Princess Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa explained

Maria Adelaide
Princess Leone Massimo of Arsoli
Spouse:Leone Massimo, Principe di Arsoli
Full Name:Italian: Maria Adelaide Vittoria Amelia
House:Savoy-Genoa
Father:Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa
Mother:Princess Isabella of Bavaria
Birth Date:25 April 1904
Birth Place:Turin, Italy
Death Place:Rome, Italy

Princess Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa[1] [2] (Maria Adelaide Vittoria Amelia; 25 April 1904 – 2 August 1979), was a daughter of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and Princess Isabella of Bavaria.

Family and early life

Adelaide was the fifth of six children born to Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria.[1] Her father was a grandson of King Charles Albert of Sardinia.[1] Among her siblings were Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa; Filiberto, 4th Duke of Genoa; and Eugenio, 5th Duke of Genoa.[1] Her mother Isabella was a granddaughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Through her aunt Margherita of Savoy, she was a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.[1]

Marriage

On 15 July 1935 she married her third cousin, Prince Leone Massimo di Arsoli (25 January 1896 in Rome – 4 May 1979 in Rome), son of Camillo Francesco Massimo, 4th Principe di Arsoli and donna Eleonora Brancaccio. Leone was the 5th Prince of Arsoli, the 9th Marquis of Roccasecca, Baron of Pisterzo, Lord of Intrafiumara, Nobile of Tivoli and Velletri and 2nd Duke of Anticoli Corrado. Her husband was also a great-grandson of Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy-Carignano. They had six children:

Honours[3]

Notes and References

  1. Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 189, 195–196, 207–208. (French).
  2. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Haus Bayern". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, p. 13. .
  3. http://www.sardimpex.com/sito%20in%20costruzione/Savoia/savoia-carignano.htm Genealogical family tree of the House of Savoy-Genoa