Adelina Munro Drysdale
Princess Adelina de Colonna, Duchess of Rignano (born Adelina Munro Drysdale; 19 September 1896 – 14 December 1942) was a Scottish Argentine socialite. In her honour, her grandfather Duncan MacKay Munro named the Villa Adelina train station of Córdoba Central Railway (current General Belgrano Railway) after her. The town then built around the station in Vicente López Partido also took the name "Villa Adelina".
Princess Adelina | |
|---|---|
| Duchess of Rignano | |
Drysdale in 1917 | |
| Born | Adelina Munro Drysdale 19 September 1896 Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Died | 14 December 1942 (aged 46) Rome, Italy |
| Noble family | Colonna (by marriage) |
| Spouse(s) |
Prince Mario de Colonna, Duke of Rignano
(m. 1917) |
| Issue | María Vittoria, Oddone, Fabio, Stefano, Livia |
| Father | Thomas James Drysdale |
| Mother | Elisabeth Mary Munro |
| Occupation | socialite |
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