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Born in Rome on 7 December 1911, Torlonia was the son of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Don Alessandro's youngest sister was Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi , [ 1 ] grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields . [ 3 ]
This honour was until recently held by Prince Alessandro Torlonia, [4] Prince of Fucino, and Prince Marcantonio Colonna, Prince and Duke of Paliano. The Torlonia family was appointed in 1958 (its title dates from 1854 also), in succession to Prince Filippo Orsini , whose family had held the position since 1735.
Alessandro Torlonia was a great collector of Greek and Roman antiquities, purchasing or excavating quantities of sculpture to add to the Torlonia Collection. [4] [5] In 1866, Prince Alessandro purchased the Villa Albani, which contained many outstanding Graeco-Roman artifacts assembled by the late Cardinal Alessandro Albani, a nephew of Pope Clement XI.
Prince of Civitella-Cesi is an Italian title of nobility granted to Giovanni Torlonia (1755–1829) of the Torlonia family.. In exchange for the administration of finances of the Holy See with the blessing of the Pope, Giovanni Torlonia was created in 1794 Duke of Bracciano and Count of Pisciarelli; in 1803 Marquis of Romavecchia and Turrita; and 1st Prince of Civitella Cesi (Princeps Romanus ...
Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi 14 January 1935 4 children: 22 November 2002 Rome aged 93 Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi: 2 July 1937 Rome son of Infanta Beatriz of Spain and Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi: Orsetta Caracciolo di Castagneto 6 September 1960 1 child Philippa McDonald 9 November ...
Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, lived in the palace from the time of his marriage with the Infanta Beatriz of Spain until his death in 1986. At that time the owners of the Palace were the Prince Alessandro Torlonia and his two sisters the princess Donna Cristiana Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (who died in 1970) and princess ...
Prince Alessandro Torlonia opened a museum for the collection in 1875 In 1875, Prince Alessandro founded the Torlonia Museum on Via della Lungara in the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome. In that year the collection consisted of 517 works – new additions continued to be made until 1884, when the collection numbered 620 sculptures. [ 18 ]
Don Marco Alfonso Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi (2 July 1937 – 5 December 2014) [1] was the son of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and Infanta Beatriz of Spain, daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain. [2] He was, therefore, the first cousin to King Juan Carlos I of Spain. He was also an uncle to Princess Sibilla of ...