Adolfo Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Alcudia explained

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Spouse:Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán
Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy
Full Name:Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy
Succession:3rd Duke of Alcudia
Predecessor:Manuel de Godoy y Álvarez de Faria
Successor:Prince Carlos Ruspoli
Reign:1851–1914
House:Ruspoli
Father:Prince Camillo Ruspoli
Mother:Carlota Godoy and Bourbon
Birth Date:28 December 1822
Birth Place:Bordeaux, Kingdom of France
Death Place:Paris, France

Don Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy (di Bassano), de Khevenhüller-Metsch y Borbón, dei Principi Ruspoli (December 28, 1822 – February 4, 1914) was a Spanish aristocrat, son of the prince Camillo Ruspoli and wife Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca.

He was 2nd Duke of Alcudia, Grandee of Spain First Class, with a Coat of Arms of de Godoy in succession of his maternal grandfather (Letter of February 18, 1853) and 3rd Count of Évoramonte in Portugal Portugal de Juro e Herdade with Honours of Relative, Maestrante of Granada, Gentleman of the Chamber of Her Catholic Majesty with exercise and service, Senator of the Realm, etc. And Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Marriage and children

He married in Madrid, May 11, 1857 Doña Rosalía Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y Téllez-Girón (Naples, January 21/2, 1833 – Lucca, July/June 11, 1865), daughter of Don Pedro de Alcántara Álvarez de Toledo y Palafox, Gonzaga y Portocarrero, 17th Duke of Medina-Sidonia, Marquiss of Villafranca del Vierzo, 13th Marquis of Los Vélez, and 21st Count of Niebla, Grandee of Spain First Classe. The first cousin of Eugenia de Montijo (Empress of the French), and wife Doña María del Pilar Joaquina de Silva-Bazán y Téllez-Girón, de Waldstein y Pimentel, of the Marqueses de Santa-Cruz, etc., and had five children:

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