Filippo Andrea VI Doria Pamphili

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nobleman, who succeeded his father as the 13th Prince of Melfi
in 1914.

Life

The only surviving son of Prince Alfonso Doria Pamphili, a Senator of Italy, and Lady Emily Pelham-Clinton,[1] his grandfather also married an English aristocrat, Lady Mary Talbot, whom he met at Queen Victoria's coronation.

Prince Filippo was the first Mayor of Rome elected after World War II, and its last mayor under the Kingdom of Italy.

In 1921 he married Gesine Mary Dykes,

Cambridge
.

Known as oppositor of the Fascist regime, he became mayor of Rome in June 1944.[2]

She predeceased him in 1955 and Prince Filippo died in Rome, Italy. Their child, Princess Orietta, succeeded him as the 14th and last holder of the family's princely title.[3]

See also

  • Doria Pamphili family
  • Princes of the Holy Roman Empire

References

Italian nobility
Preceded by
Prince Alfonso Doria Pamphili Landi
Prince of Melfi
1914–1958
Succeeded by
Princess Orietta Doria Pamphili Landi
Government offices
Preceded by
Giovanni Orgera
(Governor)
Mayor of Rome
1944–1946
Succeeded by