Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere
| Servant of God Fra' Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere | |||||
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| Prince and Grand Master of the Order of Malta | |||||
Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere
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| Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta | |||||
| Reign | 30 May 1931 – 14 November 1951 | ||||
| Predecessor | Fra' Galeas von Thun und Hohenstein, 75th Prince and Grand Master | ||||
| Successor | Fra' Angelo de Mojana, 77th Prince and Grand Master | ||||
| Prince Chigi della Rovere-Albani | |||||
| Reign | 4 November 1914 – 10 June 1929 | ||||
| Predecessor | Mario, 7th Prince Chigi della Rovere-Albani | ||||
| Successor | Sigismondo, 9th Prince Chigi della Rovere-Albani | ||||
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10 July 1866 Ariccia, Italy |
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| Died | 14 November 1951 (aged 85) Rome, Lazio, Italy |
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| Spouse | Donna Anna Aldobrandini (m. 1893; d. 1898) | ||||
| Issue | Sigismondo, 9th Prince Chigi della Rovere-Albani Princess Laura Maria Caterina Chigi della Rovere |
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House of Chigi della Rovere-Albani Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta (SMOM) |
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| Father | Prince Mario Chigi della Rovere-Albani | ||||
| Mother | Princess Antoinette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | ||||
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| Ludovico Chigi della Rovere-Albani |
Fra' Ludovico Chigi della Rovere-Albani (10 July 1866 - 14 November 1951) was the 76th Prince and Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta from 1931 to 1951.
Chigi was born in Ariccia, the son of Imperial Prince Mario Chigi della Rovere Albani (1832-1914) and his wife, Princess Antoinette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn (1839-1918). His father's family, the Chigi, was among the most prominent noble families of Rome, to which had belonged Pope Alexander VII (1599-1667), who conferred upon his nephew Agostino Chigi (1634-1705) the hereditary princedoms of Farnese (1658) and Campagnano (1661), as well as the dukedoms of Arricia and Formello (1662), also procuring for all descendants of the Chigi male line the title of Imperial prince and princess from the Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I in 1659. In 1509 Pope Julius II had authorised the Chigi family to augment their name and arms with his own, della Rovere, and would become Ludovico's ancestor (in the 13th degree) through six lines of descent from that pope's illegitimate daughter, Felice della Rovere (ca. 1483-1536).
On 5 June 1893, in Rome, Chigi married Donna Anna Aldobrandini, daughter of Pietro, Prince Aldobrandini, Prince di Sarsina, and of his wife, Françoise de La Rochefoucauld. They had two children:
Chigi's wife died 17 September 1898.
On 4 November 1914 Chigi's father died and he succeeded as 8th Prince di Farnese and di Campagnano, 4th Prince di Soriano, 8th Duke di Ariccia and di Formello, Marchese di Magliano Pecorareccio, Hereditary Marshall of the Holy Roman Church and Guardian of the Conclave. Chigi was responsible for three papal conclaves. He was an honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
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