Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi

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Marina Torlonia
Spouse(s) Frank Shields
(m. 1940; div. 1950)
Edward W. Slater
(m. 1950)
Issue
Francis Alexander Shields
Marina Shields
Edward Torlonia Slater
Father Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi
Mother Mary Elsie Moore
Born (1916-10-22)22 October 1916
Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, Rome, Italy
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Piacenza, Italy

Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (22 October 1916 – 15 September 1960) was an Italian-American aristocrat best known as the paternal grandmother of the actress and model Brooke Shields.

Family

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Coat of arms of the Princes Torlonia

Torlonia was born in Rome, at Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, the youngest daughter of Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi[1] and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore, a daughter of Charles Arthur Moore, a shipping broker and hardware manufacturer from Connecticut.[2][3] The Torlonia family gained its fortune in the administration of Vatican finances.

She had three siblings:

Marriages

Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi was married twice, her husbands being:

  • Francis Xavier Shields (1909–1975), the American amateur tennis player.[5] They married on 13 June 1940, in North Conway, New Hampshire, and divorced in 1950.[6] The Shieldses had two children: a son, Francis Alexander Shields (father of the actress and model Brooke Shields) and a daughter, Marina Shields.
  • Edward W. Slater, an architect and partner in Slater Chiat, whom she married on 29 December 1950.[7] They had one son, Edward Torlonia Slater (born 1955).

Death

Marina Slater died on 15 September 1960, in an automobile accident in Piacenza, Italy, shortly after leaving the wedding of her nephew Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi, with princess Orsetta Caracciolo, niece of film director Luchino Visconti. Along with Marina, Duke Raffaele Canevaro of Gallluzo, and the Countess Eleanor Terry died in the accident.[8]

Ancestry

Family of Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Giovanni-Raimundo Torlonia, Duke di Bracciano
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Marino Torlonia, Duke di Bracciano e Poli e Guadagnolo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Anna-Maria Schultheiss
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Giulio Torlonia, 2nd Duke di Poli e Guadagnolo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Francesco Sforza-Cesarini, Duke di Segni
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Donna Anna Sforza-Cesarini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Donna Gertrude Conti, Duchess di Poli e Guadagnolo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Agostino Chigi della Rovere Albani, Prince di Farnese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere Albani, Prince di Farnese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Donna Carlotta Amalia Barberini-Colonna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Donna Teresa Chigi della Rovere Albani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Luigi Doria-Pamphilj-Landi, Prince di Melfi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Donna Leopoldina Doria-Pamphilj-Landi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Donna Teresa Orsini dei Duchi di Gravina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Francis Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. William Ropes Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Sarah Cheever
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Charles Arthur Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Tunis Van Ness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Caroline Van Ness
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Polly Goodrich
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Mary Elsie Moore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Benjamin Smith Campbell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. John Keyes Campbell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Sally Keys
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Mary Campbell
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. George Sheffield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Betsey Sheffield
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Thirza Baker
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ↑ "Marino Torlonia Dead at 77", The New York Times, 7 March 1933
  2. ↑ "Miss Moore Weds the Duke Torlonia: New York Girl Becomes Duchess of Poli at Quiet Wedding in Greenwich", The New York Times, 16 August 1907
  3. ↑ "Princess Torlonia Dead Here at 53; Former Wife of Late Italian Nobleman Succumbs to Long Illness", The New York Times, 22 December 1941
  4. ↑ "Princess Torlonia Dead Here at 53; Former Wife of Late Italian Nobleman Succumbs to Long Illness", The New York Times, 22 December 1941
  5. ↑ "Frank X. Shields Is Dead at 66", The New York Times, 20 August 1975
  6. ↑ "Donna Torlonia Wed to Frank X. Shields", The New York Times, 14 July 1940
  7. ↑ "Mrs. M. T. Shields Is Wed; Former Marina Torlonia Bride Here of Edward W. Slater", The New York Times, 30 December 1950
  8. ↑ "Princess Dies in Crash; Marina Torlonia Slater Killed in Accident in Italy", The New York Times, 16 September 1960
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