Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

Elisabeth
Archduchess Rainer of Austria
Born	13 April 1800 Paris, France
Died	25 December 1856 (aged 56) Bolzano, Austrian Empire
Burial	Bolzano Cathedral
Spouse	Archduke Rainer of Austria
Issue	Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia Leopoldo Luigi Ranieri Ferdinando
Full name Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia
House	Savoy-Carignano
Father	Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
Mother	Maria Christina of Saxony

Elisabeth of Savoy (Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; 13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856) was a Princess of Savoy and the aunt and mother-in-law of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a united Italy.

Family

Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris to Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano (1770–1800), and Maria Cristina of Saxony (1770–1851), herself granddaughter of Augustus III of Poland. She had an elder brother, Charles Albert, future King of Sardinia.

Marriage and children

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

With Rainer she had eight children:

• Maria Carolina (1821–1844)
• Adelaide (3 June 1822 – 20 January 1855), who became the wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861 and subsequently King of Italy.
• Leopoldo Luigi (6 June 1823 – 24 May 1898)
• Ernesto Carlo (8 August 1824 – 4 April 1899)
• Sigismondo Lepoldo (7 January 1826 – 15 December 1891),
• Ranieri Ferdinando (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913)
• Enrico Antonio (9 May 1828 – 30 November 1891)
• Massimiliano Carlo (16 January 1830 – 16 March 1839)

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

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

16. Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano               8. Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano                       17. Maria Vittoria Francesca of Savoy               4. Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano                             18. Ernest Leopold, Landgrave of Hesse-Rotenburg               9. Landgravine Christine Henriette of Hesse-Rotenburg                       19. Countess Eleonore of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rochefort               2. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano                                   20. Louis, Prince of Lambesc               10. Louis, Prince of Brionne                       21. Jeanne Henriette Marguerite de Durfort               5. Princess Joséphine of Lorraine                             22. Charles, Prince of Rochefort               11. Louise de Rohan                       23. Eléonore Eugénie de Béthisy de Mézières               1. Princess Elisabeth of Savoy                                         24. Augustus II the Strong               12. Augustus III of Poland                       25. Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth               6. Charles of Saxony, Duke of Courland                             26. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor               13. Maria Josepha of Austria                       27. Wilhelmina Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg               3. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony                                   28. Count Aleksander Krasiński               14. Count Stanislaus Corvin-Krasinski                       29. Salomea Trzcińska               7. Franciszka Corvin-Krasińska                             30. Stefan Humiecki, Woivode of Podole               15. Aniela Humiecka                       31. Katarzyna Krosnowska

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

• 13 April 1800 – 28 May 1820 Her Highness Princess Elisabeth of Savoy
• 28 May 1820 – 25 December 1856 Her Imperial & Royal Highness Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria

References

• The original version of this article was based principally on its equivalent in the Italian Wikipedia, in the version retrieved on 2007-03-12.