Prince Emanuele, who was born on December 30, 1837, in Rome, was the son of Bartolomeo dei Principi Ruspoli and wife Carolina Ratti His paternal grandfather was Francesco Ruspoli, 3rd Prince of Cerveteri and second wife Countess Maria Leopoldina von Khevenhüller-Metsch and ancestor of the Line III of the Principi Ruspoli. His great-uncle was CardinalBartolomeo Ruspoli.
He married secondly in Rome, July 14, 1878 Laura Caracciolo dei Principi di Torella, Duchi di Lavello, Marchesi di Bella, daughter of Camillo Caracciolo and wife Countess Anna Ivanovna Loginova,, by whom he had an only son:
Camillo Ruspoli, 2nd Prince of Candriano
Third marriage
He married thirdly in Paris, June 18, 1885 Josephine Mary Beers-Curtis, an English American, daughter of Joseph David Beers-Curtis and wife Elizabeth Shipton-Giles, by whom he had three children:
Francesco Alvaro Maria Giorgio Ruspoli, 1st Duke of Morignano
Donna Vittoria Emilia Ipsicratea Agricola dei Principi Ruspoli, married in Rome, December 4, 1912 and divorced in 1930 Roger Richard Charles Henri Étienne de Dampierre, 2nd Duca di San Lorenzo Nuovo and Nobile di Viterbo, and had two daughters and one son.
The prince died of complications of his diabetes on November 29, 1899.
Descendants
Through his daughter Princess Donna Caterina, he was the grandfather of Gilbert, Comte de la Forest-Divonne, unmarried and without issue, Claire de la Forest-Divonne, married in Livorno, January 15, 1913 Prince Vladimir Mavrocordato, and Gaddo, Conte della Gherardesca, married April 21, 1919 Emilia Poschi-Meuron dei Marchesi Garzoni, and had issue. Through his daughter, Princess Donna Vittoria, he was the grandfather of Victoire Jeanne Emmanuelle Joséphine Pierre Marie de Dampierre, married firstly in Rome, March 4, 1935, and divorced in Bucharest, May 6, 1947 as her first husband Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia, and had issue, and secondly in Vienna, November 21, 1949 Antonio Sozzani, without issue, Richard Roger Emmanuel Étienne Pierre de Dampierre, 3rd and last Duca di San Lorenzo Nuovo, married in Biarritz, July 24, 1937 María de las Mercedes de Pedroso y Sturdza, and had issue, and Yolande Beatrix de Dampierre, married in Rome, January 19, 1940 Luigi, Conte Miani di Angoris, and had issue. Through his son, Prince Don Eugenio, he was the grandfather of Donna Francesca dei Principi Ruspoli, married in Rome, August 6, 1946, and divorced Giulio, Principe Rocco di Torrepadula, and had issue.
