Manuel de Godoy di Bassano y Tudó, 2nd Prince of Godoy of Bassano

Don Manuel Luis de Godoy di Bassano y Tudó, Álvarez de Faria y Cathalán (Madrid, March 29, 1805 – Madrid, August 24, 1871) was a Spanish and Italian aristocrat, son of Manuel de Godoy and second wife Josefa Petra Francisca de Paula (Pepita) de Tudó y Cathalán, Alemany y Luecia.

He inherited his mother's titles and / or representations and solely his father's Italian title, the one which could only be used through male line, and was 2nd Principe de Godoy di Bassano, 2nd Conde de Castillo Fiel with a Coat of Arms of de Tudó (of which was passed a successory Royal Order on October 28, 1870, not getting to receive Royal Dispatch for having died almost subsequently), Knight of the Habit of the Order of Santiago (1867) and of St. John of Jerusalem, Commander of the Order of Christ in Rome, etc.

Marriage and children

He married dona María Carolina Crowe y O'Donovan, O'Neill y ............. (? – Paris, December 4, 1878), an Irish-Spanish, and had four children:

• Matilde de Godoy di Bassano y Crowe, 4th Countess of Castillo Fiel
• Josefa de Godoy di Bassano y Crowe, 2nd Viscountess of Rocafuerte
• Manuel de Godoy di Bassano y Crowe, 3rd Prince of Godoy of Bassano
• Dona María Luisa Cristina (Marie Louise Christine) de Godoy di Bassano y Crowe, de Tudó y O'Donovan (Marseille, January 12/21, 1839 – Paris, January 28, 1880), married firstly in Paris, August 4, 1859 HSH Ernest Alexandre Louis Charles Napoléon Auguste Prinz von Looz und Corswarem (September 5, 1834 – December 12, 1868), son of HSH Charles Franz Wilhelm Ferdinand 6th Herzog von Looz und Corswarem, and wife Hermine Anna Gertrude Jacqueline Baronne van Lockhorst, and had three children, secondly William Abbott, without issue, and thirdly Richard Seaver, Major of the British Army, without issue:
• ''HSH Charles Emmanuel Ernest Alexander Arnold 8th Herzog von Looz und Corswarem (in succession of his uncle the 7th Herzog Charles Leopold August Ludwig Philipp, who deceased leaving only female issue now extinct) (Paris, April 15, 1860 – August 8, 1946), etc, married in Paris, January 25, 1890, annulled by trial of February 20, 1891, Maria Helena de Portugal de Faria, 1st Pontificious Countess de Portugal de Faria (Lisbon, March 19, 1866 – November 20, 1957), daughter of Augusto de Faria, 1st Visconde de Faria, and wife Maria do Ó Barreiros Arrobas de Portugal da Silveira de Barros e Vasconcelos, without issue
• HSH Manuela Prinzessin von Looz und Corswarem (November 5, 1861 – January 31, 1919), married on June 13, 1881 Henri André Othon, Baron de Bogaerde de Terbrugge (? – September 26, 1896)
• HSH Ludwig Prinz von Looz und Corswarem (March 20, 1867 – July, 1921), unmarried and without issue

References

• Afonso, Domingos de Araújo and Valdez, Rui Dique Travassos, Livro de Oiro da Nobreza (3 Volumes), Volume 1, p. 491-8, Lisbon, 1938.
• Zúquete, Afonso Eduardo Martins, Nobreza de Portugal e do Brasil (3 Volumes), Volume Second, p. 569-71, Lisbon, 1960.
• Instituto de Salazar y Castro, Elenco de Grandezas y Titulos Nobiliarios Españoles, Various (periodic publication).