Profiles: Italian Kings and Consorts

King Vittorio Emanuele II

Full Name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso
Titles: Prince of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, King of Sardinia, King of Italy
Born: March 14, 1820 at the Palazzo Carignano in Turin
Parents: King Carlo Alberto of Sardinia and Archduchess Maria Theresia of Austria
Married (1): April 12, 1842 in Turin to Archduchess Adelheid of Austria
Children:

  • Princess Maria Clotilde (1843)
  • King Umberto I of Italy (1844)
  • King Amadeo I of Spain (1845)
  • Prince Oddone (1846)
  • Princess Maria Pia (1847)
  • Prince Carlo Alberto (1851)
  • Prince Vittorio Emanuele (1852)
  • Prince Vittorio Emanuele (1855)


Married (2): October 18, 1869 to Rosa Vercellana (morganatic)
Children:

  • Vittoria Guerrieri (1848)
  • Emanuele Alberto Guerrieri (1851)

Reign: March 17, 1861 – January 9, 1878
Died: January 9, 1878 at the Quirinal Palace in Rome
Buried: The Pantheon in Rome

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia, King of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Queen of Sardinia
Wikipedia: Palazzo Carignano
Wikipedia: Quirinal Palace
Wikipedia: The Pantheon

Archduchess Adelheid of Austria


Full Name: Adelheid Franziska Marie Rainera Elisabeth Clotilde
Titles: Archduchess of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Queen of Sardinia
Born: June 3, 1822 at the Royal Palace of Milan
Parents:
Married: April 12, 1842 in Turin to Vittorio Emanuele II of Sardinia
Children:

  • Princess Maria Clotilde (1843)
  • King Umberto I of Italy (1844)
  • King Amadeo I of Spain (1845)
  • Prince Oddone (1846)
  • Princess Maria Pia (1847)
  • Prince Carlo Alberto (1851)
  • Prince Vittorio Emanuele (1852)
  • Prince Vittorio Emanuele (1855)

Died: January 20, 1855 at the Royal Palace of Turin
Buried: Basilica of Superga, Turin

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Archduchess Adelheid of Austria, Queen of Sardinia
Unofficial Royalty: Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Sardinia, King of Italy
Wikipedia: Royal Palace of Milan
Wikipedia: Royal Palace of Turin
Wikipedia: Basilica of Superga

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King Umberto I

Full Name: Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio
Titles: Prince of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, King of Italy
Born: March 14, 1844 in Turin
Parents: King Vittorio Emanuele II of Sardinia and Archduchess Adelheid of Austria
Married: April 21, 1868 in Turin to Princess Margherita of Savoy
Children:

  • King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869)

Reign: January 9, 1878 – July 29, 1900
Died: July 29, 1900 in Monza, Italy
Buried: The Pantheon, Rome

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Umberto I, King of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy
Wikipedia: The Pantheon

Princess Margherita of Savoy

Full Name: Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna
Titles: Princess of Savoy, Princess of Piedmont, Queen of Italy
Born: November 20, 1851 at the Palazzo Chiablese in Turin
Parents: Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony
Married: April 21, 1868 in Turin to King Umberto I of Italy
Children:

  • King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869)

Died: January 4, 1926 in Bordighera, Italy
Buried: The Pantheon, Rome

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Umberto I, King of Italy
Wikipedia: Palazzo Chiablese
Wikipedia: The Pantheon

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King Vittorio Emanuele III

Full Name: Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro
Titles: Prince of Naples, King of Italy, Emperor of Ethiopia, King of the Albanians
Born: November 11, 1869 in Naples
Parents: King Umberto I of Italy and Princess Margherita of Savoy
Married: October 24, 1896 in Rome to Princess Elena of Montenegro
Children:

  • Princess Yolanda (1901)
  • Princess Mafalda (1902)
  • King Umberto II (1904)
  • Princess Giovanna (1907)
  • Princess Maria Francesca (1914)

Reign: July 29, 1900 – May 9, 1946 (abdicated)
Died: December 28, 1947 in Alexandria, Egypt
Buried: The San Bernardo Chapel in the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, Italy (since December 2017)
(previously buried in Saint Catherine’s Cathedral in Alexandria, Egypt)

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy
Wikipedia: Saint Catherine’s Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt

Princess Elena of Montenegro

Full Name: Jelena Petrović-Njegoš
Titles: Princess of Montenegro, Princess of Naples, Queen of Italy, Empress of Ethiopia, Queen of the Albanians
Born: January 8, 1873 in Cetinje, Montenegro
Parents: King Nicholas I of Montenegro and Milena Vukotić
Married: October 24, 1896 in Rome to King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy
Children:

  • Princess Yolanda (1901)
  • Princess Mafalda (1902)
  • King Umberto II (1904)
  • Princess Giovanna (1907)
  • Princess Maria Francesca (1914)

Died: November 28, 1952 in Montpellier, France
Buried: The San Bernardo Chapel in the Sanctuary of Vicoforte, Italy (since December 2017)
(previously buried in the Montpellier Municipal Cemetery, Montpellier, France)

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Elena of Montenegro, Queen of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy

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King Umberto II


Full Name: Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria
Titles: Prince of Piedmont, King of Italy
Born: September 15, 1904 at the Castle of Racconigi, in Racconigi, Italy
Parents: King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy and Princess Elena of Montenegro
Married: January 8, 1930 in Rome to Princess Marie José of Belgium
Children:

  • Princess Maria Pia (1934)
  • Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937)
  • Princess Maria Gabriella (1940)
  • Princess Maria Beatrice (1943)

Reign: May 9, 1946 – June 12, 1946 (monarchy abolished)
Died: March 18, 1983 in Geneva, Switzerland
Buried: Hautecombe Abbey, Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, France

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Umberto II, King of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Marie José of Belgium, Queen of Italy
Wikipedia: Royal Castle of Racconigi
Wikipedia: Hautecombe Abbey

Princess Marie José of Belgium

Full Name: Marie José Charlotte Sophie Amélie Henriette Gabrielle
Titles: Princess of Belgium, Princess of Piedmont, Queen of Italy
Born: August 4, 1906 in Ostend, Belgium
Parents: King Albert I of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
Married: January 8, 1930 in Rome to King Umberto II of Italy
Children:

  • Princess Maria Pia (1934)
  • Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937)
  • Princess Maria Gabriella (1940)
  • Princess Maria Beatrice (1943)

Died: January 27, 2001 in Thonex, Switzerland
Buried: Hautecombe Abbey, Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, France

Links:
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Marie José of Belgium, Queen of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Umberto II, King of Italy
Wikipedia: Hautecombe Abbey