Gregorio II Boncompagni

Don Gregorio II Boncompagni (Sora, 7 July 1642 – Rome, 1 January/February 1707) was an Italian nobleman, 5th Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino and 6th Marquess of Vignola and Prince Consort of Piombino, Marquis of Populonia, Prince of Venosa and Count of Conza, Lord di Scarlino, Populonia, Vignale, Abbadia del Fango, Suvereto, Buriano, Cerboli e Palmaiolan, and Lord prince of the Tuscan Archipelago including the islands of Elba, Montecristo, Pianosa, Gorgona, Capraia, and Isola del Giglio. He was the great-great-grandson of Pope Gregory XIII.

Biography

He was the eldest son of Don Ugo I Boncompagni, 4th Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino and 5th Marquess of Vignola, and wife Duchess Donna Maria Ruffo di Bagnara.

He married firstly in 1666 Giustina Gallio (Milan, 29 October 1644 – 21 July 1679), daughter of Tolomeu II Gallio, 4th Duke of Alvito, and wife Ottavia Trivulzio, daughter of Gian Giacomo Teodoro Trivulzio and wife Giovanna Maria Grimaldi, by whom he had an only son, Don Boncompagno Tolomeo Boncompagni (19 December 1667 - 19 February 1668), and then, when she died, he married secondly in Rome on 19 October 1681 Ippolita Ludovisi (Cagliari, 24 December 1663 - Rome, 29 December 1733), Princess of Piombino, etc, grandniece of Pope Gregory XV and Pope Innocent X.[1] The Boncompagni-Ludovisi union lasted until the French Revolution and included the development of the Archivio Boncompagni-Ludovisi held by The Vatican.[2]

Issue

Gregorio and Ippolita had seven children:

  • Don Ugo Boncompagni-Ludovisi (6 March 1684 – 1686)
  • Donna Maria Eleonora I Boncompagni-Ludovisi (Isola di Sora, 10 April 1686 - Rome, 5 January 1745), Princess of Piombino, etc, married on 29 March 1702 her paternal uncle, Gregorio's brother Don Antonio I Boncompagni-Ludovisi (Isola di Sora, 10 April 1658 - Isola di Sora, 28 January 1731), 6th Duke of Sora, Aquino, Arce and Arpino, 7th Marquess of Vignola, Prince Consort of Piombino, etc, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1702 by Brevet Nr. 0629, and had issue
  • Donna Costanza Boncompagni-Ludovisi (Isola di Sora, 6 September 1687 – 6 February 1768), married in 1705 or on 5 April 1706 Vincenzo Giustiniani, 3rd Prince of Bassano (Rome, 30 August 1673 - 16 March 1754), and had issue
  • Donna Maria Teresa Boncompagni-Ludovisi (27 February 1692 – 7 June 1744), married in 1714/1716 as his third wife Urbano Barberini, 3rd Prince of Palestrina (1664 - 27 September 1722), great-grandnephew of Pope Urban VIII, and had female issue
  • Donna Maria Giulia Boncompagni-Ludovisi (Rome, 22 January 1695 – 3 November 1751), married in 1714 as his second wife Marco Ottoboni, 1st Duke of Fiano in 1690 (Venice, 23 March 1656 - Rome, 13 April 1723), nephew of Pope Alexander VIII, and had female issue
  • Donna Anna Maria Boncompagni-Ludovisi (21/31 January 1696 – 11/12 January 1752), married in Rome on 17 August 1719 Don Gian Vincenzo Salviati, Prince of Rocca Massa, Duke of Giuliano, Marques of Montieri, Grandee of Spain 1st Class (2 February 1693 - 3 September 1752), and had issue
  • Donna Lavinia Boncompagni-Ludovisi (22 December 1697 - 20 April 1773), married in Rome on 4 July 1723 Don Marino Caracciolo, 6th Prince of Santo Buono (22 February 1696 - 1 July 1745/1747), and had issue

References

  1. ^ Papal Genealogy: The Families And Descendants Of The Popes by George L. Williams (McFarland, 2004)
  2. ^ The Vatican Archives: Archived 2010-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Archivio Boncompagni-Ludovisi
Preceded by Duke of Sora
1676–1707
Succeeded by