The Royal House of Savoy: History, Older News, Stories and Pictures


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It isn't the same thing at all. The decree of the Pope means that now she can be beatified, but doesn't mean that she has already been beatified. The decree is just a premise, a prerequisite necessary for the beatification.
 
There are also the towns of:
- Jolanda di Savoia (named after princess Jolanda) http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolanda_di_Savoia_(Italia)

- Umbertide (named after Umberto I) Umbertide - Wikipedia

- Sabaudia (named after the Royal family) Sabaudia - Wikipedia

There are also mountains in Piedmont named after the children of King Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena: Punta Jolanda, Punta Umberto, Punta Mafalda, Punta Giovanna and Punta Maria. Together are the Cresta Savoia.

Here the link: Valdieri alpinismo - Caire di Prefouns Traversata Nord-Sud, Cresta Savoia - Piemonte
 
Several pieces of jewellery that belonged to the Duchess of Genoa, née Princess Lydia of Arenberg will be on sale at Christie's Auction in Geneva. The auction will take place on November 12:

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Among the jewels being sold are pins and necklaces of other members of the House of Savoy, including a pearl and diamond brooch which was given to Princess Lydia by Queen Elena for her wedding.

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Just in case anyone's interested, Noblesse & Royautes have also linked the auction's catalogue, which has more information about the jewels and a preview of the auction which is taking place in 5th Avenue, New York. You can find them here and here.
 
Zarat , Thanks for sharing this many pictures of the Royals

Could someone translate what they wrote about the then Princess Paola ?
 
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After the dissolution of the monarchy and the exile of the royal family, Italy passed a law which banned all male descendants of the House of Savoy from entering Italy. In what year was the law lifted?

Having fought in the War of the Spanish Succession, Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, became King of Sicily in 1713. However he was forced to exchange this title and instead became King of Sardinia.
 
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After the dissolution of the monarchy and the exile of the royal family, Italy passed a law which banned all male descendants of the House of Savoy from entering Italy. In what year was the law lifted?

Only the descendants of the former Kings of Italy (VE III & UII) were barred from the country. This effected solely three persons at the time: King Vittorio Emanuele III, King Umberto II and Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (to be eventually joined by his son Emanuele Filberto).

The members of the Savoy-Aosta and Savoy-Genoa branches were still free to live in Italy; some examples are the current Duke of Aosta and the late 4th Duke of Genoa and his younger brother the Duke of Bergamo.

The ban was lifted in 2002.

Italy's exiled royal family shunned as they return - Telegraph
 
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The ban was estabilished by a provision of the republican Constitution; it affected "the ex-kings of the House of Savoy, their spouses and their male descendants". Therefore not only King Vittorio Emanuele III, King Umberto II, Prince Vittorio Emanuele and later his son Emanuele Filiberto were affected by it, but also Queen Elena (the wife of Vittorio Emanuele III) and Queen Maria José (the wife of King Umberto II).
Later in 1988 the ban was temporarily lifted for Queen Maria José, who was allowed to make some short visits to Italy. The reason for it was that, since King Umberto II had died five years earlier, she wasn't any longer the "spuse of an ex-king of the House of Savoy" and therefore no longer bounded by the ban.
 
Italian article about Maria Gabriella of Savoy, daughter of King Umberto II and Queen Maria José:

https://i.imgur.com/AALZ2NR.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tD9pwFu.jpg

Article about Maria Gabriella of Savoy and Marina Doria of Savoy:

https://i.imgur.com/HR5IUEN.jpg

Article about Maria Francesca of Savoy, daughter of Queen Elena and King Vittorio Emanuele III, sister of Umberto II, Mafalda of Savoy-Hesse, Yolanda of Savoy Calvi di Bergolo and Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria:

https://i.imgur.com/GMXxGXb.jpg
 
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During the War of the Polish Succession (1733-1738), King Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia joined the side of France and Spain. He occuppied Milan and scored a brilliant success at Guastalla on September 19, 1734.
 
17th of August 1465 - Birth of the future Philibert I, Duke of Savoy .

Philibert I was the son of Amadeus IX ,Duke of Savoy and Yolande de France.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philibert_I,_Duke_of_Savoy


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In Secret d' Histoire of Stephane Bern , I saw how Victor Emmanuelle II former Savoie succeeded the Unification of Italy even the Vatican State.

Then a saw the story of the Quirinal Palace with at the end real pictures of Victor Emmanuelle III and the Wedding of Humberto II , also how the Visit of Hitler in Italy and the relationship of the Royals with the Duce were !
 
Did the Savoy's have a good or bad relationship with Mussolini and Hitler?
 
two of the photos show King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians and one of them seems to show King George V and Queen Mary.
 
Did the Savoy's have a good or bad relationship with Mussolini and Hitler?

Italy remained nominally a monarchy throughout the Mussolini era and, under the constitution of the Kingdom of Italy, King Victor Emmanuel III could have in theory dismissed Mussolini as head of government at any time. You could argue that, in practice, that was not necessarily the case as any attempt to remove Mussolini could have pushed the dictator to abolish the monarchy itself. There were, however, several moments in time, in the 1920s and 1930s, when Mussolini was in a weak position and the King could have realistically removed him with the backing of the Italian military and several political factions. The King, nevertheless, failed to do so. Moreover, King Victor Emmanuel was directly responsible for enabling Mussolini to come to power in the first place as he refused to call a state of emergency to suppress the Fascists' March on Rome and then called upon Mussolini to form the government. The King also remained silent when Mussolini de facto censored the press, got rid of the opposition parties and replaced free and competitive multiparty elections with plebiscitary one-party lists.

Did the King sympathize with fascism and favor it over the liberal parliamentary democracy that existed in Italy before Mussolini came to power? Or was he concerned only with the survival of his dynasty and his reign above the national interest? I am no expert, but I would say that both are probably true. Victor Emmanuel was also clearly supportive of Italian imperialism under Mussolini and I believe greatly enjoyed his own upgrade to the status of "King Emperor" on par with other European monarchs.

Eventually the King turned on Mussolini and deposed him (when the Anglo-American allies were already on Italian soil and the direction the war would take was clear), but it was probably too little too late. He clung to Mussolini for over 20 years as a safeguard against communists, socialists and republicans , and , ironically, by doing so, ultimately all but guaranteed the demise of the Italian monarchy and, even more so, of the House of Savoy.
 
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Victor Emmanuel III died a little over a year after the declaration of the Italian republic and end of the rule of the House of Savoy!
 
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