Princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi
| Marina Torlonia | |
|---|---|
| Spouse(s) |
Frank Shields (m. 1940; div. 1950) Edward W. Slater (m. 1950) |
| Issue | |
| Father | Marino Torlonia, 4th Prince of Civitella-Cesi |
| Mother | Mary Elsie Moore |
| Born |
22 October 1916 Palazzo Núñez-Torlonia, Rome, Italy |
| Died | 15 September 1960 (aged 43) Piacenza, Italy |
Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi (22 October 1916 – 15 September 1960) was an Italian-American best known as the paternal grandmother of the actress and model Brooke Shields.
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 hardware manufacturer from Connecticut. The Torlonia family gained its fortune in the administration of Vatican finances.
She had three siblings:
Donna Marina Torlonia dei Principi di Civitella-Cesi was married twice, her husbands being:
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.
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