Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio Ruspoli, 1st Duke of Morignano

Francesco Alvaro Ruspoli
1st Duke of Morignano

Prince Francesco Ruspoli.
Duke of Morignano
Tenure 30 May 1907 – 2 March 1970
Predecessor None
Successor Prince Galeazzo Ruspoli
Born (1891-04-19)April 19, 1891
Rome, Italy
Died 2 March 1970(1970-03-02) (aged 78)
Rome, Italy
Burial Morignano Pantheon,
Campo Verano, Italy
Spouse Josepha Giuseppina Pia dei Conti di Brazzà-Cergneu-Savorgnan
Issue Prince Galeazzo Maria Ruspoli
Full name
Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio dei Principi Ruspoli
House Ruspoli
Father Prince Emanuele Ruspoli
Mother Josephine Mary Beers-Curtis
Religion Roman Catholic Church

Don Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, April 19, 1891 Rome, March 2, 1970) was an Italian nobleman, the 1st Duca di Morignano, Nobile di Viterbo e di Orvieto, Patrizio Romano and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Born in Rome, he was the son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and third wife Josephine Mary Beers-Curtis. His great-great-uncle was Cardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli. He was also a half-great-uncle of actor Bart Ruspoli.

Education

Francesco was tutored as a boy by the Englishman Eustace Virgo, who dedicated his second novel Honour Lost, All Lost: A Mystery of Modern Rome (written under the pseudonym E. V. de Fontmell) to him. Francesco was the unrequited love of his life.[1] Through the good offices of his friend Robert Hugh Benson, Virgo arranged for Francesco and his young brother to attend Eton College. Francesco was at Eton (where the boys called him 'Frank Ruspoli') from September 1904 to December 1909, in R S de Havilland's house. His brother Eugenio was in the same house from September 1907 to July 1912. Partly through the agency of Eustace Virgo, Francesco was once offered the throne of Albania.

Marriage and child

He married in Rome, January 27, 1920 Josepha Giuseppina Pia dei Conti di Brazzà-Cergneu-Savorgnan (Reggio Emilia, September 27, 1898 Fregene, April 29, 1992),[2] Nobile Romana and Patrizia Sabina, by whom he had an only son:

Cultural and charitable interests

See also

References

  1. "One Hundred Items From The Collection Of Robert Scoble", Callum James Books, Portsmouth, 2013, p103
  2. "Retratos"
  3. Federazione Italiana Golf (FIG)
  4. Olgiata Golf Club

External links

Count Ascanio di Brazzà-Cergneu-Savorgnan and his family. He was grandfather-in-law of Francesco Alvaro.
Italian nobility
Preceded by
New title
1st Duke of Morignano
30 May 1907 – 2 March 1970
Succeeded by
Galeazzo Maria Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Morignano
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