Princess Elisabeth of Savoy
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| Born |
13 April 1800 Paris, France |
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| Died | 25 December 1856 (aged 56) Bolzano, Austrian Empire |
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| Burial | Bolzano Cathedral | ||||
| Spouse | Archduke Rainer of Austria | ||||
| Issue |
Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia Leopoldo Luigi Ranieri Ferdinando |
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| House | Savoy-Carignano | ||||
| Father | Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano | ||||
| Mother | Maria Christina of Saxony | ||||
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| Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia |
Elisabeth of Savoy (Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; 13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856) was a Princess of Savoy and the aunt and mother-in-law of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy.
Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris to Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (1770–1800), and Maria Cristina of Saxony (1770–1851), herself granddaughter of Augustus III of Poland. She had an elder brother, Charles Albert, future King of Sardinia.
On 28 May 1820 she was married in Prague to Archduke Rainer of Austria, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.
With Rainer she had eight children:
Elisabeth died of tuberculosis in Bolzano on Christmas Day, 1856.
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