Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi

Don (honorific) Alessandro Torlonia (7 December 1911 - 1 May/12 May 1986) was the 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.

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

Marriage

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

Don Alessandro and Infanta Beatriz had four children:

1. Donna Alessandra Torlonia (born 1936), who is known as Sandra and was married to Count Clemente Lecquio di Assaba (1925–1971); their son is Alessandro Lecquio.
2. Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, (born 1937) who married firstly Donna Orsetta Caracciolo dei principi di Castagneto, secondly Philippa Catherine McDonald and thirdly Blazena Anna Helena Svitaková.
3. Don Marino Torlonia (1939–1995)
4. Donna Olimpia Torlonia (born 1943), who married the French millionaire Paul-Annik Weiller. She is the mother of Princess Sibilla, 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.

Arms of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi.

Ancestry

16. Prince Giovanni-Raimundo Torlonia, Duke di Bracciano

8. Prince Marino Torlonia, Duke di Bracciano, di Poli e di Guadagnolo

17. Anna-Maria Schultheiss

4. Giulio Torlonia, 2nd Duke of Poli and Guadagnolo

18. Prince Francesco Sforza-Cesarini, Duke di Segni

9. Princess Donna Anna Sforza-Cesarini

19. Donna Gertrude Conti, Duchess di Poli e Guadagnolo

2. Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi

20. Prince Agostino Chigi della Rovere-Albani, Prince di Farnese

10. Prince Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere-Albani, Prince di Farnese

21. Donna Carlotta Amalia Barberini-Colonna

5. Princess Donna Teresa Chigi della Rovere-Albani

22. Don Luigi Doria-Pamphilj-Landi, Prince di Melfi

11. Donna Leopoldina Doria-Pamphilj-Landi

23. Donna Teresa Orsini dei Duchi di Gravina

1. Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi

24. Francis Moore

12. William Ropes Moore

25. Sarah Cheever

6. Charles Arthur Moore

26. Tunis Van Ness

13. Caroline Van Ness

27. Polly Goodrich

3. Mary Elsie Moore

28. Benjamin Smith Campbell

14. John Keyes Campbell

29. Sally Keys

7. Mary Campbell

30. George Sheffield

15. Betsey Sheffield

31. Thirza Baker

External links

• Princely House of Torlonia
• Royal House of Spain