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Emanuela De Dampierre Y Ruspoli
Emmanuelle de Dampierre (''Victoire Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie''; 8 November 1913 – 3 May 2012) was an Italian-French aristocrat and a member of the Spanish royal family. Her husband, Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, was the second son of King Alfonso XIII and the Legitimist pretender to the former French throne. While she and Infante Jaime divorced in 1947 and each subsequently married a second time, their divorce was not recognized by the Spanish and French governments nor by the Catholic Church. Early life Emanuela was born on 8 November 1913 at the Palazzo Ruspoli, her maternal family's palace on the Via del Corso in Rome. She was the eldest daughter of the French nobleman Roger de Dampierre, 2nd Duke of San Lorenzo Nuovo, Vicomte de Dampierre and the Italian noblewoman and HSH, the painter Princess Vittoria Emilia Ipsycrathea Agricola Ruspoli, a daughter of Emanuele Ruspoli, 1st Prince of Poggio Suasa. Both her maternal and paternal families were part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duke Of Anjou
The Count of Anjou was the ruler of the County of Anjou, first granted by King Charles the Bald of West Francia in the 9th century to Robert the Strong. Ingelger and his son, Fulk the Red, were viscounts until Fulk assumed the title of count. Ingelger's male line ended with Geoffrey II. Subsequent counts of Anjou were descended from Geoffrey's sister Ermengarde and Count Geoffrey II of Gâtinais. Their agnatic descendants, who included the Angevin kings of England, continued to hold the title and territory until King Philip II Augustus seized the region and annexed it to the French crown lands. In 1360, the county was raised to a dukedom becoming known as Duke of Anjou, subsequently leading the Duchy of Anjou. The title was held by Philip V of Spain before his accession to the throne in 1700. Since then, some Spanish Legitimist claimants to the French throne also claim the title even to the present day, as does a nephew of the Orléanist pretender. Counts of Anjou Roberti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
