Louise de Mérode
| Louise de Mérode | |
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| Princess consort della Cisterna e Belriguardo | |
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| Spouse(s) | Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince della Cisterna |
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Issue Beatrice Giuseppa dal Pozzo |
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| Full name Louise Caroline Ghislaine de Mérode |
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| Father | Count Werner de Mérode |
| Mother | Countess Victoire van Spangen van Uyternesse |
| Born | 22 May 1819 Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium |
| Died | 1 March 1868 (aged 48) Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
| Buried | Chapel of Pietà, Reano |
Louise de Mérode (Louise Caroline Ghislaine; 22 May 1819 – 1 March 1868) was a member of the house of Mérode and Princess della Cisterna by marriage. She was the mother of Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen of Spain.
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Biography [edit]
Born in Brussels she was the eldest of seven children born to Count Werner de Mérode and Countess Victoire van Spangen van Uyternesse. Her younger sister Antoinette de Merode was the future wife of Charles III, Prince of Monaco.
On 28 September 1846 at Brussels (Belgium) she married Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna, an Italian nobleman and one of the few aristocratic families in the Kingdom of Sardinia to bear the title of "prince" as a nobleman. It was a double wedding with her younger sister, Antoinette. Cisterna had been exiled from Sardinia in 1821 having conspired against Vittorio Emanuele I but the couple returned to Turin in 1848.
Her daughter married Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, son of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia and Adelaide of Austria and brother of the future Umberto I of Italy. At the death of her husband in 1864 her daughter inherited the prestigious Pozzo titles and passed them onto her son. Louise herself died at the Palazzo dal Pozzo della Cisterna in Turin.
Issue [edit]
- Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1846–1876) married Prince Amadeo of Savoy and had issue.
- Beatrice Giuseppa Antonia Luisa dal Pozzo (1851–1864) died in infancy.
Titles and styles [edit]
- 22 May 1819 – 28 September 1846 Countess Louise de Merode
- 28 September 1846 – 26 March 1864 The Princess della Cisterna
- 26 March 1864 – 19 February 1867 The Dowager Princes della Cisterna
- 19 February 1867 – 1 March 1868 Her Royal Highness The Dowager Princess della Cisterna [1]
Ancestry [edit]
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| Preceded by Maria Anna Balbo Bertone dei Conti di Sambuy |
Princess consort della Cisterna e Belriguardo 28 September 1846 – 26 March 1864 |
Succeeded by Amadeo, 1st Duke of Aosta |
