Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi is concerned in an inheritance dispute with the sons of her late husband
Princess Rita Jenrette Boncompagni Ludovisi, the widow of Italian noble Prince Nicolo Boncompagni Ludovisi, was evicted on Thursday from the villa she shared together with her husband in central Rome, amid a bitter inheritance dispute with the prince’s sons.
The 453-year-old villa is the one recognized non-public residence on this planet to deal with a ceiling mural painted by the Italian baroque grasp Caravaggio (1571-1610) – paintings estimated to be price greater than $340 million alone.
In a video posted to social media this week, Princess Rita described her eviction from the property on the decree of Rome’s Choose Miriam Iapelli in January, which was carried out by town’s legislation enforcement, as “unlawful” and “pointless.” She added that she was being “brutally evicted from a house which I’ve lovingly taken care of for the previous 20 years.”
A bitter authorized dispute between Princess Rita and Prince Nicolo’s three sons from a earlier marriage ensued after his loss of life in 2018. She had claimed that Nicolo’s will entitled her to stay on the property for the remainder of her life and that, if Villa Ludovisi was bought, that the proceeds could be distributed between her and Nicolo’s sons.
The sons, in the meantime, argued that Prince Nicolo’s father – their grandfather – had at all times supposed for the home to be left to them.
An Italian courtroom dominated in January that the house should be bought as a way to settle the dispute. The choose additionally acknowledged that Princess Rita had failed to take care of the property adequately, and that she had violated an order forbidding her from giving paid excursions of the villa.
An preliminary public sale positioned the house’s worth at $520 million. Nevertheless, that itemizing, together with three subsequent auctions, failed to draw any bids. The latest try to promote the villa was in October of final yr, for $198 million – though this additionally didn’t lead to a sale.
The courtroom additionally acknowledged that any belongings left within the property – which has had its lock modified per Italian legislation – be “disposed of or destroyed.” This might, Rutgers College professor Corey Brennan warned, end result within the destruction of varied artefacts.
“The villa is completely stuffed stuffed with treasured objects,” he stated to The Artwork Newspaper in feedback revealed on Friday. “Rita did take a few of her private results however left every little thing else.”
Previous to her marriage in 2009 to Prince Nicolo, the then-Rita Carpenter had married US lawmaker John Jenrette, who was imprisoned within the US amid a bribery scandal in 1980.
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