The Italian aristocrat Donna Vera dei conti Arrivabene-Valenti Gonzaga, granddaughter of the Duke of Aosta and of Claude d'Orléans, Princess of France, has engaged with the Italian aristocrat Don Briano dei conti Martinioni Caleppio.
Donna Vera is this lady: https://www.alamy.com/venice-italy-...oto-agencyalamy-live-news-image266060864.html
Don Briano is the tall gentleman: https://www.gettyimages.nl/detail/n...y-isabel-may-and-briano-nieuwsfotos/809564556
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le prince Henri d’Orléans, chef de la Maison de France
x la princesse Isabelle d’Orléans et Bragance
= Claude
la princesse Claude d’Orléans, princesse de France
x il principe Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duca di Aosta
= Bianca
la principessa Bianca di Savoia-Aosta
x Don Gilberto Arrivabene-Valenti Gonzaga, Conte Arrivabene
= Vera
Donna Vera dei conti Arrivabene-Valenti Gonzaga
x Don Briano dei conti Martinoni Caleppio
Vera and Briano are second cousins once removed through the Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga:
https://eurohistoryjournal.blogspot.com/2020/02/engagement-of-duke-of-aostas.html
Ow that is sad news, may Amedeo Umberto Giorgio Paolo Costantino Elena Fiorenzo Maria Zvonimir di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of Aosta, rest in peace.
His widow
Silvia Paternò di Spedalotto
His first spouse
S.A.R. la principessa Claudia d'Orléans
His children (in-law):
S.A.R. la principessa Bianca di Savoia-Aosta
Gilberto, conte Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga
S.A.R. il principe Aimone di Savoia-Aosta, Duca della Puglie, Principe Reale
S.A.R. la principessa Olga di Grecia
S.A.R. la principessa Mafalda di Savoia-Aosta
Francesco Lombardo, barone di San Chirico
Ginevra van Ellinkhuizen di Savoia-Aosta
His grandchildren:
Viola Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga
Vera Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga
Mafalda Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga
Maddalena Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga
Leonardo Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga
S.A.R. il principe Umberto di Savoia-Aosta, Principe di Piemonte
S.A.R. il principe Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duca degli Abruzzi
S.A.R. la principessa Isabella di Savoia-Aosta, Principessa Reale
Anna Lombardo di San Chirico
Carlo Lombardo di San Chirico
Elena Lombardo di San Chirico
the communiqué that the two girls should be successors.
Addapalla said:It is without validity, so they can say whatever they wish.
As one can see in the appalling NYT interview of the older daughter Vittoria, she presented herself as a shallow, vain and tactless air-head who lacks refinement if not dignity. Very much like her father and her grandfather, it seems.
The late Duke of Aosta considered himself the chef of the former Royal House. [...]
But with the unilateral action by Vittorio Emanuele to put his two granddaughters before Amedeo and Aimone, the "conflict which will be healed by time" (one day Amedeo or Aimone would be the chef anyway) became a real conflict since the communiqué that the two girls should be successors. Doing this without a general agreement with all dynasts is always a recipe for conflicts.
That was a gracious and dignified note of the Prince of Napels. And he found a way to refer to their disagreements in an elegant and respectful manner.
More and more non-reigning houses will probably follow the example of the Savoie main branch, the Anhalts, Saxons, Russia (?), Romania and the Castro-branch of the Two Sicilies in future scenarios when the direct heirs are all female. It would be in line with what happened in the reigning European monarchies too. Quarrels about the head-ship of the family seem to be the norm with many of the non-reigning families -with or without female succession changes- as the ways to settle such disputes are rather limited.
It is without validity, so they can say whatever they wish.
As one can see in the appalling NYT interview of the older daughter Vittoria, she presented herself as a shallow, vain and tactless air-head who lacks refinement if not dignity. Very much like her father and her grandfather, it seems.