One year ago, on 27 September 2008, the wedding of His Royal Highness Prince Aimone of Savoy, Duke of Apulia, and Princess Olga of Greece took place in Patmos, the wonderful Greek island in the Aegean sea.

The Prince and Princess got engaged in 2005, and married in a civil ceremony in the Italian Embassy in Moscow on 16 September 2008, after having asked and obtained the allowance for the marriage to Prince Amedeo, Aimone’s father and Head of the Family, following the rules of the Royal House.

Click to see at the website of Prince Amedeo

They married in a Greek Orthodox ceremony, but recognised by the Catholic Church which Aimone belongs to; the ceremony took place in the Church of the Evangelismos of the Virgin Mary at Pano Kambos, celebrated by the Patriarchal Exarch of Patmos, Archimandrite Andipas Nikitaras, on the 65^th birthday of Prince Amedeo, “a tender thought of Olga and Aimone, a wonderful present” has explained the Prince.

Although a private and quite simple organized event, attended only by 40 guests, the wedding was attended by several european Royals, all related to Olga and Aimone (who are second cousins); among them were the grooms’s father and stepmother Prince Amedeo and Princess Silvia of Savoy, the bride’s parents Prince Michael and Princess Marina of Greece, Aimone’s mother Princess Claude of Orleans; the two sisters of the groom, Princess Bianca, Countess Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga, and Princess Mafalda, Mrs. Lombardo di San Chirico, with their husbands and children; the sister of Olga, Princess Alexandra, Mrs. Mirzayantz, and family; King Constantine and Queen Anna Maria of Greece, Queen Sofia of Spain and Princess Irene of Greece, who are cousins of both Prince Amedeo and Prince Michael; Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy and Prince and Princess Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Read more…

MAfan Italian Royals Prince Aimone, Princess Olga, Savoy, Wedding Anniversary

Click to see the picture on the website of the Royal Family of Savoy

HRH Prince Umberto of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, has been baptized on saturday, 18 July 2009. The cerimony took place in Giuggianello, near Lecce, in Apulia, the italian region Umberto’s father is Duke of.

The godparents of the little Prince are HRH Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy, for whom Princess Bianca, Countess Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga stood proxy, and Count Carlo Radicati di Primeglio; Prince Umberto has been christened by his distant cousin, Prince Alessandro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, who is a Catholic priest.

The cerimony was attended by TRH Prince Amedeo and Princess Silvia of Savoy, Duke and Duchess of Savoy, Prince and Princess Michael of Greece, HRH Princess Bianca of Savoy with her husband Count Giberto Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga and children, HRH Princess Mafalda of Savoy with her husband Francesco Lombardo di San Chirico and children, TRH Prince Casimiro and Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Don Alvaro and Dona Antonella d’Orleans-Borbon.

Prince Umberto is the son and heir of HRH Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia, and his wife Olga, née Princess of Greece; he was born in Paris on 7 March 2009.

More infos can be found in the website of the Royal House of Savoy, and in this thread.

MAfan Italian Royals Christening, Prince Aimone, Prince Umberto, Princess Olga, Savoy

  Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, who was born only four days ago, received the additional title of  ’Prince of Piedmont’ from his grandfather the Duke of Aosta. The baby prince was born in Paris on March 7th and is the son of prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta and princess Olga of Greece.

This title emphasizes the rivalry between the two branches of the Italian royal family, as prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, grandson of Italy’s last king Umberto II, also uses the title ‘Prince of Piedmont’.  The Aosta’s however claim that they are the heirs to king Umberto, and the rightful claimants to the Italian throne.

More information from the website of the house of Savoy Aosta  here (in Italian only).

Marengo Italian Royals Birth, Prince Aimone, Prince Umberto, Princess Olga, Titles

  Today prince Aimone of Savoy, duke of Puglie and princess Olga of Greece became the proud parents of a baby boy named Umberto.  The boy is named after Italy’s last king, Umberto II. Prince Aimone and his father the duke of Aosta are involved in a dynastic dispute with the son of Umberto, prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy about who is the rightful claimant to the Italian throne.

Click on image to see photo at www.monarchie.it

Prince Aimone and princess Olga married in a civil ceremony at the Italian embassy in Moscow on 16 September 2008. Their religious wedding was eleven days later at the Greek island of Patmos.

The announcement  Italian can be found here. And more about the birth in this TRF thread.

Marengo Italian Royals Birth, Prince Aimone, Princess Olga