Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri (; 9 December 1924 – 11 January 2005) was an occasional

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aristocrat, the 9th Prince of

Cerveteri Cerveteri () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, in the Italian region of Lazio. Known by the ancient Romans as Caere, and previously by the Etruscans as Caisra or Cisra, and as Agylla (or ) by the Greeks, ...

, 9th Marquess of Riano, 14th Count of Vignanello and Prince of the Roman Papal States. Dado descends from a brother of Cardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli.

Early life

Dado was born in Rome in 1924. His mother, his father's first wife Claudia dei Conti Matarazzo, who died when he was 9, was heiress to one of the largest fortunes in Brazil. His father Francesco Ruspoli, 8th Prince of Cerveteri, later a

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, fought in both

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. Dado became known for his extravagant lifestyle in the 1950s and 60s. He was friends with

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and many others.

Personal life

Ruspoli's first marriage, in Rome on 8 December 1947, was to ''Nobile'' Francesca dei Baroni Blanc (1920–1962), daughter of ''Nobile'' Mario dei Baroni Blanc and wife Anita Felici. She died in

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on 27 February 1962. They had no children.

Second marriage

Ruspoli's second marriage was on 5 May 1964 at Vignanello, the location of the ancestral residence,

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, to French aristocrat Nancy de Girard de Charbonnières (b. 1939), daughter of Roger Jean de Girard de Charbonnières and wife Andrée Marie Pommarède. Before their divorce in 1974, they were the parents of one son: * ''Don'' Francesco, Principe Ruspoli (b. 1967), being 10th Prince of Cerveteri and head of the Ruspoli family since the death of his father in 2005

Relationship with Debra Berger

Following his divorce from Nancy, he had a relationship with actress Debra Berger (b. 1957), a daughter of William Berger. They never married but were the parents of two sons: * Tao dei Principi Ruspoli (b. 1975), who married actress

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in 2003; they divorced in 2011 without issue. * Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli (b. 1978), who married Aileen Getty, a daughter of John Paul Getty Jr. and first wife Abigail "Gail" Harris, in November 2004; without issue.

Third marriage

Ruspoli's third marriage was also in Rome, on 20 November 1993, to Theresa Patricia Genest. This marriage produced a daughter and a son: * ''Donna'' Mathilde '' Mélusine'' dei Principi Ruspoli (b. 1994), a socialite. * ''Don'' Théodore Alexandre dei Principi Ruspoli (b. 1997)

Filmography

* '' Identification of a Woman'' (1982) - Mavi's father * '' Les italiens'' (1989) - un inquisitore * ''

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'' (1990) - Vanni * ''Faccione'' (1991) * '' La casa del sorriso'' aka ''The House of Smiles'' (1991) - Andrea * ''Il giardino dei ciliegi'' aka ''The Cherry Orchard'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1 episode, "Florence, May 1908", 1993) - Professor Reale * ''Just Say Know'' (2002) - Himself * ''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid'' (2007) ( V) - Professor Reale * ''Marco Ferreri, il regista che venne dal futuro'' (2007) - Himself

Ancestry

References

External links

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Alessandro Ruspoli on a genealogical site
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