Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

{{Short description|Italian princess (1800–1856)}}

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = Elisabeth of Savoy

| title = Archduchess Rainer Joseph of Austria

| image = Francesco Barucci - Portrait of Marie Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano, Archduchess of Austria.jpg

| caption = Elisabeth in 1830

| spouse = {{marriage|Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria|1820|1853|end=died}}

| issue = Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia
Archduke Leopold Ludwig
Archduke Ernst
Archduke Sigismund
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand
Archduke Heinrich Anton

| issue-link = #Issue

| issue-pipe = among others...

| 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 = {{Birth date|1800|4|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Paris, French Republic

| death_date = {{death date and age|1856|12|25|1800|4|13|df=yes}}

| 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

File:Maria Elisabetta di Savoia-Carignano.jpg

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:

Ancestry

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|1= 1. Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

|2= 2. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano

|3= 3. Maria Christina of Saxony

|4= 4. Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano

|5= 5. Joséphine of Lorraine

|6= 6. Charles, Duke of Courland

|7= 7. Franciszka Krasińska

|8= 8. Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano

|9= 9. Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg

|10= 10. Louis, Prince of Brionne

|11= 11. Louise de Rohan

|12= 12. Augustus III of Poland

|13= 13. Maria Josepha of Austria

|14= 14. Stanisław Krasiński

|15= 15. Aniela Humięcka

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References

  • The original version of this article was based principally on its equivalent in the Italian Wikipedia, in [http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maria_Elisabetta_di_Savoia-Carignano&oldid=6273964 the version] retrieved on 2007-03-12.