Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy
| Maria Francesca of Savoy | |||||
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| Princess of Bourbon-Parma | |||||
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Maria Francesca as a child. | |||||
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26 December 1914 Rome, Italy | ||||
| Died |
7 December 2001 (aged 86) Mandelieu, France | ||||
| Spouse | Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Issue |
Prince Guy Prince Rémy Princess Chantal Prince Jean | ||||
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| House | Savoy | ||||
| Father | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | ||||
| Mother | Elena of Montenegro | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy (Maria Francesca Anna Romana; 26 December 1914 – 7 December 2001) was the youngest daughter of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. She was a sister of Umberto II of Italy and of Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria.
Marriage and issue
On 23 January 1939, Maria Francesca married Prince Luigi Carlo of Bourbon-Parma (5 December 1899 - 4 December 1967), a younger son of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. Her husband was a brother of Zita, Empress of Austria, among many others. They had four children:
- Prince Guy Sixte Louis Robert Victor of Bourbon-Parma (7 August 1940, Cannes – 10 March 1991, Paris) married Brigitte Peu-Duvallon on 11 November 1964; divorced 17 September 1981, with issue
- Prince Rémy François of Bourbon-Parma (born 14 July 1942, Cannes) married firstly Laurence Dufresne d'Arganchy 10 February 1973; divorced 1983, with issue. He wed secondly Elisabeth Tardif 5 July 2003.
- Princess Chantal Marie of Bourbon-Parma (born 24 November 1946, Cannes) married firstly Panayotis Skinas on 1 July 1977; divorced 1987, with issue. She wed secondly Francois-Henri Georges 24 September 1988
- Prince Jean Bernard Rémy of Bourbon-Parma (born 15 October 1961, Cannes) married Virginia Roatta 26 March 1988, with issue
Title, styles and honours
Title
- 26 December 1914 – 23 January 1939: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy
- 23 January 1939 - 7 December 2001: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Francesca of Bourbon-Parma
Honours
National honours
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House of Savoy: Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[1][2] -
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 3rd First Class[1]
Foreign honour
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Ancestry
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