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.

Ancestry

External links

• Princely House of Torlonia
• Royal House of Spain