Mario Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa
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Mario dei Principi Ruspoli (Ţigăneşti/Ziganesk, October 16, 1867 – Florence, January 16, 1963) was the 2nd Principe di Poggio Suasa, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and first wife Caterina Vogorides-Konaki. His great-great-uncle was Bartolomeo Ruspoli. He was also a great-grandfather of actor Bart Ruspoli.
[edit] Marriage and children
He married in Paris, September 25, 1890 Pauline Marie Palma de Talleyrand-Périgord (Venice, April 2, 1871 – Rome, October 21, 1952), daughter of the 4th Duchi di Dino and whose mother was a sister of his father's third wife, great-great-great-niece of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, by whom he had five children:
- Costantino Carlo Michele Agostino dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, July 8/August 2, 1891 – KIA at the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II at Beir Almasaïli, Egypt, October 24/26, 1942), married in Brussels, December 29, 1923 Elisabeth Catherine Adrienne Marie Anne Comtesse van der Noot des Marquis d'Assche (Brussels, July 22, 1899 – Ixelles, March 27, 1941/1974), by whom he had three sons:
- Marcantonio Mario Dimitri Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Poggio Suasa
- Edoardo Eugenio Bosone dei Principi Ruspoli (Brussels, February 17, 1928 –), unmarried and without issue
- Marescotti Giovanni dei Principi Ruspoli (Etterbeek, March 6, 1935 –), married firstly Yvonne Masse, by whom he had two sons, and secondly at Chelsea, London, September 6, 1963 Diana Baronesse d'Orville van der Hoop (Lausanne, January 21, 1943 –), by whom he had three daughters:
- Francesco dei Principi Ruspoli (December 11, 1958 –), unmarried and without issue
- Alexis dei Principi Ruspoli (November 28, 1959 –), married and had issue:
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- Livia dei Principi Ruspoli (March 26, 1966 –), married Jean-Pierre Tasiaux, and had issue
- Serena dei Principi Ruspoli (January 17, 1971 –), unmarried and without issue
- Daphné Barbara Philippa dei Principi Ruspoli (Uccle, September 29, 1972 –), married civily at Uccle, May 29, 1998 and religiously at Èze, June 27, 1998 François, Comte Didisheim (Ixelles, January 16, 1960 –), and had issue
- Marescotti dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, October 17/19, 1892 – KIA at the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II at El Alamein, Egypt, October 24, 1942), married in Rome, June 10, 1935 Virginia dei Marchesi Patrizi Naro Montoro (Rome, February 22, 1901/1903 – Rome, August 6, 1977), whose mother was English, by whom he had a son and a daughter:
- Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 12, 1938 –), married in Paris, May 2, 1960 Catherine Carolus-Barré (Saint-Jean-de-Luz, August 13, 1941 –), by whom he had a daughter and a son:
- Francesca Patrizia Palma Rita Maria Raimonda Carla dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, July 17, 1940 –), married in Rome, July 12, 1969 Conte Don Eriprando dei Duchi Visconti di Modrone (Milan, September 24, 1932 – Pavia, May/March 25, 1995), and had a son and a daughter, both unmarried and without issue
- Alessandro Edmondo Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, May/March 14, 1895 – Rome, 1975), married in Paris, August 28/22, 1924 Marthe-Marie de Pineton de Chambrun (Paris, January 7, 1899 – 1984), by whom he had one son and two daughters:
- Mario Giovanni Battista Pietro dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 17, 1925 – Paris, June 13, 1985/1986), married firstly in Paris, March 2/April 8, 1947 and divorced Claude Delmas (La Rochelle, March 16, 1924 –), by whom he had two sons, and secondly on April 4, 1974 Dominique Rivolier (Neuilly-sur-Seine, August 12, 1946 –), without issue:
- Stefano dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, October 5, 1947 –), married firstly in Paris, 1978 Laurence Allix, by whom he had an only daughter, and secondly in Paris Annie Nataf, without issue:
- Léonore dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, October 31, 1981 –)
- Fabrizio dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, April 4, 1951 –), unmarried and without issue
- Stefano dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, October 5, 1947 –), married firstly in Paris, 1978 Laurence Allix, by whom he had an only daughter, and secondly in Paris Annie Nataf, without issue:
- Giacinta Palma Margherita Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, March 3, 1927 – Rome, March 27, 1953), unmarried and without issue
- Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Lausanne, August 19, 1928 –), married ... di Maio
- Mario Giovanni Battista Pietro dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 17, 1925 – Paris, June 13, 1985/1986), married firstly in Paris, March 2/April 8, 1947 and divorced Claude Delmas (La Rochelle, March 16, 1924 –), by whom he had two sons, and secondly on April 4, 1974 Dominique Rivolier (Neuilly-sur-Seine, August 12, 1946 –), without issue:
- Emanuele Costantino dei Principi Ruspoli (Florence, June 6, 1900 – ?), unmarried and without issue
- Carlo Maurizio Giuseppe Edgardo dei Principi Ruspoli (Oberhofen, August 25, 1906 – Buenos Aires, June 11, 1947), married firstly in Venice, September 12, 1927 Marina dei Conti Volpi di Misurata (Venice, February 19, 1908 – March 9, 1977), by whom he had an only daughter, and secondly in Rome Luisa Maria Camperio (? – Rome, August 30, 1948), by whom he had an only son:
- Smeralda Giovanna Amelia Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 24, 1928 – Rome, 1992), married in Rome Giancarlo Sbragia (Rome, March 14, 1926 – June 27, 1994)
- Costantino Filippo Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, April 23, 1947 –), unmarried, who by Maria Consuelo (Lily) Child-Villiers of the Earls of Jersey (August 21, 1953 –), unmarried, whose mother was Italian, a former niece by marriage of Virginia Cherrill and paternal granddaughter of George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, aunt of actor, writer and producer William Villiers, had an only son (despite their equal aristocratic birth never married to each other nor to anyone else):

