The Princess of Carignano was a woman married to the Prince of Carignano of the House of Savoy. The list ends with Charles Albert, in 1831, after he became King of Sardinia. But the Queens of Sardinia and later Italy used the title "Princess of Carignano" as part of their full title which included a lot of other titles.
The fief of Carignano had belonged to the counts of Savoy since 1418;[1] Carignano was erected by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy into a principality as an appanage for his third son, Thomas Francis.[1] The fact that it was part of Piedmont, only twenty km. south of Turin, meant that it could be a "princedom" for Thomas in name only, being endowed neither with independence nor revenues of substance. Instead of receiving a significant patrimony, Thomas was wed in 1625 to Marie de Bourbon, sister and co-heiress of Louis de Bourbon, comte de Soissons, who would be killed in 1641 while fomenting rebellion against Cardinal Richelieu.
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie de Bourbon, Countess of Soissons | Charles, Count of Soissons (Bourbon) | 3 March 1606 | 6 January 1625 | 22 January 1656 husband's death | 3 June 1692 | Thomas Francis | ||
| Maria Angela Caterina d'Este | Borso d'Este (Este) | 1 March 1656 | 7 November 1684 | 23 April 1709 husband's death | 16 July 1722 | Emmanuel Philibert | ||
| Maria Vittoria of Savoy , Marchesa di Susa | Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia (Savoy) | 10 February 1690 | 7 November 1714 | 4 April 1741 husband's death | 8 July 1766 | Victor Amadeus I | ||
| Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg | Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg (Hesse-Rotenburg) | 21 November 1717 | 4 May 1740 | 4 April 1741 husband's accession | 1 September 1778 | Louis Victor | ||
| Joséphine of Lorraine | Louis Charles de Lorraine, Prince of Lambesc (Lorraine) | 26 August 1753 | 18 October 1768 | 16 December 1778 husband's accession | September 1780 husband's death | 8 February 1797 | Victor Amadeus II | |
| Maria Christina of Saxony | Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland (Wettin) | 7 December 1770 | 24 October 1797 | 16 August 1800 husband's death | 24 November 1851 | Charles Emmanuel | ||
| Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria | Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Habsburg-Lorraine) | 21 March 1801 | 30 September 1817 | 27 April 1831 becomes Queen | 12 January 1855 | Charles Albert | ||
As noted, the Principality was bought by Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon; as such the title was born by his Modenese wife; at his death to passed to his daughter by inheritance. The title was confiscated off Marie Adélaïde during the French Revolution.
| Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Princess | Ceased to be Princess | Death | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este | Francesco III d'Este, Duke of Modena (Este) | 6 October 1726 | 29 December 1744 | 1751 | 30 April 1754 | Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre | ||
| Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon Mademoiselle de Penthièvre | Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre (Bourbon) | 13 March 1753 | 8 May 1768 | 4 March 1793 father's death | 1793 confiscated by French Republic | 23 June 1821 | Philippe d'Orléans, Philippe Égalité | |