Adolfo Ruspoli, 2nd Duke of Alcudia

Don Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy (di Bassano), de Khevenhüller-Metsch y Borbón, dei Principi Ruspoli (Bordeaux, December 28, 1822 – Paris, February 4, 1914) was an Italian and Spanish aristocrat, son of Don Camillo (Camilo) Ruspoli y Khevenhüller-Metsch, Marescotti-Capizucchi y Liechtenstein, dei Principi Ruspoli and wife Carlota de Godoy y Borbón, 2nd Duchess of Sueca.

He was 2nd Duque (formerly Marqués) de 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 Conde de Évora Monte in 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.

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 Duque de Medina-Sidonia, Grandee of Spain First Class, 13th Marqués de los Vélez, ?th Marqués de Villa Franca del Vierso and 21st Conde de Niebla, etc., 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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Spanish nobility
Preceded by
Manuel Godoy
Duke of Alcudia
1851-1914
Succeeded by
Carlos Ruspoli
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