Maria Elizaveta of Savoy ( Maria Francesca Elizaveta Carlotta Giuseppina ; Italian. Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia-Carignano ; , - , ) - Savoy princess, mother of the Queen of Sardinia, Adelgeida .
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Family
Maria Francesca Elizabeth Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris to the family of Prince Carl Emmanuel of Savoy-Carignano and Maria Christina of Saxony , granddaughter of the Polish king Augustus III . Her elder brother was Carl Albert , the future king of the kingdom of Sardinian , and her nephew was Victor Emmanuel II , the first king of united Italy.
Marriage
On May 28, 1820, she married the Austrian Archduke Rainer , viceroy of the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom . Eight children were born in marriage:
- Maria Carolina (February 6, 1821 - January 23, 1844), died unmarried
- Adelgeyda (June 3, 1822 - January 20, 1855), who in 1842 married Sardinian king Victor Emmanuel II , later - the first king of united Italy
- Leopold Ludwig (June 6, 1823 - May 24, 1898), who in 1864–1868 was commander-in-chief of the Austro-Hungarian fleet
- Ernst Karl (August 8, 1824 - April 4, 1899), Field Marshal Lieutenant
- Sigismund Leopold (January 7, 1826 - December 15, 1891), Field Marshal Lieutenant
- Rainer Ferdinand (January 11, 1827 - January 27, 1913), Austrian Minister-President in 1859–1861
- Heinrich Anton (May 9, 1828 - November 30, 1891), Field Marshal Lieutenant
- Maximilian Karl (January 16, 1830 - March 16, 1839)
Elizabeth died in 1856.
Awards
- Order of St. Catherine of the Great Cross (October 5, 1845 [2] )
Titles
- April 13, 1800 - May 28, 1820 Her Serene Princess Elizabeth of Savoy
- May 28, 1820 - December 25, 1856 Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria
Genealogy
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 The Peerage
- ↑ Cavaliers of the Order of St. Catherine // List of Cavaliers of the Russian imperial and royal orders for 1849. Part I. - St. Petersburg: Printing house of the II branch of His Own Imperial Majesty's Chancellery, 1850. - p. 14.