Alex Mapelli-Mozzi

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Alex Mapelli-Mozzi
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NationalityItalian and British
Born (1951-05-07) 7 May 1951 (age 72)
Sport
Sport Alpine skiing

Alessandro Mapelli-Mozzi (born 7 May 1951) is a British-Italian alpine skier. [1] He competed in three events at the 1972 Winter Olympics. [2] He holds both British and Italian citizenship. [3] He is the father-in-law of Princess Beatrice. [4] In 2012, he was reported as residing in La Garde-Freinet, France. [1] He is a member of an Italian noble family, whose family seat is the Villa Mapelli Mozzi. As Italian nobility has been abolished, his title of count is not officially recognised in either Italy [5] or the UK; [6] he uses the title "as a courtesy". [1] [7]

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Early life and career

Mapelli-Mozzi grew up in Sottoriva, Ponte San Pietro, the sithome of his family seat, Villa Mapelli Mozzi, which has held works of art. [8] [9] [10] He was a boarder at Downside School, Somerset, England, from May 1965 to July 1969. [11]

He has worked internationally as an art dealer and curator. [8] [12]

Personal life

He married Nicola Burrows from Oxfordshire on 8 March 1978. [10] [13] They have two children: Natalia Alice (born 1981) and Edoardo Alessandro (born 1983), husband of Princess Beatrice. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Announcements 2012". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 15 March 2019. The engagement is announced between Tod, son of Mr and Mrs Michael Yeomans, of Winchester, Hampshire, and Natalia, stepdaughter of the late Mr Christopher Shale and daughter of Mrs Christopher Shale, of Over Worton, Oxfordshire, and Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi, of La Garde Freinet, France.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alex Mapelli-Mozzi Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Un nuovo Royal Wedding: Beatrice di York sposa l'italiano Edoardo Mapelli-Mozzi". la Repubblica (in Italian). 21 August 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Princess Beatrice marries Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in private Windsor ceremony". BBC News. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. Mr Mapelli Mozzi [married to Princess Beatrice] is the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis and is a count himself.
  5. ↑ "Constitution of the Italian Republic, Transitional and Final Provisions, XIV (page 42)" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Royal Warrant of April 27, 1932 on Foreign Titles".
  7. ↑ "Titles (foreign)" (PDF). UK Government.
    - Kretschmer, A. (4 October 2019). "Princess Beatrice revelation: Heartbreaking reason why Edo cannot take aristocratic title". Daily Express. Retrieved 15 October 2019. They (Italian titles) may still be used as a courtesy, but have no legal standing.
    - "Princess Beatrice marries Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in private Windsor ceremony". BBC News. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020. Mr Mapelli Mozzi is the son of former Olympic skier Count Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi and Nikki Williams-Ellis and is a count himself.
  8. 1 2 Art de France, Issue 1. The University of California. 1961. Retrieved 29 September 2019– via Google Books. Ces décorations d'Ancy ellesmêmes sont proches de « la Vénus et les Amours » (collection Mapelli Mozzi, Ponte san Pietro°).
  9. ↑ Turner, J. (2000). Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Art. Grove's Dictionaries. ISBN   1884446043 . Retrieved 1 October 2019– via Google Books. C. Mapelli Mozzi: El traje indigena en Alexico, 2 vols (Mexico City, 1964, 2/1968) C. ... The first collectors of Mexican art were the conquistadors themselves, led by Hernan Cortes, an....
  10. 1 2 "Count Alex Mapelli Mozzi". Country Life . Vol. 163. TI Media. 1978. p. 507. of Mr David Burrows, of Pincents Farm, Theale, Berkshire, and of Mrs Susan Burrows, of 2 Walton Street, London, SW3, is to be married to Count Alex Mapelli Mozzi, only son of Count Gianpaulo Mapelli Mozzi, of Sottoriva, Ponte San Pietro....
  11. ↑ The Raven, volume LXI number 247, 1969, page 56. Downside School.
  12. ↑ "South African Digest". South African Digest. Department of Information, South Africa. 1980. p. 4. Retrieved 29 September 2018– via Google Books. Count Alex Mapelli Mozzi (left), the curator of the 143 drinking glasses (photographed) with Mr Jimmy Krugar President of the Senate
    - Denise Jordaan (1980). "The pageant of the past". To the Point News in Depth. Vol. 9, no. 36–52. African International Publishing Company. Retrieved 1 October 2019– via Google Books. Count Alex Mapelli- Mozzi who is responsible for bringing the magnificent collection of antique glass drinking vessels, valued at millions of rands, to South Africa, would not disclose the insured value of the collection, as, with lifted eyebrows he said: "Lloyds of London would not.....
  13. ↑ Young, Sarah (26 September 2019). "Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi: Who is Princess Beatrice's fiancé?" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 26 September 2019.
    - Libro d'Oro della Nobilita Italiana. 2000–2004. p. 44.
  14. ↑ Libro d'Oro della Nobilta Italiana. M-Z. 2000–2004. p. 44-45. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Mapelli (Mapelli-Mozzi)...(a) Natalia, n. a Londra 28 ag. 1981; (b) Co Edoardo, n. a Londra 19 nov. 1983;...{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    - "Princess Beatrice marries Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi in private Windsor ceremony". BBC News. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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