Mario dei Principi Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Poggio Suasa (Țigănești, Romania, October 16, 1867 – Florence, January 16, 1963) was an Italian prince, son of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa and first wife Princess Caterina Vogoride-Conachi.
He was responsible for the brief development of Chatsworth, New Jersey as a resort in the early 20th Century.
Marriage and children
He married in Paris, September 25, 1890 Pauline Marie Palma de Talleyrand-Périgord (Venice, April 2, 1871 – Rome, October 21, 1952), daughter of the 4th Duchi di Dino and Elizabeth Beers-Curtis (a sister of his father's third wife), and great-great-great-niece of Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, by whom he had five children:
Costantino Carlo Michele Agostino dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, July 8, 1891 – Commander of the 11th Folgore Parachute Company KIA at the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II at Deir El-Munassib, El Alamein, Egypt, October 25, 1942), married in Brussels, December 29, 1923 Elisabeth Catherine Adrienne Marie Anne Comtesse van der Noot d'Assche (Brussels, July 22, 1899 – Ixelles, March 27, 1974), by whom he had three sons:
Marcantonio Mario Dimitri Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Poggio Suasa
Edoardo Eugenio Bosone dei Principi Ruspoli (Brussels, February 17, 1928 –), unmarried and without issue
Marescotti Giovanni dei Principi Ruspoli (Etterbeek, March 6, 1935 –), married firstly Yvonne Masse, by whom he had two sons, and secondly at Chelsea, London, September 6, 1963 Diana Baronesse d'Orville van der Hoop (Lausanne, January 21, 1943 –), by whom he had three daughters:
Francesco dei Principi Ruspoli (December 11, 1958 –), unmarried and without issue
Alexis dei Principi Ruspoli (November 28, 1959 –), married and had issue:
Livia dei Principi Ruspoli (March 26, 1966 –), married Jean-Pierre Tasiaux, and had issue
Serena dei Principi Ruspoli (January 17, 1971 –), unmarried and without issue
Dáphne Barbara Philippa dei Principi Ruspoli (Uccle, September 29, 1972 –), married civily at Uccle, May 29, 1998 and religiously at Èze, June 27, 1998 François, Comte Didisheim (Ixelles, January 16, 1960 –), and had issue
Marescotti dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, October 17, 1892 – Lieut-Col. in Command of a Battle Group of the Folgore Parachute Division, KIA at the Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II at El Alamein, Egypt, October 24, 1942), married in Rome, June 10, 1935 Virginia dei Marchesi Patrizi Naro Montoro (Rome, February 22, 1901 – Rome, August 6, 1977), whose mother was English, by whom he had a son and a daughter:
Eugenio dei Principi Ruspolii (Rome, June 12, 1938 –), married in Paris, May 2, 1960 Catherine Carolus-Barré (Saint-Jean-de-Luz, August 13, 1941 –), by whom he had a daughter and a son:
Smeralda dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, August 19, 1961 –), unmarried and without issue
Marescotti Carlo dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, September 23, 1963 –), married and had issue
Francesca Patrizia Palma Rita Maria Raimonda Carla dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, July 17, 1940 –), married in Rome, July 12, 1969 Eriprando Visconti di Modrone, Count of Vico Modrone (Milan, September 24, 1932 – Mortara, March 28, 1995), and had a son and a daughter, both unmarried and without issue
Alessandro Edmondo Eugenio dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, March 14, 1895 – Rome, 1975), married in Paris, August 28, 1924 Marthe-Marie de Pineton de Chambrun (Paris, January 7, 1899 – 1984), by whom he had one son and two daughters:
Mario Giovanni Battista Pietro dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 17, 1925 – Paris, June 13, 1986), married firstly in Paris, April 8, 1947 and divorced Claude Delmas (La Rochelle, March 16, 1924 –), by whom he had two sons, and secondly on April 4, 1974 Dominique Rivolier (Neuilly-sur-Seine, August 12, 1946 –), without issue:
Stefano dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, October 5, 1947 –), married firstly in Paris, 1978 Laurence Allix, by whom he had an only daughter, and secondly in Paris Annie Nataf, without issue:
Léonore dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, October 31, 1981 –)
Fabrizio dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, April 4, 1951 –), unmarried and without issue
Giacinta Palma Margherita Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, March 3, 1927 – Rome, March 27, 1953), unmarried and without issue
Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Lausanne, August 19, 1928 –), married ... di Maio
Emanuele Costantino dei Principi Ruspoli (Florence, June 5, 1900 – ?), married Teresa Tomassetti, by whom he had two son:
Carlo Maurizio dei Principi Ruspoli (Sabaudia, October 25, 1949), married in Rome Iolanda Padovano, by whom he had three daughter:
Gioia dei Principi Ruspoli (Roma, December 17, 1986)
Smeralda dei Principi Ruspoli (Roma, December 17, 1986)
Margherita dei Principi Ruspoli (Roma, September 5, 1989)
Camillo dei Principi Ruspoli
Carlo Maurizio Giuseppe Edgardo dei Principi Ruspoli (Oberhofen, August 25, 1906 – Buenos Aires, June 11, 1947), married firstly in Venice, September 12, 1927 Marina dei Conti Volpi di Misurata (Venice, February 19, 1908 – March 9, 1977), by whom he had an only daughter, and secondly in Rome Luisa Maria Camperio (1914 – Rome, August 30, 1948), by whom he had an only son:
Smeralda Giovanna Amelia Palma Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, June 24, 1928 – Rome, 1992), married in Rome Giancarlo Sbragia (Rome, March 14, 1926 – June 27, 1994)
Costantino Filippo Maria dei Principi Ruspoli (New York City, New York, April 23, 1947 –), unmarried, who by Maria Consuelo (Lily) Child-Villiers of the Earls of Jersey (August 21, 1953 –), unmarried, whose mother was Italian, a former niece by marriage of Virginia Cherrill and paternal granddaughter of George Child Villiers, 8th Earl of Jersey, aunt of actor, writer and producer William Villiers, had an only son (despite their equal aristocratic birth never married to each other nor to anyone else):
Mr. Bartolomeo Sebastian Ruspoli (London, November 8, 1976 –), actor
Cultural and charitable interests
Rotary Club of New York.
