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
Death
Elisabeth died of tuberculosis in Bolzano on Christmas Day, 1856.
Issue
With Rainer she had eight children:
- Maria Carolina (1821–1844)
- Adelaide (3 June 1822 – 20 January 1855), who became the wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861 and subsequently King of Italy.
- Leopold Ludwig (6 June 1823 – 24 May 1898)
- Ernest Charles (8 August 1824 – 4 April 1899)
- Sigismund Leopold (7 January 1826 – 15 December 1891)
- Rainer Ferdinand (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913)
- Heinrich Anton (9 May 1828 – 30 November 1891)
- Maximilian Charles (16 January 1830 – 16 March 1839)
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.
External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Princess Elisabeth of Savoy}}
{{Princesses of Savoy}}
{{Austrian archduchesses by marriage}}
{{Tuscan princesses by marriage}}
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Category:House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Category:House of Savoy-Carignano