Count Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi (born 7 May 1951) is a retired British-Italian

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. He competed for Great Britain in three events at the

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. He holds both British and Italian citizenship. He is the father-in-law of

Princess Beatrice of York Princess Beatrice, Mrs Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi (Beatrice Elizabeth Mary; born 8 August 1988) is a member of the British royal family. She is the elder daughter of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, and Sarah, Duchess of York. She is a niece of Charles ...

. In 2012, he was reported as residing in

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, Var department,

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Ancestry

Mapelli-Mozzi is born as a member of an ancient Italian noble family, whose

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Villa Mapelli Mozzi Villa Mapelli Mozzi, also known as Villa Mozzi or Villa Mapelli, is a large rural Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical-style palace in Locate Bergamasco, a ''frazione'' of Ponte San Pietro, which is located in the province of Bergamo, norther ...

. He is the only son of Count Gian Paolo Mapelli Mozzi (1922-1980) and his

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wife, Gigliola Stoppani (1926-2003). As Italian nobility was abolished in 1946, when the

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was proclaimed, his title of

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is not officially recognised in neither Italy nor the UK; he uses the title as a

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. That title of

in the

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was awarded to his family in 1913 by

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and to all legitimate male-line descendants bearing the surname of the noble family of Mozzi, which was previously incorporated to the noble family of Mapelli, also part of an ancient Italian nobility. In 1168, Mapelli-Mozzi's ancestor, Alberto di Mapello, Counsul and delegate of the city of

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, son of Oberto di Mapello, fought to defend

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against

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Early life and career

Mapelli-Mozzi grew up in Sottoriva,

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, the sithome of his

, Villa Mapelli Mozzi, which has held works of

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. His family also owns another Villa Mapelli Mozzi, located in

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, between

and

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, whose origins are those of an ancient monastery built in the 15th century. Villa Mapelli Mozzi was registered in the Italian Register of Historic Houses of Excellence in 2018. It is surrounded by an 18,000 square meter park. Mapelli-Mozzi was a

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, Somerset, England, from May 1965 to July 1969. He has worked internationally as an

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and

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Personal life

Mapelli-Mozzi married firstly Nicola "Nikki" Diana Burrows (b. 1956) from

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on 8 March 1978, paternal granddaughter of businessman and Liberal party politician Sir Robert Abraham Burrows and his wife,

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Burrows (née Eleanor Doris Bainbridge), great-granddaughter of

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founder

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. They have two children including Edoardo Alessandro (born 1983), husband of

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of York. Mapelli-Mozzi remarried after his divorce from Burrows, this time to Ebba Margaretha Antonie von Eckermann, member of the

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, who was previously married to Jan Gustaf Theodor Stensson

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(b. 1940). He married Fiona Wilson in 1994.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mapelli-Mozzi, Alex 1951 births Living people British male alpine skiers Counts in Italy Olympic alpine skiers for Great Britain Alpine skiers at the 1972 Winter Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) People educated at Downside School

Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Count Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi (born 7 May 1951) is a retired British-Italian alpine skier. He competed for Great Britain in three events at the 1972 Winter Olympics. He holds both British and Italian citizenship. He is the father-in-law of Prin ...

English people of Italian descent Sportspeople of Italian descent Sportspeople from Ponte San Pietro Skiers from the Province of Bergamo