Filippo Doria Pamphili


Filippo Andrea V Doria Pamphili was an Italian politician. He was born in Rome, the son of Luigi Giovanni Andrea Dorea Pamphili and Teresa Orsini di Gravina. He was a recipient of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and the Order of the Crown of Italy.

Biography

Childhood and Rise

He was the son of Prince Luigi Giovanni Andrea and Teresa Orsini di Gravina, founder of the religious order of the Sisters Hospitalers of Mercy, already declared "Servant of God". After his father's death, he became the "Prince of Melfi and of the Holy Roman Empire, Duke and Marquis."

Marriage

The Prince married Maria Alathea Talbot, with whom he had six children.

Political career

As Minister of Arms of the Pontifical State, between May 4 and July 22, 1848, he served as municipal assessor in Rome for "urban police, municipal guards, vigilantes, and the national guard". From December 1870 to March 1871, he led Rome as the acting Mayor.
In December 1870, he was appointed Senator of the Kingdom in category 21 of the Albertine Statute.

Death

The Prince of Melfi died in Rome on March 19, 1876.

Descendants

Prince Filippo Andrea V and Maria Alathea Talbot had six children:
  • Teresa, who married Duke Emilio Massimo;
  • Giovanni Andrea
  • Alfonso
  • Guendalina, who married Count Gian Luca Cavazzi della Somaglia;
  • Olimpia, who married Prince Fabrizio Colonna Avella.