Maria Cristina Ruspoli was born on 25 July 1842 in Rome as the daughter of Giovanni Nepomucene Ruspoli, 5th Prince of Cerveteri and Barbara dei Principi Massimo. She was their second child and eldest daughter. On 25 November 1859, she married Napoléon Charles Bonaparte, 5th Prince of Canino, the son of Charles Lucien Bonaparte – [read more]