Eugenia Ruspoli

Princess Eugenia Ruspoli (born Jennie Enfield Berry; 1861–1951) was an American socialite who married into the Italian aristocracy.

Biography Ruspoli was born Jennie Enfield Berry in 1861 to Thomas Berry and Frances Margaret Rhea Berry in Etowah County, Alabama. She was brought up at Oak Hill, the family home near Rome, Georgia. Her husband died in 1892 and she returned to Europe with a significant inheritance. Upon her marriage, she changed her name from Jennie to Eugenia.

Her second husband died in 1909. Despite a verbal agreement that the family's castle would remain in her possession, her husband left all property to his family. She took the case to court and, in 1916, obtained the title of the castle and all personal property within it.

Ruspoli returned to the United States following widowhood, taking up residence in New York City. In 1929, she adopted a British girl named Maria-Theresa. At the outbreak of World War II, Ruspoli shipped antique furniture, paintings, and sculptures from her castle to her sister, Martha, at Oak Hill.

Eugenia died in her home in New York City in 1951.