Luigi Dentice di Frasso explained

Luigi Dentice
Honorific Suffix:8th Prince of Frasso
Office:Senator of the Kingdom of Italy
Term Start:27 November 1908
Term End:9 February 19009
Office1:Member of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy
Term Start1:1895
Term End1:1900
Birth Date:19 August 1861
Birth Place:Brühl, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Parents:Ernesto Dentice di Frasso
Luisa Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin
Relations:Alfredo Dentice di Frasso (brother)
Carlo Dentice di Frasso (brother)

Luigi Dentice, 8th Prince of Frasso (19 August 1861 – 28 July 1947) 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 (1825–1886), and the former Countess Luisa Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin (1840–1898). Among his siblings were fellow politicians, Count Alfredo Dentice di Frasso and Count Carlo Dentice di Frasso.[1]

His paternal grandparents were Luigi Dentice, 6th Prince of Frasso and Donna Anna Maria Serra (a daughter of Maria Antonia Serra, 7th Princess of Gerace, Duchess of Terranova).[2] Among his extended family were aunts Donna Ippolita Emanuela Dentice di Frasso (wife of the Bavarian diplomat Count Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg),[3] and Donna Maria Dentice di Frasso (wife of Ferdinando Capece Minutolo, 1st Marquis of Bugnano).[4] [5] His maternal grandparents were Count Wilhelm Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin and Louise von Ugarte.[6]

Career

Like his father before him,[7] 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.[8]

Personal life

In 1885, the Prince married Countess Emilia von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli (1866–1960), daughter of Count Joseph von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli and Sophie Vrints zu Falkenstein.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[6]

The Prince died in Rome on 28 July 1947.[7] He was succeeded as Prince of Frasso by his eldest son, Ernesto.

Notes and References

  1. News: ITALIAN SENATOR KILLED; Count Alfredo Dentice di Frasso Victim of Airliner Crash . 15 August 2024 . . 13 February 1940.
  2. Book: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels . 1961 . C.A. Starke . 528 . 16 August 2024 . de.
  3. Book: Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels . 1958 . C.A. Starke . 256 . 16 August 2024 . de.
  4. Book: Detken . E. . L'Araldo : almanacco nobiliare del napoletano . 1901 . 87 . 16 August 2024 . it.
  5. Book: L' araldo: almanacco nobiliare del Napoletano. 1894 . 1894 . 58 . 16 August 2024 . it.
  6. Book: Gothaischer Hof Kalender zum Nutzen und Vergnügen . 1915 . Perthes . 319–320 . 16 August 2024 . de.
  7. Book: Annuario biografico universale . 1888 . Unione tip.-editrice torinese . 288 . 16 August 2024 . it.
  8. Book: Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía I (1991) . 1992 . Ediciones Hidalguia . 978-84-600-8178-4 . 265 . 15 August 2024 . es.
  9. Web site: Dentice (Dentice di Frasso) . www.famiglienobilinapolitane.it . 16 August 2024.