Galeazzo Maria Alvise Emanuele Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Morignano
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Biography
Don Galeazzo Maria Alvise Emanuele dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, March 27, 1922 – Paris, February 21, 2003) was the 2nd Duca di Morignano, Nobile di Viterbo e di Orvieto, Patrizio Romano and Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, only son of Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio Ruspoli, 1st Duke of Morignano and wife Donna Josefa Giuseppina Pia dei Conti di Brazzà-Cergneu-Savorgnan, Nobile Romana and Patrizia Sabina. His great-great-great-uncle was Cardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli. He was also a half-first cousin twice removed of actor Bart Ruspoli.
He was Doctor of Architecture of the University of Rome.
Marriages and children
He married firstly in Rome, January 10, 1949 Salvadoran Doña María Elisa Soler y Borghi (San Salvador, June 25, 1926 – later marriage annulled in Rome by the Sacred Rota), by whom he had two sons:
- Carlo Emanuele Maria Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Morignano.
- Don Lorenzo Francesco Maria Ruspoli (Rome, July 22, 1953 – Rome, September 29, 1961).
He secondly married religiously in Rome, December 7, 1960 Giovanna Carla Nannini dei Baroni di Casabianca (Bologna, January 14, 1933 – Neuilly-sur-Seine, July 10, 1994), by whom he had an only daughter:
- Donna Ginevra dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, September 15, 1962 –), married in Rome, January 16, 1988 Frédéric Philippe Marie François, Comte de La Rochefoucauld (Paris, November 20, 1955 –), by whom she had two daughters and a son (Roxane 1989, Lorenzo 1991, Mélusine 1996)
Notable published works
- "I Ruspoli. Da Carlo Magno a el Alamein" (2001). ISBN 9788884400437
Decorations
- Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
- His Obituary (in spanish).
Cultural and charitable interests
- President of Acqua Santa Golf Club Course.
- President of Olgiata Golf Club Course.