Princess Elisabeth of Saxony

Duchess of Genoa

Elisabeth of Saxony

Duchess of Genoa
Marchioness of Rapallo
Born| (1830-02-04)4 February 1830
Dresden, Kingdom of Saxony
Died| 14 August 1912(1912-08-14) (aged 82)
Stresa, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse|

Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa

(m. 1850; died 1855)​

Niccolò Bernoud, Marquess of Rapallo

(m. 1856; died 1882)​

Issue|

* Margherita, Queen of Italy
* Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa

| Names

Maria Elisabeth Maximiliana Ludovika Amalie Franziska Sophia Leopoldine Anna Baptista Xaveria Nepomucena
House| Wettin
Father| John of Saxony
Mother| Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

Elisabeth of Saxony (4 February 1830 – 14 August 1912) was a Princess of Saxony who married the second son of the King of Sardinia. She was the mother of Margherita, Queen of Italy.

## Early life and family

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She was born in Dresden, capital of Saxony, as daughter of King John of Saxony and his wife Princess Amalie of Bavaria. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Maximilian of Saxony and Carolina of Parma. Her maternal grandparents were King Maximilian I of Bavaria and Karoline of Baden.

## Marriages and issue

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On 22 April 1850, she married, in Dresden Cathedral, Prince Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa, second son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria and Tuscany. Their marriage was a dynastic arrangement, and it was generally held to be loveless.[1]

The couple had two children:

Name | Birth | Death | Notes

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Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna | Palazzo Chiablese, 20 November 1851 | Bordighera, 4 January 1926 | married Umberto I of Italy; had issue.
Tommaso Alberto Vittorio, 2nd Duke of Genoa | Palazzo Chiablese, 6 February 1854 | Turin, 15 April 1931 | married Princess Isabella of Bavaria; had issue.

On 10 February 1855 her husband died in Turin, leaving Elizabeth a widow at the age of 25.

Before her second year of widowhood had ended, she remarried on 4 October 1856 with her chamberlain Niccolò Bernoud, Marchese di Rapallo.[1] They married secretly, before her period of official mourning was over. This act so infuriated her brother-in-law Victor Emmanuel II of Italy that he ordered her into virtual exile and disallowed her from seeing her two children.[1] They were later reunited however.

In 1882, her second husband committed suicide. Court gossip had often hinted that their marriage was unhappy, and his suicide added fuel to these stories.[1] Elisabeth had no children from her second marriage.

## Death

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Elisabeth suffered an attack of apoplexy in 1910, which caused her health to quickly deteriorate.[1] She died in Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy on 14 August 1912.[1]

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Princess Elisabeth of Saxony

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| 8\. Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony|

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| 17\. Maria Josepha of Austria

| 4\. Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony|

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| 18\. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

| 9\. Duchess Maria Antonia of Bavaria|

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| 19\. Maria Amalia of Austria

| 2\. John of Saxony|

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| 20\. Philip, Duke of Parma

| 10\. Ferdinand, Duke of Parma|

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| 21\. Louise Élisabeth of France

| 5\. Princess Carolina of Parma|

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| 22\. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor

| 11\. Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria|

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| 23\. Maria Theresa of Austria

| 1\. Princess Elisabeth of Saxony|
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| 24\. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

| 12\. Frederick Michael, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken|

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| 25\. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken

| 6\. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria|

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| 26\. Joseph Charles, Count Palatine of Sulzbach

| 13\. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach|

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| 27\. Countess Palatine Elisabeth of Neuburg

| 3\. Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria|

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| 28\. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden

| 14\. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden|

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| 29\. Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt

| 7\. Princess Caroline of Baden|

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| 30\. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt

| 15\. Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt|

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| 31\. Countess Palatine Caroline of Zweibrücken

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f "Margherita's Mother Dead", The New York Times, Rome, 15 August 1912

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Princesses of Saxony by birth

The generations are numbered from the ascension of Frederick I as Elector of Saxony in 1423.

1st generation|

* Anna, Landgravine of Hesse
* Catherine, Electress of Brandenburg

2nd generation|

* Amalia, Duchess of Bavaria
* Anna, Electress of Brandenburg
* Hedwig, Abbess of Quedlinburg
* Margaret, Electress of Brandenburg

3rd generation|

* Christina, Queen of Denmark and Norway
* Margaret, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg

4th generation|

* Christine, Landgravine of Hesse
* Magdalena, Electoral Princess of Brandeburg

5th generation|

* Maria, Duchess of Pomerania

6th generation|

* Anna, Princess of Orange
* Elisabeth, Countess Palatine of Simmern
* Dorothea, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg
* Anna, Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach

7th generation|

* Sophie, Duchess of Pomerania
* Dorothea, Abbess of Quedlinburg

8th generation|

* Sophia Eleonore, Landgravine of Hesse-Darmstadt
* Marie Elisabeth, Duchess of Holstein-Gottorp
* Magdalene Sibylle, Princess Elect of Denmark and Norway

9th generation|

none

10th generation|

none

11th generation|

none

12th generation|

* Maria Amalia, Queen of Spain1
* Maria Anna Sophia, Electress of Bavaria1
* Maria Josepha, Dauphine of France1
* Maria Christina, Abbess of Remiremont1
* Princess Maria Elisabeth1
* Maria Kunigunde, Abbess of Essen1

13th generation|

* Maria Amalia, Duchess of Zweibrücken
* Maria Christina, Princess of Carignan

14th generation|

* Princess Maria Augusta
* Princess Amalie
* Maria Ferdinanda, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
* Maria Anna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany
* Maria Josepha Amalia, Queen of Spain

15th generation|

* Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Genoa
* Anna, Grand Princess of Tuscany
* Margaretha, Archduchess Karl Ludwig of Austria
* Sophie, Duchess Karl Theodor in Bavaria

16th generation|

* Princess Mathilde
* Maria Josepha, Archduchess Otto of Austria

19th generation|

* none

* 1 królewna of Poland and Lithuania

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Princesses of Savoy by marriage

2nd generation|

* Princess Anne of Cyprus

3rd generation|

* Princess Yolande of Valois
* Princess Margaret of Bourbon
* Princess Marie of Luxembourg
* Princess Annabella of Scotland
* Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus

4th generation|

* None

5th generation|

* Anna d'Este

7th generation|

* Princess Christine of Bourbon
* Princess Marie, Countess of Soissons
* Princess Luisa Cristina of Savoy*
* Princess Élisabeth of Bourbon
* Princess Marie d'Orléans

8th generation|

* Princess Maria Caterina of Modena
* Olympia Mancini

9th generation|

* Princess Maria Vittoria of Savoy*

10th generation|

* Anne Christine of Sulzbach
* Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
* Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg
* Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein

11th generation|

* Infanta Maria Antonia of Spain
* Princess Maria Anna of Savoy*
* Princess Joséphine of Lorraine

12th generation|

* Princess Marie Clotilde of France
* Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este
* Princess Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily
* Princess Maria Christina of Saxony

13th generation|

* Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria

14th generation|

* Archduchess Adelaide of Austria
* Princess Elisabeth of Saxony

15th generation|

* Princess Margherita of Savoy*
* Princess Isabella of Bavaria**
* Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, 6th Princess della Cisterna***
* Princess Maria Letizia Bonaparte***

16th generation|

* Princess Elena of Montenegro
* Princess Hélène of Orléans***

17th generation|

* Princess Marie José of Belgium
* Princess Anne of Orléans***
* Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark***

18th generation|

* Marina Ricolfi-Doria
* Princess Claude of Orléans***
* Silvia Paternò di Spedalotto***

19th generation|

* Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau
* Princess Olga of Greece***

*also a princess of Savoy by birth **Princess of Savoy-Genoa ***Princess of Savoy-Aosta

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Duchesses of Genoa

* Princess Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (1807-1821)
* Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1850-1855)
* Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1883-1924)
* Maria Luisa Alliaga Gandolfi dei conti di Ricaldone (1938-1963)
* Princess Lydia of Arenberg (1963-1977)
* Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies (1990-1996)

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* Germany
* Italy

Other|

* RISM

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