Infanta Beatriz of Spain & Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi - 1935

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Infanta Beatriz of Spain & Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi - 1935

While visiting Ostia, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, daughter of King Alfonso XIII, was introduced to an Italian aristocrat, Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi. Torlonia, who had inherited large estates from his father in 1933, was the son of Marino, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and Mary Elsie Moore, an American heiress. His family had acquired a fortune in the 18th and 19th centuries by administering the finances of the Vatican, receiving the title of Prince of Civitella-Cesi in 1803 from Pope Pius VII.

The wedding took place on 14 January 1935 at the Church of the Gesù with Beatriz wearing a 20-foot train, a coronet of orange blossom holding her veil in place, in the presence of King Alfonso XIII, the King and Queen of Italy and some 52 princes of the blood royal. Thousands of Spaniards traveled from Spain to give support to the deposed royal family in what became a political event. However, neither Queen Victoria Eugenie nor Beatriz's eldest brother, Alfonso, Count of Covadonga, who were on bad terms with the King, attended the wedding. After the ceremony, the young couple was received by Pope Pius XI.

Infanta Beatriz of Spain and her husband had four children.

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More information:
https://royalwatcherblog.com/2020/0...-spain-and-the-prince-of-civitella-cesi-1935/

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[SirGyamfi1]

The Torlonia’s initially made money in the cloth trade as cloth merchants and went into banking before being ennobled as Papal Princes . They were also of French and German origin.

This marriage was not declared dynastic as the Torlonia’s were not a ruling family or at least a former ruling family.

 

[An Ard Ri]

The Torlonia’s initially made money in the cloth trade as cloth merchants and went into banking before being ennobled as Papal Princes . They were also of French and German origin.

This marriage was not declared dynastic as the Torlonia’s were not a ruling family or at least a former ruling family.

They were also very wealthy thanks to Alessandro Torlonia's mother the American heiress,Mary Elsie Moore!