Luigi Dentice di Frasso
Luigi Dentice, 8th Prince of Frasso was an Italian nobleman and politician.
Early life
Luigi Dentice di Frasso was born in Brühl in the Kingdom of Prussia on 19 August 1861 into an aristocratic family of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He was the eldest son of Senator Ernesto Dentice, 7th Prince of Frasso, and the former Countess Luisa Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin. Among his siblings were fellow politicians, Count Alfredo Dentice di Frasso and Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso.His paternal grandparents were Luigi Dentice, 6th Prince of Frasso and Donna Anna Maria Serra. Among his extended family were aunts Donna Ippolita Emanuela Dentice di Frasso, and Donna Maria Dentice di Frasso. His maternal grandparents were Count Wilhelm Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin and Louise von Ugarte.
Career
Like his father before him, he served in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy during the 19th and 20th Legislatures. He later served in as member of the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy from 17 November 1908 in the 22nd Legislature.Personal life
In 1885, the Prince married Countess Emilia von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli, daughter of Count Joseph von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli and Sophie Vrints zu Falkenstein. Together, they were the parents of:- Ernesto, 9th Prince of Frasso, who married Nadine Ivanovna Sanin, in 1922.
- Count Massimiliano Dentice di Frasso, who died unmarried.Donna Sofia Dentice di Frasso, who married Friedrich Karl, 5th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim, the son of Erwein, 4th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim and widower of Sofia's aunt, Donna Teresa Dentice di Frasso, in 1910. They divorced in 1922.
- Count Gerardo Giuseppe Dentice di Frasso, who married Donna Giovanna Colonna, daughter of Don Stefano Colonna, dei Principi di Paliano and sister to Don Guido Colonna di Paliano, in 1927.
- Count Pietro Dentice di Frasso, who married Yolanda Bernárdez, former wife of Don Stefano Sanjust di Teulada and daughter of Uruguayan diplomat Manuel Bernárdez.