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Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

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.

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Early life

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Princess Elisabeth of Savoy, 1830s

Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris[3] to Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano[4], and Princess Maria Cristina of Saxony. She had an elder brother, Charles Albert, future King of Sardinia.

Marriage

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

Death

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Elisabeth died of tuberculosis in Bolzano[5] on Christmas Day, 1856.

Issue

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With Rainer she had eight children:

Ancestry

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