Alessandro Filangieri, 4th Prince of Cutò
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Alessandro Filangieri, 4th Prince of Cutò (27 April 1696 – 22 February 1761), was an Italian Chief Justice of Palermo from 1725 to 1726.[1]
Alessandro was born on 27 April 1696 in Palermo in the Kingdom of Sicily then a Viceroyalty of the Spanish Empire. He was the son of Girolamo Filangieri, 3rd Prince of Cutò (1669–1719) and Costanza Gravina e Bonanno (1670–1746). His siblings included Donna Emanuela Filangieri (who married Domenico Corvino, Prince of Villanova) and Donna Giulia Filangieri (who married Giuseppe Bonanno).[2]
His paternal grandparents were Alessandro Filangieri, 2nd Marquis of Lucca, and Giulia Platamone (a daughter of Francesco Platamone, 1st Prince of Cutò). His aunt, Donna Laura Filangieri, married Girolamo Giglio, Prince of Lascari and Torretta. His maternal grandparents were Ignazio Sebastiano Gravina, 4th Prince of Palagonia, and Maria Anna Bonanno, Marchioness of Delia.[2]