever, can be inherited through male and female lines, thus passing by marriage through various different families. The 3rd Countess's second husband was the titular 5th Earl of Derwentwater (a younger brother of the attainted 3rd Earl), and so the 4th and 5th Earls of Newburgh were also

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Earls of Derwentwater, Viscounts Radclyffe and Langley and Barons Tyndale, ''of Tyndale, Northumberland'', in the Jacobite Peerage. On the death of the 5th Earl (also titular 7th Earl of Derwentwater), the title passed to a descendant of the daughter (and only child) of the 3rd Countess by her first husband, namely the 6th Prince

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. His daughter, the 7th Countess of Newburgh married the 4th Marquis Bandini and was succeeded, upon her death in 1877, by her son (created Prince Bandini-Giustiniani in 1863) as 8th Duke of Mondragone and 8th Earl of Newburgh. In 1941, upon the death of his son the 9th Earl, the

devolved upon the

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. The 12th and present Earl of Newburgh is usually known in

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- he lives in

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- as Prince Rospigliosi, and holds several other

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: ''Duke of Zagarolo'', ''Prince Castiglione'', ''Marquis of Giuliana'', ''Count of Chiusa'' and ''Baron of La Miraglia and Valcorrente'' (

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and

), ''Lord of Aldone, Burgio, Contessa and Trappeto'' (

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), and ''Patrician of Venice, Genoa, Pistoia, Ferrara and Ravenna'' ( Venice and Genoa).Italian titles are not protected by law since 1948, so these titles are purely nominal, as everyone can call himself a prince in Italy, without breaking any law. In Italy's 1948 constitution all regulations were abolished as to nobility,

Livingston Baronets, of Kinnaird (1627)

*Sir John Livingston, 1st Baronet (d. 1628) * Sir James Livingston, 2nd Baronet (c. 1622–1670) (created Viscount Newburgh in 1647 and Earl of Newburgh in 1660)

Earls of Newburgh (1660)

James Livingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh James Livingston, 1st Earl of Newburgh (c. 1622 – 4 December 1670) was a Scotland, Scottish Peerage, peer who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 to 1670. He supported the Cavaliers, Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Livings ...

(c. 1622–1670) *Charles Livingston, 2nd Earl of Newburgh (c. 1664–1694) *

Charlotte Maria Radclyffe, 3rd Countess of Newburgh Charlotte Maria Radclyffe, 3rd Countess of Newburgh or Charlotte, Countess of Derwentwater (''née'' Livingston) (1694 – 4 August 1755) was a Scottish Jacobite sympathiser. A ''suo jure'' Countess, she was forced into a marriage that gave her ...

(c. 1694–1755) *

James Bartholomew Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Newburgh James Bartholomew Radclyffe, 4th Earl of Newburgh and titular 6th Earl of Derwentwater (23 August 1725 – 2 January 1787) was a British nobleman, Earl of Newburgh in the Peerage of Scotland and titular Earl of Derwentwater in the Peerage of Engl ...

and titular 6th Earl of Derwentwater (1725–1787) * Anthony James Radclyffe, 5th Earl of Newburgh and titular 7th Earl of Derwentwater (1757–1814) * Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustiniani and ''de jure'' 6th Earl of Newburgh (1762–1826) * Maria Cecilia Agata Anna Josefa Laurenzia Donata Melchiorra Baldassara Gaspara Bandini, Duchess of Mondragone and 7th Countess of Newburgh (1796–1877) * Sigismondo Niccolo Venanzio Gaetano Francisco Giustiniani-Bandini, 1st Prince Bandini-Giustiniani and 8th Earl of Newburgh (1818–1908) * Carlo Giustiniani-Bandini, 2nd Prince Bandini-Giustiniani and 9th Earl of Newburgh (1862–1941) * Maria Sofia Guiseppina Giustiniani-Bandini, 10th Countess of Newburgh (1889–1977) * Giulio Cesare Taddeo Cosimo Rospigliosi, 10th Prince Rospigliosi and 11th Earl of Newburgh (1907–1986) * Filippo Giambattista Camillo Francesco Aldo Maria Rospigliosi, 11th Prince Rospigliosi and 12th Earl of Newburgh (b. 1942)www.burkespeerage.com
/ref> The heiress presumptive is the present holder's only daughter Princess Benedetta Francesca Maria Rospigliosi, Mistress of Newburgh (b. 1974)
The heir presumptive's

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is her son Carlo Filippo Maria Albertario (b. 2001)

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External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Newburgh Earldoms in the Peerage of Scotland Italian nobility Noble titles created in 1660 1660 establishments in Scotland

Livingston Baronets, of Kinnaird (1627)

Earls of Newburgh (1660)

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