Duchess of Genoa

See also: Duke of Genoa

The Duchess of Genoa was a title bestowed on the wife of the Duke of Genoa. When Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, the Duchess of Genoa, remarried following her husband's death in 1855, her rank and status became a subject of intense diplomatic negotiation between the King of Saxony and the King of Sardinia.[1] She died in 1912 with the title of Dowager Duchess.[2]

List of duchesses

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Duchess Ceased to be Duchess Death Husband
Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon) 		17 January 1779 6 April 1807 7 January 1815 12 March 1821
became queen 		11 March 1849 Prince Charles Felix
Elisabeth of Saxony John of Saxony
(Wettin) 		4 February 1830 22 April 1850 14 August 1912

(Husband died in 1855; title at death was Dowager Duchess)[2]

Prince Ferdinand
Isabella of Bavaria Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach) 		31 August 1863 14 April 1883 26 February 1924 Prince Thomas
Maria Luigia Alliaga Gandolfi Carlo, conte di Ricaldone, conte di Borghetto, Montegrosso e Pornas 22 October 1899 28 February 1938 24 June 1963
husband's death 		19 July 1986 Prince Ferdinando
Lydia of Arenberg Engelbert-Maria, 9th Duke of Arenberg
(Arenberg) 		1 April 1905 30 April 1928 24 June 1963
husband's accession 		23 July 1977 Prince Filiberto
Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies) 		9 July 1908 30 April 1928 7 September 1990
husband's accession 		8 December 1996
husband's death 		3 November 2001 Prince Eugenio
TITLE EXTINCT

See also

References

  1. ^ van de Velde, M. S. (1888). Random recollections of courts and society. London: Ward and Downey. pp. 173–175 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ a b "MARGHERITA'S MOTHER DEAD. Grandmother of the King of Italy Was in Her 83d Year". The New York Times. 15 August 1912. Retrieved 7 July 2024 – via Times Machine.