Ruspoli | |
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Black noble family | |
Parent house | House of Marescotti |
Country | Duchy of Florence Papal States Grand Duchy of Tuscany Kingdom of Italy Kingdom of Spain |
Current region | Italy Spain European Union |
Founded | 9th century |
Current head | Prince Francesco Maria Ruspoli, 10th Prince of Cerveteri |
Titles | |
Motto | Loyalement sans douter (French for 'Loyally without doubt') |
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The House of Ruspoli is historically one of the great aristocratic families of Rome, but is originally from Florence. Following World War II and the fall of Fascism, the newly established Italian Republic officially abolished titles and hereditary honours in its 1946 Constitution, with the exception of the papal nobility of Rome (fourteen families, among which is the Ruspoli family), as those titles had been created by papal authority.