Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi


Don Alessandro Torlonia was the 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.
Born in Rome, Torlonia was the son of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore.
On the death of his father in 1933, he inherited large estates as well as his father's princely and other titles.
He died in the Palazzo Torlonia, Rome, in 1986.

Marriage

On 14 January 1935, Don Alessandro morganatically married in Rome the Infanta Beatriz of Spain, a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.
Don Alessandro and Infanta Beatriz had four children:
Don Alessandro's youngest sister was Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields.

Ancestry