Camilo Ruspoli, 4th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca

Don Camilo Carlos Adolfo Ruspoli y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Caro, dei Principi Ruspoli (5 June 1904 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish aristocrat, son of Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca, and first wife Doña María del Carmen Caro y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Gomurcio.

Carlos Ruspoli y Caro
4th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca
PredecessorPrince Carlos Ruspoli
SuccessorPrince Carlos Ruspoli
Tenure1936–1958 (ceded to son)
Tenure1936-1975
Born(1904-06-05)5 June 1904
Madrid, Spain
Died20 November 1975(1975-11-20) (aged 71)
Madrid, Spain
SpouseMaría de Belén Morenés y Arteaga, 18th Countess of Bañares
Issue
Names
Camilo Carlos Adolfo Ruspoli y Caro
HouseRuspoli
FatherPrince Carlos Ruspoli
MotherMaría del Carmen Caro y Caro

He was 4th Duke of Sueca Grandee of Spain First Class, 4th Duke of Alcudia Grandee of Spain First Class with a Coat of Arms of de Godoy and 18th Count of Chinchón Grandee of Spain First Class with a Coat of Arms of de Borbón, 6th Marquis of Boadilla del Monte with a Coat of Arms of Ruspoli after the death of his second cousin Paolo Ruspoli, 5th Marquis of Boadilla del Monte in 1969. And Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

He died on the same day as Francisco Franco.

Marriage and children

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On 7 October 1931 he married, in San Sebastián, Doña María de Belén Morenés y Arteaga, García-Alesson y Echagüe, 18th Countess of Bañares (San Sebastián, 18 August 1906 – Madrid, 30 April 1999), daughter of Don Luis Morenés y García-Alesson, de Toro y Pardo de Rivadeneyra, 14th Marquess of Campoo, 6th Marquess of Bassecourt and wife Doña María de las Mercedes de Arteaga-Silva y Echaguë-Méndez de Vigo, 18th Marchioness of Argüeso, and 17th Countess of Bañares, of the Dukes of the Infantado, and had three sons:

See also

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References

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  • Affonso, Domingos de Araújo and Valdez, Rui Dique Travassos, Livro de Oiro da Nobreza (3 volumes), Volume 1, p. 491-98, Lisbon, 1938
  • Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles, various (periodical publication)
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  • Marek, Miroslav. "Ruspoli de Godoy Genealogy". Genealogy.EU.
  • Camilo Carlos Adolfo Ruspoli y Caro on a genealogical site
Spanish nobility
Preceded by Duke of Alcudia
1951–1958 (ceded to son)
Succeeded by
Duke of Sueca
1936–1975
Preceded by Marqués of Boadilla del Monte
1969–1975
Succeeded by