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Mary Elsie Moore, Princess di Civitella-Cesi (October 22, 1889 – December 21, 1941), was an American railroad equipment heiress who married and divorced Italian Prince Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi.
On August 15, 1907, Torlonia married Mary Elsie Moore (1889–1941), a Connecticut heiress who was studying in Rome. She was a daughter of the American shipping broker Charles Arthur Moore, a tool manufacturer in Greenwich, Connecticut , and of Mary L. Campbell.
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Torlonia was born in Rome, at Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, the youngest daughter of Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore, a daughter of Charles Arthur Moore, a shipping broker and car mechanic from Connecticut. The Torlonia family gained its fortune in the administration of Vaticanfinances. She had three ...
In February 1934, Torlonia had made her New York City debut. Torlonia enjoyed going to nightclubs and charity work, and in 1934 she led many charity fundraising efforts. Some of the charity fundraisers she was involved with include the American Auxiliary Hospital in Mougins, France, the Italian Welfare League, New York City Cancer Institute, the Ne...
DonnaMarina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi was married twice, her husbands being: 1. Francis Xavier Shields (1909–1975), the American amateur tennis player. They married on 13 June 1940, in North Conway, New Hampshire, and divorced in 1950. The Shieldses had two children: a son, Francis Alexander Shieldsand a daughter, Marina Shields. 2. E...
Torlonia 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, to princess Orsetta Caracciolo, niece of film director Luchino Visconti. Along with Marina, DukeRaffaele Canevaro di Zoagli and his mother-in-law Eleanor Terry were also kill...
Mary Elsie Moore, Princess di Civitella-Cesi (October 22, 1889 – December 21, 1941), was an American railroad equipment heiress who married and divorced Italian Prince Don Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi.
Elsie Moore was born 22 October 1889 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, United States to Charles Arthur Moore (1846-1914) and Mary L. Campbell (1854-) and died 21 December 1941 New York, United States of unspecified causes. She married Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi (1861-1933...
Elsie Moore Torlonia, 52, divorced Brooklyn born wife of the late Prince Marino Torlonia of Italy, once known as the "Dollar Duchess," died today in her Park avenue apartment after a long illness. Her son, Prince Allesandro Torlonia of Rome, was given the permission of the Italian and British governments to make a trip by Clipper to the United ...
Mary Elsie Torlonia formerly Moore. Born about 22 Oct 1889 in Brooklyn, NY. Ancestors. Daughter of Charles Arthur Moore and Mary L. (Campbell) Moore. Sister of Charles Arthur Moore Jr. Wife of Marino (Torlonia) Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi — married 15 Aug 1907 (to Feb 1928) in Greenwich CT.
