Ernesto Dentice, 7th Prince of Frasso (10 October 1825 – 23 October 1886) was an Italian politician.
Ernesto Dentice 7th Prince of Frasso | |
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| Senator of the Kingdom of Italy | |
| In office 6 June 1876 – 23 October 1886 | |
| Member of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy | |
| In office 5 December 1870 – 20 September 1874 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 October 1825 Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies |
| Died | 23 October 1886 (aged 61) Livorno, Kingdom of Italy |
| Spouse |
Luisa Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin
(died 1886) |
| Parent(s) | Luigi Dentice di Frasso Anna Maria Serra |
Early life
editErnesto Dentice di Frasso was born in Naples on 10 October 1825 into an aristocratic family of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. He was the son of Luigi Dentice, 6th Prince of Frasso (1791–1850) and Donna Anna Maria Serra (1802–1868).[1] His sisters were Donna Ippolita Emanuela Dentice di Frasso (who married the Bavarian diplomat and politician Count Count Otto von Bray-Steinburg),[2] and Donna Maria Dentice di Frasso (who married Ferdinando Capece Minutolo, 1st Marquis of Bugnano).[3]
His paternal grandparents were Gerardo Dentice, 4th Prince of Frasso and Ippolita di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart (a daughter of Prince Restaino di Tocco Cantelmo Stuart of Montemiletto). His maternal grandparents were Pasquale Serra and Maria Antonia Serra, 7th Princess of Gerace, Duchess of Terranova.[4]
Career
editFrom 5 December 1870 to 20 September 1874, he was a Member of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy. From 6 June 1876 to 23 October 1886, he served in the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy.[1]
Personal life
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The Prince was married to Countess Luisa Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin (1840–1898), a daughter of Count Wilhelm Chotek von Chotkowa und Wognin and Louise von Ugarte.[6] Together, they were the parents of:
- Donna Marianna Dentice di Frasso (b. 1859), who married her cousin, Luigi Capece Minutolo, 2nd Marquis of Bugnano, in 1881.[3][7]
- Luigi Dentice di Frasso (1861–1947), also a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy who married Countess Emilia von Thurn und Valsássina-Como-Vercelli, in 1910.[8][6]
- Donna Carolina Dentice di Frasso (1869–1878), who died young.[6]
- Donna Gabriella Dentice di Frasso (b. 1870), who married Count Anton Victor Leopold von Widmann-Sedlnitzky in 1892.[9]
- Don Alfredo Dentice, Count of Frasso (1873–1940),[10] who married Countess Elisabeth Pálffy ab Erdöd (née von Schlippenbach), the daughter of Count Karl Christoph von Schlippenbach, in 1905. From her first marriage to Count Johann Pálffy ab Erdöd, she was the mother of Count Paul Pálffy ab Erdöd, who is known for his eight marriages.[11]
- Don Carlo Dentice, Count of Frasso (1876–1945), who married American Georgine Wilde, stepdaughter of Henry Siegel, in 1903.[12] They divorced in 1921 (she later married William D. Burt),[13] and he married another American, Dorothy Caldwell Grahame-White (née Taylor), the former wife of British aviator Claude Grahame-White, in 1923.[14][15][16][17]
- Donna Teresa Dentice di Frasso (1877–1909), who married Friedrich Karl, 5th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim, son of Erwein, 4th Count of Schönborn-Buchheim. After her death, he married her niece, Donna Sofia Dentice di Frasso, a daughter of Luigi, 8th Prince of Frasso.[8]
The Prince died in Livorno on 23 October 1886.[1] He was succeeded as Prince of Frasso by his eldest son, Luigi.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c Annuario biografico universale (in Italian). Unione tip.-editrice torinese. 1888. p. 288. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (in German). C.A. Starke. 1958. p. 256. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Detken, E. (1901). L'Araldo : almanacco nobiliare del napoletano (in Italian). p. 87. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (in German). C.A. Starke. 1961. p. 528. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "The Catalogue | Schönborn-Buchheim, Countess Karl von, née Teresa Dentice dei Principi di Frasso and her daughter Princess Alfred zur Lippe, née Franziska Schönborn-Buchheim". www.delaszlocatalogueraisonne.com. The de Laszlo Archive Trust. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ a b c d Gothaischer Hof Kalender zum Nutzen und Vergnügen (in German). Perthes. 1915. pp. 319–320. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ L' araldo: almanacco nobiliare del Napoletano. 1894 (in Italian). 1894. p. 58. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ a b Anales de la Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía I (1991) (in Spanish). Ediciones Hidalguia. 1992. p. 265. ISBN 978-84-600-8178-4. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der gräflichen Häuser (in German). Justus Perthes. 1905. p. 969. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "ITALIAN SENATOR KILLED; Count Alfredo Dentice di Frasso Victim of Airliner Crash". The New York Times. 13 February 1940. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "PALFFY--Count Paul". The New York Times. 15 October 1968. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
- ^ "MRS. HENRY SIEGEL HOME.; Returns from Visit to Her Daughter, Countess Dentice di Frasso, in Rome". The New York Times. 2 June 1909. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "MRS. GEORGINE WILDE WED TO W.P. BURT; Bride Is Stepdaughter of Henry Siegel and Former Wife of Count Carlo D. di Frasso". The New York Times. 8 January 1929. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "MRS. TAYLOR WEDS COUNT DI FRASSO; Former Wife of Claude Grahame-White, British Aviator, Marries Italian Statesman". The New York Times. 30 June 1923. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Liu, Ming (24 March 2018). "Bulgari's Clients Prove to Be the 'Treasures of Rome'". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Times, May Birkhead Wireless To the New York (6 October 1929). "DI FRASSOS RESTORE HISTORIC MANSION; Italian Count and His American Wife Make Show Place of Villa Madama. IS ON HILL NEAR ROME Americana Taking the Cure at Montecatini increase In Numbers Yearly". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ TIMES, Special to THE NEW YORK (5 January 1954). "Society Leader Found Dead on Train to Coast". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 August 2024.