Duchess of Genoa explained

See also: Duke of Genoa.

The Duchess of Genoa was a title bestowed on the wife of the Duke of Genoa. When Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, the Duchess of Genoa, remarried following her husband's death in 1855, her rank and status became a subject of intense diplomatic negotiation between the King of Saxony and the King of Sardinia.[1] She died in 1912 with the title of Dowager Duchess.

List of duchesses

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeathHusband
Maria Cristina of Naples and SicilyFerdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon)
17 January 17796 April 18077 January 181512 March 1821
became queen
11 March 1849Prince Charles Felix
Elisabeth of SaxonyJohn of Saxony
(Wettin)
4 February 183022 April 185014 August 1912(Husband died in 1855; title at death was Dowager Duchess)[2] Prince Ferdinand
Isabella of BavariaPrince Adalbert of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
31 August 186314 April 188326 February 1924Prince Thomas
Maria Luigia Alliaga GandolfiCarlo, conte di Ricaldone, conte di Borghetto, Montegrosso e Pornas22 October 189928 February 193824 June 1963
husband's death
19 July 1986Prince Ferdinando
Lydia of ArenbergEngelbert-Maria, 9th Duke of Arenberg
(Arenberg)
1 April 190530 April 192824 June 1963
husband's accession
23 July 1977Prince Filiberto
Lucia of Bourbon-Two SiciliesPrince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
9 July 190830 April 19287 September 1990
husband's accession
8 December 1996
husband's death
3 November 2001Prince Eugenio
TITLE EXTINCT

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Notes and References

  1. Book: van de Velde, M. S. . Random recollections of courts and society . 1888 . Ward and Downey . London . 173–175 . Internet Archive.
  2. News: 15 August 1912 . MARGHERITA'S MOTHER DEAD. Grandmother of the King of Italy Was in Her 83d Year. . 2024-07-07 . . Times Machine.