Carlos Ruspoli, 3rd Duke of Alcudia and Sueca


Don Carlos Luis Ruspoli y Álvarez de Toledo, de Godoy y Silva-Bazán, dei Principi Ruspoli was a Spanish aristocrat, son of Adolfo Ruspoli y Godoy, 2nd Duke of Alcudia, and wife Dona Rosalia Álvarez de Toledo y Silva-Bazán, de Palafox-Portocarrero y Téllez-Girón.
He was 3rd Duke of Sueca, 3rd Duke of Alcudia, with a Coat of Arms of de Godoy, and 17th Count of Chinchón with a Coat of Arms of de Borbón, three times Grandee of Spain First Class and 4th Count of Évoramonte in Portugal de Juro e Herdade with Honours of Relative both in succession of his father, Senator of the Realm by his own right, etc. And Prince of the Holy Roman Empire.

Marriages and children

He married firstly at San Sebastián, on 5 December 1896, his cousin Doña María del Carmen Caro y Caro, Álvarez de Toledo y Gomurcio, daughter of Don Carlos Caro y Álvarez de Toledo, de Salas y Palafox, Count of Caltavuturo and wife and cousin Doña María de la Encarnación Caro y Gomurcio, Caro y Ugarte-Barrientos, both of the Dukes of Montalto, Marquesses of La Romana, etc., descendants of Pedro Caro y Sureda, 3rd marqués de La Romana, and had three children:
He married secondly in Madrid, 2 July 1911 Doña Josefa Pardo y Manuel de Villena, widow of don José de Agrella y...,... y..., daughter of Don Arturo Pardo y de Inchausti,... y..., 9th Consort Count of Via Manuel Grandee of Spain First Class, Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, maestrante of Zaragoza, and wife Dona María Isabel Manuel de Villena y Álvarez de las Asturias-Bohórques, de Bambalere y Guiráldez, 9th Countess of Via Manuel, 13th Marchioness of Rafal, Marchioness of Puebla de Rocamora, Countess of la Granja, 5th Baroness of Monte Villena, Grandee of Spain First Class, without issue.