Elisabeth of Savoy (Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; 13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856) was the Vicereine of the

Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia The Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (), commonly called the "Lombardo-Venetian Kingdom" (; ), was a constituent land (crown land) of the Austrian Empire from 1815 to 1866. It was created in 1815 by resolution of the Congress of Vienna in recogniti ...

by marriage to

Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria Archduke Rainer of Austria (30 September 1783 – 16 January 1853) was a Viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia from 1818 to 1848. He was also an Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia. Biography Rainer was a son of Emp ...

. She was the aunt and mother-in-law of

Victor Emmanuel II Victor Emmanuel II (; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March ...

, the first

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of a

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. By birth, she was a member of the

House of Savoy-Carignano The House of Savoy-Carignano (; ) originated as a cadet branch of the House of Savoy. It was founded by Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano (1596–1656), an Italian military commander who was the fifth son of Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy. ...

Early life

Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris to

Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, 6th Prince of Carignano (24 October 1770 – 16 August 1800) was a Prince of Savoy and later the Prince of Carignano between 1780 and 1800, and the paternal grandfather of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a u ...

(1770–1800), and Princess Maria Cristina of Saxony (1770–1851). She had an elder brother, Charles Albert, future

King of Sardinia Sardinia is traditionally known to have been initially ruled by the Nuragic civilization, which was followed by Greek colonization, conquest by the Carthagians, Carthaginians, and occupied by the Ancient Rome, Romans for around a thousand years, ...

Marriage

On 28 May 1820 she was married in

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to Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria,

Viceroy A viceroy () is an official who reigns over a polity in the name of and as the representative of the monarch of the territory. The term derives from the Latin prefix ''vice-'', meaning "in the place of" and the Anglo-Norman ''roy'' (Old Frenc ...

of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia.

Death

Elisabeth died of tuberculosis in

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on Christmas Day, 1856.

Issue

With Rainer she had eight children: * Maria Carolina (1821–1844) *

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(3 June 1822 – 20 January 1855), who became the wife of

, King of

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from 1849 to 1861 and subsequently

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. * Leopold Ludwig (6 June 1823 – 24 May 1898) * Ernest Charles (8 August 1824 – 4 April 1899) * Sigismund Leopold (7 January 1826 – 15 December 1891) * Rainer Ferdinand (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913) * Heinrich Anton (9 May 1828 – 30 November 1891) * Maximilian Charles (16 January 1830 – 16 March 1839)

Ancestry

References

*The original version of this article was based principally on its equivalent in the

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, i
the version
retrieved on 2007-03-12.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elisabeth Of Savoy-Carignan 1800 births 1856 deaths Austrian princesses House of Habsburg-Lorraine House of Savoy-Carignano Italian people of Polish descent Italian nobility Nobility from Paris Princesses of Savoy