Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi

Marco Torlonia
Prince of Civitella-Cesi
Spouse(s)	Donna Orsetta Caracciolo, dei Duchi di Melito dei Principi di Castagneto (m. 1960–68; her death) Philippa Catherine McDonald (m. 1968; div. 1985) Blažena Anna Helena Svitáková (m. 1985–2014; his death)
Issue Giovanni Torlonia, 7th Prince of Civitella-Cesi Donna Vittoria Eugenia Torlonia Donna Caterina Torlonia
Full name Marco Alfonso Torlonia
Noble family	House of Torlonia
Born	2 July 1937 Italy
Died	5 December 2014 (aged 77) Italy

Don Marco Alfonso Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi (2 July 1937 – 5 December 2014)^[1] was the son of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and his wife, Infanta Beatriz of Spain, daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain.^[2] He was, therefore, first cousin to King Juan Carlos I of Spain. He was also an uncle to Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, daughter of his younger sister, Olimpia.

Marriage and issue

Don Marco married in 1960 the Italian noblewoman, Donna Orsetta Caracciolo, dei Duchi di Melito dei Principi di Castagneto (17 May 1940 – 10 March 1968), with whom he had a son, Giovanni, in 1962. After the death of his first wife, he married Philippa Catherine McDonald (born 3 June 1942) in 1968, with whom he had a daughter, Vittoria Eugenia (born 1971); the second marriage ended in divorce in 1985. He married, lastly, in 1985, to Blažena Anna Helena Svitáková (born 16 October 1940); they had a daughter, Caterina (b. 1974).^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi

16. Don Marino Torlonia, Duke of Bracciano               8. Don Giulio Torlonia, 2nd Duke of Poli and Guadagnolo                       17. Donna Anna Sforza-Cesarini               4 Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi                             18. Don Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere, Prince di Farnese               9. Donna Teresa Chigi della Rovere-Albani                       19. Donna Leopoldina Doria-Pamphilj-Landi               2. Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi                                   20. William Ropes Moore               10. Charles Arthur Moore                       21. Caroline Van Ness               5. Mary Elsie Moore                             22. John Keyes Campbell               11. Mary Campbell                       23. Betsey Sheffield               1. Don Marco Alfonso Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi                                         24. Francis, Duke of Cádiz               12. King Alfonso XII of Spain                       25. Queen Isabella II of Spain               6. Alfonso XIII of Spain                             26. Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria               13. Archiduchess Maria Christina of Austria                       27. Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria               3. Infanta Beatriz of Spain                                   28. Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine               14. Prince Henry of Battenberg                       29. Countess Julia von Hauke               7. Princess Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg                             30. Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha               15. Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom                       31. Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom

References

1. Death of Marco Torlonia
2. "Marco Takes A Bride". The Hartford Courant. November 18, 1968. p. 19.
3. Willis, Daniel A., The Descendants of King George I of Great Britain, Clearfield Company, 2002, pp. 232-33.