Alessandro Ruspoli, 4th Prince of Cerveteri

Alessandro, Principe Ruspoli (October 5, 1784 – October 31, 1842) was the 4th Prince of Cerveteri, 4th Marquis of Riano, 9th Count of Vignanello and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.^[1] He was the son of Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and his second wife HSH Leopoldina Gräfin von Khevenhüller-Metsch. He had for brothers, among others, Camillo Ruspoli, Duke of Sueca, and Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Khevenhüller-Metsch. His granduncle was Bartolomeo Ruspoli.

Alessandro is the ancestor of the Line I of the Princes Ruspoli.

Marriage and children

He married in Vienna, June 4, 1805, Marianna Gräfin Esterházy de Galántha^[1] (Nagyszeben, January 23, 1786 – December 11, 1821), by whom he had eight children:

• Donna Giovanna dei Principi Ruspoli (June 28, 1806 – April 5, 1830), married on May 21, 1828, Pompeo, Conte di Campello.
• Donna Virginia dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 5, 1807 – April 13, 1878), married on May 19, 1834, Giovanni, Conte Manassei.
• Giovanni Nepomucene Ruspoli, 5th Prince of Cerveteri.
• Donna Carolina dei Principi Ruspoli (July 29, 1809 – April 28, 1873), unmarried and without issue.
• Don Amedeo dei Principi Ruspoli (October 2, 1811 – August 29, 1812), unmarried and without issue.
• Don Luigi dei Principi Ruspoli (September 15, 1813 – July 17, 1887), married on November 25, 1853, Idaline Gräfin von Qualen, without issue.
• Don Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli (November 1, 1815 – September 14, 1878), Captain of the Noble Guard. He was sent on an expedition to Lisbon on 17-1-1846 to the Patriarch Henriquez de Carvalho. Married on April 9, 1845, Pauline-Thérèse de Sicard (– August 13, 1867), without issue.
• Don Augusto dei Principi Ruspoli, Honorary Principe di Cerveteri (Vignanello, June 6, 1817 – Rome, July 2, 1882), married at Pozsony/Pressburg, June 6, 1846, his first cousin Agnes Gräfin Esterházy de Galántha (Nagyszeben, February 19, 1818 – Terni, August 5, 1899), and had three sons: Don Galeazzo dei Principi Ruspoli (Vignanello, June 4, 1847 – Rome, February 4, 1927), married in Rome, November 26, 1885, Angelica Frascara (Alessandria, February 17, 1861 – October 15, 1906), and had a son and a daughter: Don Alfonso dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 13, 1887 – Rome, April 8, 1964), unmarried and without issue.; Donna Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, February 11, 1889 – Florence, July 6, 1937), married in Rome, April 23, 1914, Giulio Barbolani dei Conti di Montauto (Florence, August 13, 1876 – August 12, 1950).; Don Alfonso dei Principi Ruspoli (November 5, 1849 – February 11, 1885), unmarried and without issue.; Don Mario dei Principi Ruspoli (September 4, 1855 – San Remo, February 29, 1888), married at Albano, October 25, 1879, as her first husband Costanza Boncompagni-Ludovisi-Ottoboni (Rome, June 28, 1858 – November 11, 1904), and had a son and a daughter: Augusto Ruspoli, 11th Duke of Fiano.; Donna Luisa dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, May 28, 1885 – Rome, October 15, 1893).