Don Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy (di Bassano), de Khevenhüller-Metsch y Borbón, dei Principi Ruspoli (December 28, 1822 – February 4, 1914) was a

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aristocrat, son of the prince Camillo Ruspoli and wife Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca. He was 2nd Duke of Alcudia,

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First Class, with a

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of de Godoy in succession of his maternal grandfather (Letter of February 18, 1853) and 3rd Count of Évoramonte in

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''de Juro e Herdade'' with Honours of Relative, ''Maestrante'' of Granada, Gentleman of the Chamber of Her Catholic Majesty with exercise and service,

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of the Realm, etc. And

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Marriage and children

He married in

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, May 11, 1857 Doña Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y Téllez-Girón (

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, January 21/2, 1833 –

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, July/June 11, 1865), daughter of Don

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, Gonzaga y Portocarrero, 17th

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, Marquiss of Villafranca del Vierzo, 13th Marquis of Los Vélez, and 21st

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First Classe. The first cousin of

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(Empress of the French), and wife Doña María del Pilar Joaquina de Silva-Bazán y Téllez-Girón, de Waldstein y Pimentel, of the Marqueses de Santa-Cruz, etc., and had five children: * Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca * Don Joaquín (Gioachino) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, September 26, 1859 – 1904), unmarried and without issue * Don José (Giuseppe) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, August 21, 1861 – 1948), unmarried and without issue * Doña María Teresa (Maria Tereza) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, November 26, 1862/1863 –

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, March 23, 1958) married in Paris, September 17, 1883 Henri Cognet de Chappuis de Maubou, Comte de Maubou, and had one son and one daughter: ** ''Jacques Cognet de Chappuis de Maubou, Vicomte de Maubou, without further notice'' ** ''Guillaumine "Mine" Cognet de Chappuis de Maubou, without further notice'' * Don Camilo Ignacio (Camillo Ignacio) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli ( Pau, January 31, 1865 – Madrid, April 15, 1930)

References

* Affonso, Domingos de Araújo and Valdez, Rui Dique Travassos, ''Livro de Oiro da Nobreza'' (3 volumes), Volume 1, p. 491-8, Lisbon, 1938 * Instituto de Salazar y Castro, ''Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles'', various (periodical publication)

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*
Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy on a genealogical site
* http://www.grandesp.org.uk/historia/gzas/alcudiaduque.htm : § « II. Don Adolfo Rúspoli y Godoy, 2. duque de la ALCUDIA y Grande de España » (1822–1914) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ruspoli, Adolfo 1822 births 1914 deaths Italian nobility

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