Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Khevenhüller-Metsch
Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Khevenhüller-Metsch, dei principi Ruspoli (October 26, 1800 – 1872) was an Italian aristocrat, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, son of Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife Leopoldina Countess von Khevenhüller-Metsch. He had four brothers, among others, Alessandro Ruspoli, 4th Prince of Cerveteri, and Camillo Ruspoli, Duke of Sueca. He was colonel of the Piedmontese army, in which he participates in the wars of the Italian resurgence. Paralyzed from below waist by the blast of a grenade, he continued to participate in wheelchair battles pushed by his assistant.
| Bartolomeo Ruspoli and Khevenhüller-Mestch | |||||
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 Prince Bartolomeo Ruspoli. | |||||
| Born | October 26, 1800 Rome, Papal States | ||||
| Died | 1872 (aged 71–72) Rome, Kingdom of Italy | ||||
| Spouse | Carolina Ratti | ||||
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| House | Ruspoli | ||||
| Father | Prince Francesco Ruspoli | ||||
| Mother | Countess Maria Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic Church | ||||
Bartolomeo is the ancestor of the Line III of the Princes Ruspoli.
His son Emanuele Ruspoli was named first prince of Poggio-Suasa after participating in the Italian unification and being the first Mayor of the Italian Rome. He was the grandfather of Donna Emanuella de Dampierre Ruspoli, Duchess of Segovia and Duchess of Anjou by her marriage to Infante Don Jaime, son of Alfonso XIII of Spain.
Emanuele is the founder of the third Ruspoli line: The Princes of Poggio-Suasa.
Marriages and children
Bartolomeo married Carolina Ratti (1805–1881), and had eight children:
- Donna Francesca dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, May 31, 1830 – Florence, December 14, 1902), married firstly in Rome, December 21, 1852, Giovanni Torlonia dei Duchi di Poli e Guadagnolo and secondly in Basel, November 4, 1863, Nikolai ...vich Kisselev (? – 1869)
- Donna Giacinta dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, 1832 – Montefalconara, July 6, 1902), married Tommaso, Marchese Lecce
- Don Paolo Leopoldo Camillo dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, January 10, 1835 – Florence, April 26, 1913), married firstly in Paris Frances Elisabeth Yorke (1838 – Genoa, March 9, 1874), and had issue, and secondly in Paris October 3, 1888,[1] Rosalie Van Zandt (Bloomingdale, NY, December 28, 1832/3 – Palazzo Corsini, Florence, July 8, 1914), widow of Joseph Karrick Riggs, daughter of Thomas Van Zandt and Louisa Julia Underhill, without issue:
- Donna Elena dei Principi Ruspoli (Terni, 1867 – Rome, January 8, 1909), married Roberto Paganini (Agordo, May 6, 1849 – October 29, 1912)
- Donna Leopolda dei Principi Ruspoli (Geneva, February 15, 1869 – ?), married in Paris, July 24, 1890, Tankerville James Chamberlayne
- Donna Laura dei Principi Ruspoli (Geneva, 1872 – San Faustino, September 5, 1932), married in Rome, December 17, 1894, Constantin, Prince Vogoride (1849 – ?)[2]
- Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa , ancestor of the Line III of the Princes Ruspoli
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- Don Luigi dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 21, 1843 – Rome, June 20, 1904), married in Rome Clelia dei Conti Balboni (? – December 31, 1922), and had four children:
- Don Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, January 1, 1874 – 1923), unmarried and without issue
- Don Enrico dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, July 25, 1878 – Nemi, December 4, 1909), married in Washington, DC, March 2, 1901, Eugenia Enfield Berry (Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, ca 1870 – 1951), formerly Mrs. Henry Bruton, without issue
- Don Umberto dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, November 12, 1879 – August 18, 1926), unmarried and without issue
- Donna Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, May 18, 1888 – Aix-en-Provence, August 6, 1976), married in Paris, August 3, 1907, as his second wife Agénor of Gramont XI Duc de Gramont . They had two children:
- Gabriel, Count of Gramont (1908-1943), father of Ted Morgan
- Gratien, Count of Gramont (born in 1909).
- Donna Leopolda dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, February 10, 1846 – ?), married Giannuzzi Savelli
- Donna Clelia dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, July 4, 1848 – ?), unmarried and without issue
- Donna Ortensia dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, September 11, 1850 – ?), unmarried and without issue