Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont
| Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy | |
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| Prince of Venice and Piedmont | |
| Spouse | Clotilde Courau |
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| Princess Vittoria of Savoy Princess Luisa of Savoy |
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| Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Rene Maria | |
| House | House of Savoy |
| Father | Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples |
| Mother | Marina, Princess of Naples |
| Born | 22 June 1972 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Italian Royal Family |
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HRH The Prince of Naples
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Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont' (Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Rene Maria di Savoia; born 22 June 1972) is an Italian television personality, a member of the House of Savoy and the only child and heir of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples. He is the grandson of Umberto II, last King of Italy. Although addressed as Prince of Venice and Piedmont by monarchists, those titles are not recognized by the Italian republic.
Filiberto grew up as an exile from Italy, in accordance with the provision of the Italian constitution prohibiting the male line of the House of Savoy from entering Italy (see also Birth of the Italian Republic). Since returning to Italy he has made many appearances on national television, including his participation as a contestant in Ballando con le stelle (the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars), and the Sanremo Music Festival.
He is married to French actress Clotilde Courau.
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[edit] Titles and honours
Filiberto is, by strict primogeniture in the male-line, the heir apparent to the House of Savoy, Italy's former ruling dynasty.[1] As such, royalist Italians consider him their crown prince and the titular Prince of Venice and Piedmont, though this has been disputed since June 2006 when his distant cousin Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta declared himself to be head of the house and rightful Duke of Savoy. Amedeo maintains that Vittorio Emanuele forfeited his dynastic rights when he married Emanuele Filiberto's mother, Marina Doria, in 1971 without the legally required permission of his father and sovereign-in-exile, Umberto II.[2] Emanuele Filiberto and his father applied for judicial intervention to forbid Amedeo from using the title "Duke of Savoy". The lawsuit was successful with the court of Arezzo ruling in February 2010 that the Duke of Aosta and his son must pay damages totalling 50,000 Euros to their cousins and cease their use of the arms of the Royal House and those of the Prince of Piedmont. They were also forbidden to use the name "di Savoia", instead they must resume the name "di Savoia-Aosta".[3] The Duke of Aosta is appealing the ruling.[4]
[edit] Early life and family
Emanuele Filiberto was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the only child of Vittorio Emanuele, head of the House of Savoy, and his wife, the former Marina Doria, a Swiss water ski champion.[1]
Filiberto married Clotilde Courau, a French actress and daughter of Jean Claude Courau and Catherine du Pontavice des Renardières, in Rome, Italy at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, on 25 September 2003. The basilica is where Filiberto's great-grandfather King Victor Emmanuel III married Helen of Montenegro in 1896. Albert II, Prince of Monaco, who introduced the couple in 2003, was the best man. Around 1,200 people are thought to have attended the wedding. The bride, then six months pregnant, wore a Valentino dress, a veil held in place by a diamond tiara and gems belonging to the House of Savoy.
The couple have two daughters:
- Princess Vittoria of Savoy, born on 29 December 2003
- Princess Luisa of Savoy, born on 16 August 2006
The couple also sponsor two boys from Kenya since January 2011[citation needed]
- Alan[citation needed]
- Moses[citation needed]
[edit] Return to Italy from exile
(See also: Vittorio Emanuele) On 10 November 2002, he accompanied his father and mother to Italy, following revocation of the provision in the Italian constitution that barred the male-line descendants of the House of Savoy from setting foot in the country. On the three day trip, he accompanied his parents on a visit to the Vatican for a 20-minute audience with Pope John Paul II.[5]
[edit] Other activities
Filiberto works in Geneva as a hedge fund manager. Since returning to Italy in 2002, he has also appeared on Italian television on football discussion programmes and in commercials for olives.
Filiberto is involved in charitable and cultural activities. In 2001, he founded the Prince of Venice Foundation to promote 'cultural diversity'.[citation needed] He is a licensed pilot for helicopters and planes. Filiberto has also published two books, including Sognando L'Italia (Dreaming of Italy), a memoir about growing up in exile.
In 2007 Filiberto requested formally that the Italian Republic pay him financial damages of 90 million euro. The financial damages claim is based on having suffered moral injustice during the exile and submitted along his father's request for 170 million euro. The government of Italy has rejected the demand and, in response, indicated that it may seek damages for historic grievances.[6]
Minister of Interior Roberto Calderoli, then a senator of Lega Nord, proposed a constitutional law to repeal the previous one which allowed Filiberto and the father to return in Italy.
In 2009, Filiberto participated as a contestant in the fifth series of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars, and won the contest.
That same year he announced he was a candidate for the Union of the Centre party at the 2009 European Parliament election.[7] He received 22,000 votes and was not elected.
In October 2009 the Italian news agency ANSA reported that Filiberto had stated that he had abused drugs in his youth.[8]
In 2010, he participated as a contestant in the 60th Sanremo Music Festival. At the finals, he came in second place, losing to Valerio Scanu.
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. p.204
- ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. p.213
- ^ "LE LL.AA.RR. I PRINCIPI VITTORIO EMANUELE ED EMANUELE FILIBERTO DI SAVOIA VINCONO LA CAUSA CONTRO AMEDEO D'AOSTA". Royal House of Savoy. http://savoia.blastness.com/documents/NOTASENTAOST.pdf. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ "Savoia sì o no? Giurista 'boccia' sentenza che vieta il cognome ad Amedeo". Tuttosport. http://www.tuttosport.com/adnkronos/cronaca/2011/01/06-102265/Savoia+s%C3%AC+o+no%3F+Giurista+'boccia'+sentenza+che+vieta+il+cognome+ad+Amedeo. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
- ^ Willan, Philip (2002-12-24). "Exiled Italian royals go home". The Guardian. http://www.guardian.co.uk/italy/story/0,12576,865055,00.html. Retrieved 2008-04-10.
- ^ Phil Stewart, Reuters (2007-11-21). "Fallen savoy royals seek damages over Italy exile". http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL2050234020071121. Retrieved 2008-10-06.
- ^ "Italian king's grandson waltzes back into politics". The Guardian. 2009-04-29. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/29/emanuele-filiberto-italy-european-parliament. Retrieved 2009-05-02.
- ^ "Italiensk prins erkender stofmisbrug" (in (Danish)). Politiken.dk. http://politiken.dk/udland/article807891.ece. Retrieved 2012-03-05.
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Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont
Born: 22 June 1972 |
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| Italian royalty | ||
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| Preceded by first in line |
Line of succession to the former Italian throne | Succeeded by Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta |
- 1972 births
- Living people
- People from Geneva
- House of Savoy
- Princes of Piedmont
- Princes of Venice
- Alumni of Institut Le Rosey
- Princes of Savoy
- Current heirs apparent
- Italian princes
- Italian Roman Catholics
- 20th-century Roman Catholics
- 21st-century Roman Catholics
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I of Montenegro
- Dancing with the Stars winners
