Alessandro Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri

Italian aristocrat (1924–2005)

Alessandro Ruspoli

9th Prince of Cerveteri
Tenure	1989–2005
Predecessor	Prince Francesco Ruspoli
Successor	Prince Francesco Ruspoli

Born	(1924-12-09)9 December 1924 Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Died	11 January 2005(2005-01-11) (aged 80) Rome, Italy
Spouse	Francesca dei Baroni Blanc (m. 1947; div. 1953) Nancy de Girard de Charbonnières (m. 1964; div. 1974) Theresa Patricia Genest (m. 1993)
Issue	Prince Francesco Ruspoli Princess Melusine Ruspoli Prince Theodore Ruspoli Tao Ruspoli Bartolomeo Ruspoli
House	Ruspoli
Father	Prince Francesco Ruspoli
Mother	Countess Claudia Matarazzo

Alessandro "Dado" Ruspoli, 9th Prince of Cerveteri (Italian pronunciation: [alesˈsandro ˈdaːdo ˈruspoli]; 9 December 1924 – 11 January 2005) was an occasional actor and a playboy and eccentric aristocrat, the 9th Prince of Cerveteri, 9th Marquess of Riano, 14th Count of Vignanello and Prince of the Roman Papal States. Dado descends from a brother of Cardinal Bartolomeo Ruspoli.

Dado was born in Rome in 1924. His mother, his father's first wife Claudia dei Conti Matarazzo, who died when he was 9, was heiress to one of the largest fortunes in Brazil. His father Francesco Ruspoli, 8th Prince of Cerveteri, later a poet, fought in both World Wars. Dado became known for his extravagant lifestyle in the 1950s and 60s. He was friends with Brigitte Bardot, Salvador Dalí, Truman Capote, Roger Vadim, Roman Polanski, Emmanuelle Arsan and many others.

Marriages and children

Ruspoli's first marriage, in Rome on 8 December 1947, was to Nobile Francesca dei Baroni Blanc (Rome, 27 June 1920 – Milan, 27 February 1962), daughter of Nobile Mario dei Baroni Blanc and wife Anita Felici. They had no children.

Ruspoli's second marriage at Vignanello, the location of the ancestral residence, Castello Ruspoli, on 5 May 1964, was to French aristocrat Nancy de Girard de Charbonnières (Pouillon, 18 April 1939 –), daughter of Roger Jean de Girard de Charbonnières and wife Andrée Marie Pommarède. The marriage produced one son:

Don Francesco, Principe Ruspoli (Rome, 31 May 1967), being 10th Prince of Cerveteri and head of the Ruspoli family since the death of his father in 2005

Ruspoli's third marriage was also in Rome, on 20 November 1993, to Theresa Patricia Genest. This marriage produced a daughter and a son:

Donna (Mathilde) Mélusine dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, 25 July 1994), a socialite and friend of Lady Kitty Spencer
Don Théodore Alexandre dei Principi Ruspoli (Paris, 30 April 1997)

Between marriages Ruspoli had two sons by actress Debra Berger (17 March 1957 –), daughter of William Berger:

Tao Ruspoli (7 November 1975), married actress Olivia Wilde (New York City, New York, 10 March 1984), without issue.
Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli (Rome, 6 October 1978 –), married in November 2004 Aileen Getty (14 July 1957), daughter of John Paul Getty, Jr. and first wife Abigail "Gail" Harris, without issue.

Filmography

Identification of a Woman (1982) - Mavi's father
Les italiens (1989) - un inquisitore
The Godfather Part III (1990) - Vanni
Faccione (1991)
La casa del sorriso aka The House of Smiles (1991) - Andrea
Il giardino dei ciliegi aka The Cherry Orchard (1992)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1 episode, "Florence, May 1908", 1993) - Professor Reale
Just Say Know (2002) - Himself
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2007) (V) - Professor Reale
Marco Ferreri, il regista che venne dal futuro (2007) - Himself