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6 unusual facts about Cesi


Alessandro Torlonia, 2nd Prince di Civitella-Cesi

This action subsequently enabled Cerchio families to farm the lake bed's rich soils under the Torlonia Administration.

CESI

European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions, a regional trade union federation representing 8 million members of independent trade unions in Europe;

Centro Elettrotecnico Sperimentale Italiano, a company that provides testing and certification services, energy consultancy, engineering and technology consulting for the electricity sector worldwide.

Giovanni Torlonia, 1st Prince di Civitella-Cesi

He inherited in 1785 the fortune of his father Marino Torlonia (1725–1785; born Marin Torlonias in Augerolles, France), who had become a successful businessman and banker in Rome.

Infanta Beatriz of Spain

Don Marco Torlonia (born 2 July 1937), later 6th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, who married (1) Donna Orsetta Caracciolo di Castagneto (17 May 1940 – 10 March 1968), one son; (2) Philippa McDonald (born 3 June 1942), one daughter; (3) Blažena Svitáková (born 16 October 1940), one daughter, born before marriage

Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi

Marino Torlonia (29 July 1861 – 5 March 1933), the 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, duke of Poli and Guadagnolo, was an Italian nobleman.


Alessandro Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Cerveteri

Alessandro, Principe Ruspoli (December 3, 1708 – Rome, June 20, 1779) was the 2nd Principe di Cerveteri, 2nd Marchese di Riano and 7th Conte di Vignanello, son of Francesco Maria Marescotti Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Cerveteri and wife Isabella Cesi dei Duchi di Acquasparta, maternal niece of Pope Innocent XIII.

Ceri

Since the 14th century, Ceri became the property of some of the greatest Italian families: from the Anguillara (of which the greatest exponent was Renzo di Ceri) to Cesi, the Borromeo, the Odescalchi, and ended with the Torlonia, who are still owners of a large part of Ceri.

House of Torlonia

Marino married the rich American Mary Elsie Moore; they were the parents of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, who married the Infanta Beatriz of Spain, the daughter of King Alfonso XIII— and of Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, the wife of American tennis player Francis Xavier Shields and grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields.

Ippolito Lante Montefeltro della Rovere

His brother, Lodovico Lante married Olimpia Cesi, daughter of Federico Cesi, Duke of Acquasparta.


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