Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
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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.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
