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     Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony, Comtesse Mahony was born on 27 December 1740 at Naples, Italy.¹ She was the daughter of Lt.-Gen. John Joseph Mahony, Comte Mahony and Lady Anne Clifford.¹ She married Beneditto Giustaniani, 5th Prince Giustaniani on 18 May 1757.¹ She died on 18 February 1789 at age 48.¹
     Her married name became Giustaniani.

     Beneditto Giustaniani, 5th Prince Giustaniani was born on 26 February 1739. He married Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony, Comtesse Mahony, daughter of Lt.-Gen. John Joseph Mahony, Comte Mahony and Lady Anne Clifford, on 18 May 1757.¹ He died on 26 February 1793 at age 54.¹
     His family reigned in Chios till 1364 and was expelled from there by the Turks in 1566.¹ The title of Prince was bestowed by Pope Innocent X on his great-great-grandfather Andrea, Marquis Giustiniani on 22 Nov 1664.¹ He gained the title of 5th Prince Giustaniani [Papal States, 1664].¹ He had two elder sons, who died young.¹

     Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustaniani was born on 2 November 1762.¹ He was the son of Beneditto Giustaniani, 5th Prince Giustaniani and Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony, Comtesse Mahony.¹ He married Maria Nicoletta di Mondragone, daughter of Dominico Grillo, Duca di Mondragone, on 21 May 1789.¹ He died on 13 November 1826 at age 64.¹
     He succeeded as the 6th Prince Giustaniani [Papal States, 1664] on 26 February 1793.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Earl of Newburgh [S., 1660] on 29 November 1814, de jure.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Viscount of Kynnaird [S., 1660] on 29 November 1814, de jure and took no proceedings to establish his right.¹ He succeeded as the 6th Lord Levingston of Flacraig [S., 1660] on 29 November 1814, de jure.¹

     Maria Nicoletta di Mondragone is the daughter of Dominico Grillo, Duca di Mondragone. She married Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustaniani, son of Beneditto Giustaniani, 5th Prince Giustaniani and Cecilia Carlotta Francesca Anna Mahony, Comtesse Mahony, on 21 May 1789.¹
     She was given the name of Maria Nicoletta Giuseppa Francesca Raffaela Cornelia Teresa Melchiorra Gaspara Baldassara Angela Giovanna Lyuisa Giudetta at birth.¹ After her marriage, Maria Nicoletta di Mondragone was styled as Countess of Newburgh on 29 November 1814.

     Dominico Grillo, Duca di Mondragone gained the title of Duca di Mondragone [Kingdom of Two Sicilies].¹

     Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Balthassara Gaspara Giustaniani, Countess of Newburgh was baptised on 5 February 1796.¹ She was the daughter of Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustaniani and Maria Nicoletta di Mondragone.¹ She married Charles Bandini, 4th Marquis Bandini on 21 September 1815.¹ She died on 8 January 1877 at age 80.¹
     Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Balthassara Gaspara Giustaniani, Countess of Newburgh usually went by her middle name of Cecilia. She succeeded as the 7th Princess Giustaniani [Papal States, 1664] on 13 November 1826.¹ She succeeded as the 7th Countess of Newburgh [S., 1660] on 13 November 1826.¹ She succeeded as the 7th Viscountess of Kynnaird [S., 1660] on 13 November 1826.¹ She succeeded as the 7th Lady Levingston of Flacraig [S., 1660] on 13 November 1826.¹ She was naturalized as a British subject on 17 August 1857.¹ On 30 July 1858 her titles were recognised by the House of Lords.¹

     Charles Bandini, 4th Marquis Bandini married Maria Cecilia Agatha Anna Josepha Laurentia Donata Melchiora Balthassara Gaspara Giustaniani, Countess of Newburgh, daughter of Vincenzo Giuseppe Filippo Graziliano Giacopo Gasparo Baldassaro Melchior Domenico Giustiniani, 6th Prince Giustaniani and Maria Nicoletta di Mondragone, on 21 September 1815.¹ He died on 5 June 1850.¹
     The Bandini family, originally from Umbria, established themselves in Rome in the 16th century, Carlo's great-grandfather Alessandro having a papal marquisate conferred on him on 30 May 1753.¹ He gained the title of 4th Marquis Bandini [Papal States, 1753].¹

     Maj.-Gen. James Clement Radclyffe was born on 5 November 1727 at Rome, Italy^G.¹ He was the son of Hon. Charles Radclyffe and Charlotte Maria Livingston, Countess of Newburgh.¹ He died in 1788, without issue.¹
     He gained the rank of Major-General in the French Army.¹

     Lady Maria Francesca Giulielma Radclyffe was born on 5 April 1732 at Rome, Italy^G.¹ She was the daughter of Hon. Charles Radclyffe and Charlotte Maria Livingston, Countess of Newburgh.¹ She married Francis Eyre on 11 February 1755.¹ She died on 27 August 1798 at age 66.¹
     Her married name became Eyre.

     Francis Radclyffe-Livingstone-Eyre was born on 10 February 1762 at Warkworth, Northumberland, England^G.¹ He was the son of Francis Eyre and Lady Maria Francesca Giulielma Radclyffe.^1,2 He married Dorothy Gladwin, daughter of John Gladwin, on 29 August 1787.¹ He died on 23 October 1827 at age 65 at Paris, France^G.¹
     He was given the name of Francis Eyre at birth.¹ He styled himself as 6th Earl of Newburgh [S., 1660] in 1814, in the mistaken belief that a foreign national could not inherit a Scottish peerage.¹ He lived at Hassop Hall, Derbyshire, England.¹ He lived at Warkworth Castle, Northumberland, England.¹ He also had a younger son and four other daughters.¹