Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

Elisabeth of Savoy (Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; 13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856) was the Vicereine of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia by marriage to Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria. She was the aunt and mother-in-law of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a united Italy. By birth, she was a member of the House of Savoy-Carignano.

Elisabeth of Savoy
Archduchess Rainer Joseph of Austria
Elisabeth in 1830
Born(1800-04-13)13 April 1800
Paris, French Republic
Died25 December 1856(1856-12-25) (aged 56)
Bolzano, Austrian Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1820; died 1853)
Issue
among others...
Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia
Archduke Leopold Ludwig
Archduke Ernst
Archduke Sigismund
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand
Archduke Heinrich Anton
Names
Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia
HouseSavoy-Carignano
FatherCharles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
MotherMaria Christina of Saxony

Early life edit

 
Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, 1830s

Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris to Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (1770–1800), and Princess Maria Cristina of Saxony (1770–1851). She had an elder brother, Charles Albert, future King of Sardinia.

Marriage edit

On 28 May 1820 she was married in Prague to Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.

Death edit

Elisabeth died of tuberculosis in Bolzano on Christmas Day, 1856.

Issue edit

With Rainer she had eight children:

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