Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca

Don Carlos Luis (Carlo Luigi) Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy (di Bassano) y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli (1 March 1858 – 10 November 1936) was a Spanish aristocrat, son of Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy, 2nd Duke of Alcudia, and wife Dona Rosalia Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y Téllez-Girón.

He was 3rd Duke of Sueca (Letter of 31 March 1887), 3rd Duke of Alcudia (Letter of 25 February 1915), with a Coat of Arms of de Godoy, and 17th Count of Chinchón with a Coat of Arms of de Borbón (Letter of 31 March 1887), three times Grandee of Spain First Class and 4th in Portugal de Juro e Herdade with Honours of Relative both in succession of his father,^[1] Senator of the Realm by his own right, etc. And Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Marriages and children[]

He married firstly at San Sebastián, on 5 December 1896, his cousin Doña María del Carmen Caro y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Gomurcio (Madrid, 18 May 1856/1865 – Madrid, 24 April 1907), daughter of Don Carlos Caro y Álvarez de Toledo, de Salas y Palafox, Count of Caltavuturo and wife and cousin Doña María de la Encarnación Caro y Gomurcio, Caro y Ugarte-Barrientos, both of the Dukes of Montalto, Marquesses of La Romana, etc., descendants of Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd marqués de La Romana, and had three children:

• Doña Rosalía Blanca Ruspoli y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Caro, dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, 5 August 1898 – Madrid, 28 June 1926), married at San Sebastián, 16 July 1921 as his first wife her cousin Don Alfonso (Alonso) Cristiano Álvarez de Toledo y Mencos, de Samaniego y Rebolledo (Madrid, 28 November 1896 – Madrid, 2 April 1990), 4th Duke of Zaragoza, 11th (Royal Letter of San Sebastián, 16 June 1921), 10th , 8th , 7th Marquess of Miraflores, 12th Count of Los Arcos, 11th , Grandee of Spain First Class, with a Coat of Arms of Roger de Eril, and had an only daughter
  • Doña María del Rosario Ignacia Álvarez de Toledo y Ruspoli, de Mencos y Caro, 11th (Madrid, 5 November 1923 – 2017), unmarried and without issue
• Doña María de la Encarnacion Ruspoli y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Caro, dei Principi Ruspoli (Madrid, 5 May 1900 – Madrid, 14 February / 5 July 1965), married in Madrid, 16/26 April 1930 Don Mariano del Prado y O'Neill, de Lisboa y Salamanca (Madrid, 15 September 1901 – Madrid, 18 October 1963), 9th Marquess of Acapulco, 10th Marquess of Caicedo 3rd Marquess of Ogijares, 3rd and 3rd , and had seven children:
  • Doña Maria del Carmen del Prado y Ruspoli (1931) She married Don Antonio Zaldó Muriedas. With issue.
  • Don Mariano del Prado y Ruspoli (1933- 1989), 10th Marquess of Acapulco and 4th . He married Doña Maria Teresa Narváez y Melgar. With issue
  • Don Carlos del Prado y Ruspoli, 11th Marquess of Caicedo. He married Camilla Jessel daughter of Edward Jessel, 2nd Baron Jessel and Helen Vane-Tempest Stewart. With issue.
  • Don Jaime del Prado y Ruspoli (1936-1991) 4thMarquess of Ogijares. He married Irene Martínez y Capriles. With issue.
  • Doña Blanca del Prado y Ruspoli (1939). She married Don Alberto Olalquiaga y Soriano.
  • Don José del Prado y Ruspoli (1940-2008), 4th . He married Carlota de Cendra y del Rivero of . With issue.
  • Doña María Ignacia del Prado y Ruspoli (1945) She married Don Fermín Correas y Rosillo. With issue.
• Camilo Ruspoli, 4th Duke of Alcudia and Sueca

He married secondly in Madrid, 2 July 1911 Doña Josefa Pardo y Manuel de Villena (Madrid, 13 February 1869 – ?), widow of don José de Agrella y ..., ... y ..., daughter of Don Arturo Pardo y de Inchausti, ... y ..., 9th Consort Grandee of Spain First Class, Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, , and wife Dona María Isabel Manuel de Villena y Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohórques, de Bambalere y Guiráldez, 9th , 13th , , Countess of la Granja, 5th , Grandee of Spain First Class, without issue.

See also[]

• Ruspoli

References[]

• Affonso, Domingos de Araújo and Valdez, Rui Dique Travassos, Livro de Oiro da Nobreza (3 volumes), Volume 1, p. 491-8, Lisbon, 1938
• Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles, various (periodical publication)

External links[]

• Marek, Miroslav. "Ruspoli de Godoy Genealogy". Genealogy.EU.
• Carlos Luis Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo on a genealogical site