The della Pura family descends from Caroline Bonaparte, sister to Napoleon.

‘Of all my family, she is the one that resembles me the most’ - Napoleon

Alfredo della Pura, one of Italy’s foremost classicist academics, lived in Pisa. Colonello Renzo della Pura (1904-75) lived in Varese and Florence with his wife Donna Isabella Rappini (1913-86). Their children Chiara, Bianca (1941-2022) and Novella travelled from their holidays in Italy to boarding school in England. Chiara, Marquise de Bonnecorse Lubières, has lived at Chateau de Roquemartine since 1955, Bianca de Capell Brooke at Great Oakley Hall until 2022, and Novella della Pura in London and at Palazzo Ruspoli Grimaldi since 1980.