Duchess of Genoa

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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. [2]

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List of duchesses

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame DuchessCeased to be DuchessDeath Husband
Portrait of Maria Cristina of Naples, queen of Sardinia (1779-1849) circa 1828-1831.jpg Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon)
17 January 17796 April 18077 January 181512 March 1821
became queen
11 March 1849 Prince Charles Felix
Elisabetta di Sassonia.jpg Elisabeth of Saxony John of Saxony
(Wettin)
4 February 183022 April 185014 August 1912

(Husband died in 1855; title at death was Dowager Duchess) [2]

Prince Ferdinand
Issabavaria.jpg Isabella of Bavaria Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
31 August 186314 April 188326 February 1924 Prince Thomas
Stemma della casa savoia genova.jpg Maria Luigia Alliaga Gandolfi Carlo, conte di Ricaldone, conte di Borghetto, Montegrosso e Pornas22 October 189928 February 193824 June 1963
husband's death
19 July 1986 Prince Ferdinando
CoA Arenberg County.svg Lydia of Arenberg Engelbert-Maria, 9th Duke of Arenberg
(Arenberg)
1 April 190530 April 192824 June 1963
husband's accession
23 July 1977 Prince Filiberto
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.svg Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Prince 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 2001 Prince Eugenio
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References

  1. van de Velde, M. S. (1888). Random recollections of courts and society. London: Ward and Downey. pp. 173–175 via Internet Archive.
  2. 1 2 "MARGHERITA'S MOTHER DEAD. Grandmother of the King of Italy Was in Her 83d Year". The New York Times . 15 August 1912. Retrieved 7 July 2024 via Times Machine.