Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi

Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi was an Italian banking heir and a member of the House of Torlonia.

About

Born in Rome on 7 December 1911, Torlonia was the son of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore. Don Alessandro's youngest sister was Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, grandmother of the American actress Brooke Shields. Thus he was Shields's grand-uncle. On the death of his father in 1933, he inherited large estates as well as his father's princely and other titles.
In 1941, when his mother was dying in New York City, Torlonia took a high speed boat from Portugal and was arrested in error by FBI, thinking he was an enemy of the state and taken to Ellis Island.
Not to be confused with his cousin with the same name, Alessandro Torlonia, Prince of Fucino and Prince assistant to the papal throne, head of another branch of the family. In the 1980s, this cousin Torlonia held the title as the "richest man in Rome", as he was the heir to a banking fortune and owner of the famous Torlonia Collection of ancient art.
He died in the Palazzo Nuñez-Torlonia, Rome, in 1986.

Marriage and children

On 14 January 1935, Don Alessandro morganatically married in Rome the Infanta Beatriz of Spain, a daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain and of Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg.

Donna Sandra Torlonia, she married Count Clemente Lequio di Assaba on 20 June 1958. They had two children:
*Don Alessandro Lequio di Assaba he married Antonia Dell’Atte on 12 October 1987 and they were divorced in 1991. They have one son. He remarried María Palacios Milla on 15 November 2008. They have one daughter. He has also an illegitimate son with Ana Obregón.
**Don Clemente Lequio di Assaba
**Don Alejandro Lequio di Assaba
**Donna Ginevra Lequio di Assaba
*Donna Desideria Lequio di Assaba she married Count Oddone Tournon on 11 September 1986. They have two sons:
**Count Giovanni Tournon
**Count Giorgio Tournon
Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi he married Donna Orsetta Caracciolo dei principi di Castagneto on 16 September 1960. They had one son and two grandchildren. He remarried Philippa McDonald on 9 November 1968 and they were divorced in 1975. They had one daughter and three grandchildren. He remarried thirdly Blažena Svitáková on 11 November 1985. They had one daughter and two grandsons.
* Giovanni Torlonia, 7th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, who married Carla DeStefanis on 9 June 2001, with issue:
** Prince Stanislao of Civitella-Cesi
** Princess Olimpia of Civitella-Cesi
* Princess Vittoria Eugenia Carolina Honor Paola Alexandra Maria Torlonia, who married Kenneth Lindsay on 20 December 1997 and they were divorced. They have two children. She remarried to Stefano Colonna and they have one daughter:
** Josephine Lindsay
** Benedict Lindsay
** Francesca Colonna
* Princess Catarina Agnes Torlonia, who married Stefano d’Albora on 28 July 2000, with issue:
** Gianpaolo d’Albora
** Gianmarco d’Albora
Don Marino Torlonia died unmarried and without issue.
Donna Olimpia Torlonia she married Paul-Annick Weiller on 16 June 1965. They have six children:
*Beatrice Aliki Victoria Weiller she married Brazilian Ambassador André Aranha Corrêa do Lago on 23 June 1990. They have four children:
**Paul-Annik Weiller Corrêa do Lago
**Helena Weiller Corrêa do Lago
**Antonio Weiller Corrêa do Lago
**Victoria Weiller Corrêa do Lago
*Sibilla Sandra Weiller she married Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg on 8 September 1994. They have four children:
**Prince Paul-Louis of Nassau
**Prince Léopold of Nassau
**Princess Charlotte of Nassau
**Prince Jean of Nassau
*Paul Alexandre Weiller he died at the age of four years old.
*Laura Daphne Lavinia Weiller she died at six years old.
*Cosima Marie Elizabeth Edmee Weiller
*Domitilla Louise Marie Weiller