Princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi

Princess Donna Marina Torlonia (October 22, 1916–September 15, 1960), was born in Rome, the youngest daughter of prince Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi, who had introduced the first motor car to Rome in 1892 (causing havoc to fashionable carriages) and his American wife, Mary Elsie Moore, daughter of Charles Arthur Moore, a rich shipping broker and hardware manufacturer of Connecticut, whose wife, Kate Moore Campbell, was the subject of some notoriety in European society at the time.

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October 22 - 1916 - September 15 - 1960 - Marino Torlonia, 4th prince of Civitella-Cesi - Mary Elsie Moore

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Her brother was Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Doña Beatriz de Borbón-Battenberg (the aunt of the actual King Juan Carlos I of Spain).

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The princes Torlonia were one of the richiest families of the 19th century, gaining their fortune in the administration of Vatican finances.

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Torlonia - 19th century

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Her first husband was Edward Slater, and her second was Francis Xavier Shields (New York. November 18, 1909 -August 19, 1975), a professional American tennis player whom she met in Rome at a tennis championship.

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Edward Slater - Francis Xavier Shields

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With Francis Xavier Shields she had two children: Francis Alexander Shields, and Marina Shields. Her eldest granddaughter is the actress Brooke Shields, daughter of Francis Alexander.

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Francis Alexander Shields - Marina Shields - Brooke Shields

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