Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa


Emanuele Francesco Maria dei Principi Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa was an Italian and a Holy Roman Empire prince who twice served as the Mayor of Rome.

Early life

Prince Emanuele, who was born on December 30, 1837, in Rome, was the son of Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli and wife Carolina Ratti
His paternal grandfather was Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife Countess Maria Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch and ancestor of the Line III of the Principi Ruspoli. His great-uncle was Cardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli.

Career

He was Nobile di Viterbo e di Orvieto, Patrizio Romano and Prince of Holy Roman Empire.
In 1859, Emanuele was volunteer military in the Kingdom of Sardinia and received the Silver Medal of Military Valor. His military grade was Officer.
Emanuele was Deputy and Senator of the Kingdom of Italy. He was Sindaco of the City of Rome and.

Personal life

He married firstly in Rome, June 10, 1864 Princess Ecaterina Conachi, a Romanian noblewoman,, by whom he had five children:
He married secondly in Rome, July 14, 1878 Laura Caracciolo dei Principi di Torella, Duchi di Lavello, Marchesi di Bella, daughter of Camillo Caracciolo and wife Countess Anna Ivanovna Loginova,, by whom he had an only son:
He married thirdly in Paris, June 18, 1885 Josephine Mary Beers-Curtis, an English American, daughter of Joseph David Beers-Curtis and wife Elizabeth Shipton-Giles, by whom he had three children:
The prince died of complications of his diabetes on November 29, 1899.

Descendants

Through his daughter Princess Donna Caterina, he was the grandfather of Gilbert, Comte de la Forest-Divonne, unmarried and without issue, Claire de la Forest-Divonne, married in Livorno, January 15, 1913 Prince Vladimir Mavrocordato, and Gaddo, Conte della Gherardesca, married April 21, 1919 Emilia Poschi-Meuron dei Marchesi Garzoni, and had issue.
Through his daughter, Princess Donna Vittoria, he was the grandfather of Victoire Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie de Dampierre, married firstly in Rome, March 4, 1935, and divorced in Bucharest, May 6, 1947 as her first husband Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, and had issue, and secondly in Vienna, November 21, 1949 Antonio Sozzani, without issue, Richard Roger Emmanuel Étienne Pierre de Dampierre, 3rd and last Duca di San Lorenzo Nuovo, married in Biarritz, July 24, 1937 María de las Mercedes de Pedroso y Sturdza, and had issue, and Yolande Beatrix de Dampierre, married in Rome, January 19, 1940 Luigi, Conte Miani di Angoris, and had issue.
Through his son, Prince Don Eugenio, he was the grandfather of Donna Francesca dei Principi Ruspoli, married in Rome, August 6, 1946, and divorced Giulio, Principe Rocco di Torrepadula, and had issue.

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