Francesco Ruspoli, 8th Prince of Cerveteri


Francesco, Principe Ruspoli was the 8th Principe di Cerveteri, 8th Marchese di Riano, 13th Conte di Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Alessandro Ruspoli, 7th Prince of Cerveteri and wife Marianita dei Duchi Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. His maternal grandmother was an American heiress from New York City, New York. His great-great-great-great-uncle was Bartolomeo Ruspoli and his great-great-great-great grandfather was Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere. He later became a poet and fought in both world wars.

Marriages and children

He married firstly in São Paulo, São Paulo, on 28 February 1924, Claudia dei Conti Matarazzo, daughter of Francesco, 1st Conte Matarazzo, Italian-Brazilian industrialist and tycoon, and wife Filomena Sansivieri, and grandaunt of Brazilian television and film director Jayme Monjardim, heiress to one of the largest fortunes in Brazil, by whom he had two sons:
He married secondly, on 4 May 1946, Maria Celeste Rossi, without issue.

Ancestry