Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi

Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi

Don Alessandro Torlonia (7 December 1911 - 1 May 1986) was the 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi.

He was the son of Prince Don Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore. He was born in Rome and died in the Palazzo Torlonia, Rome.

Marriage

On January 14 1935, Don Alessandro married the Infanta Beatriz of Spain (1909 - 2002), the daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.

Don Alessandro and Infanta Beatriz had four children:
#Donna Alessandra Torlonia (born 1936), who is known as Sandra and was married to Count Clemente Lequio di Assaba (1925-1971); their son is Alessandro Lequio.
#Don Marco Torlonia, 6th prince of Civitella-Cesi, (born 1937) who married firstly Princess Orsetta Caracciolo, secondly Philippa McDonald and thirdly Blazena Svitaková.
#Don Marino Torlonia (1939-1995)
#Donna Olimpia Torlonia (born 1943), who married the French millionaire Paul-Annik Weiller. She's the mother of Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, the wife of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg.

Relations

Don Alessandro's youngest sister was Princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields. He was also a first cousin of Bettine Moore, the mother of the actress Glenn Close.


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