Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere

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Fra' Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere (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 Prince Mario Chigi della Rovere Albani, Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, and of his wife, Princess Antoinette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn. His father's family the Chigi-Albani was among the most prominent princely families of Rome.

On 5 June 1893, in Rome, Chigi married Donna Anna Aldobrandini, daughter of Pietro, Prince Aldobrandini, Prince of Sarsina, and of his wife, Françoise Charlotte Victorine Marie de La Rochefoucauld. They had two children:

  • Prince Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere Albani, 9th Prince of the Holy Roman Empire (12 December 1894 - 24 December 1982)
  • Princesse Laura Maria Caterina Chigi della Rovere (30 April 1898 - 4 November 1984)

Chigi's wife died 17 September 1898.

On 4 November 1914, Chigi's father died and he succeeded as Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, 8th Prince of Farnese and Campagnano, 4th Prince of Soriano, 8th Duke of Ariccia and of Formello, Marquess of Magliano Pecorareccio, Hereditary Marshall of the Holy Roman Church and Guardian of the Conclave. Chigi was responsible for three papal conclaves.[1] He was an honorary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.[1]

On 30 May 1931, Chigi was elected Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.[2] Under his leadership the order engaged in large-scale hospitaller and charitable activities during World War II. In 1947 he was appointed president of an international committee to oversee the rebuilding of the Abbey of Monte Cassino.[3]

Chigi died in Rome of a heart attack at the age of 85.[1]

Ancestry

Family of Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Prince Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere Albani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Prince Agostino Chigi Albano della Rovere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Flaminia Odescalchi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Prince Sigismondo Chigi della Rovere Albani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Carlo Maria Barberini-Colonna di Sciarra, Prince of Palestrina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Princess Carlotta Amalia Barberini-Colonna di Sciarra
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Giustina Borromeo-Arese
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Prince Mario Chigi della Rovere Albani
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Andrea IV Doria-Pamphilj-Landi, Prince of Melfi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Luigi Doria-Pamphili-Landi, Principe of Valmontore
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Leopoldina of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Leopoldina Doria-Pamphilj-Landi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Prince Domenico Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Teresa Orsini
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Faustina Caracciolo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Ludovico Chigi Albani della Rovere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Christian Louis Casimir of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ludwigsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Ludwig Adolph Peter, Prince Wittgenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Countess Amalie Ludowika Finck von Finckenstein
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Stanislaw, Count Snarski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Countess Antonia Caecilia Snarska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. (Maria) Kazimiera Swolinska
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Antoinette zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn in Ludwigsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Ivan Sergeyevich, Prince Bariatinski
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Prince Ivan Ivanovich Bariatinsky
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Princess Catherine of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Princess Leonilla Bariatinskaya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Christoph, Count von Keller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Countess Wilhelmine (Maria Feodorovna) von Keller
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Amalia, Countess of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg-Ludwigsburg
 
 
 
 
 
 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Prince Ludovico, 85, of Knights of Malta", New York Times (November 15, 1951), 29.
  2. ↑ "Prince Chigi Heads Knights of Malta", New York Times (May 31, 1931), 14.
  3. ↑ "Rebuilding Abbey of Monte Cassino", The Times (April 3, 1947), 4.
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta
1931 - 1951		 Succeeded by
Angelo de Mojana di Cologna

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