Princess Elisabeth of Savoy explained

Elisabeth of Savoy
Archduchess Rainer Joseph of Austria
Issue:Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia
Archduke Leopold Ludwig
Archduke Ernst
Archduke Sigismund
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand
Archduke Heinrich Anton
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Full Name:Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia
House:Savoy-Carignano
Father:Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
Mother:Maria Christina of Saxony
Birth Date:13 April 1800
Birth Place:Paris, French Republic
Death Place:Bolzano, Austrian Empire
Burial Place:Maria Himmelfahrt (Bolzano)

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.

Early life

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

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

Death

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

Issue

With Rainer she had eight children:

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