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Prince Emanuele Filiberto
Duke of Aosta
Duke of Aosta
PredecessorPrince Amedeo, 1st Duke
SuccessorPrince Amedeo, 3rd Duke
Born(1869-01-13)13 January 1869
Genoa
Died4 July 1931(1931-07-04) (aged 62)
Turin
Burial
Cemetery of Redipuglia
SpousePrincess Hélène of Orléans
IssueAmedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta
Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta
Names
Emanuele Filiberto Vittorio Eugenio Alberto Genova Giuseppe Maria
HouseHouse of Savoy-Aosta
FatherAmadeo I of Spain
MotherMaria Vittoria dal Pozzo della Cisterna
Emanuel Filibert of Aosta
Emanuele Filiberto, as Army commander
Nickname(s)Undefeated Duke
Born(1869-01-13)13 January 1869
Died4 July 1931(1931-07-04) (aged 62)
Allegiance Kingdom of Italy
Service / branch Royal Italian Army
RankMarshal of Italy
CommandsItalian Third Army
Battles / warsWorld War I

Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta (13 January 1869 – 4 July 1931) was an Italian general and member of the House of Savoy. He was Crown Prince of Spain from 1870 to 1873 and a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy. Filiberto was also commander of the undefeated Italian Third Army during World War I, which earned him the title of the "Undefeated Duke". After the war he became a Marshal of Italy.

Biography

He was born in Genoa the eldest son of Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and his first wife Donna Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo della Cisterna. In 1870 his father was elected king of Spain and Emanuele Filiberto became the Prince of Asturias. His time as heir apparent would be short lived as his father abdicated and returned to Italy in 1873 after three years on the throne. In 1890 he succeeded to the title of Duke of Aosta.

He began his career in the Italian Army at Naples, in 1905, as commander. During the First World War the Duke of Aosta commanded the Italian Third Army, which gained the nickname of Armata invitta ("undefeated army"). Following the war he was promoted to the rank of Marshal of Italy by Benito Mussolini in 1926.

Prince Emanuele Filiberto died in 1931 at Turin; accordingly to his will, he was buried in the military cemetery of Redipuglia, together with thousands of soldiers of the Third Army.

Entitled to him were the Duke of Aosta Bridge in Rome, built in 1942, and another on the Piave at Jesolo, inaugurated in 1927; a street in Rome; a cruiser of the Regia Marina was named after him, which was given to Soviet Union after World War II.

Family and children

He was married to Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871–1951). She was a daughter of Prince Philippe of Orléans and the Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain.

They had two sons:

Honours and Awards

Ancestry

Family of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta
16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan (=22)
8. Charles Albert of Sardinia
17. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (=23)
4. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
9. Maria Theresa of Tuscany
19. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
2. Amadeo I of Spain
20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
10. Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
21. Maria Luisa of Spain
5. Maria Adelaide of Austria
22. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan (= 16)
11. Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan
23. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (= 17)
1. Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
24. Giuseppe Amedeo Tommaso dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna e Belriguardo
12. Giuseppe Alfonso dal Pozzo, 4th Prince della Cisterna
25. Anna Gabriella Enrichetta Caresana di Carizio
6. Carlo Emmanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince of Cisterna
26. Carlo Emanuele Balbo Bertone, Count of Sambuy
13. Maria Anna Carlotta Balbo Bertone
27. Rosalia Barbara Asinari di San Marzano
3. Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, 6th Princess della Cisterna
28. Guillaume de Mérode, Count of Mérode-Westerloo, Prince of Rubempre and Everberghe
14. Werner, Count of Mérode
29. Marie d'Ongnies, Princess of Grimberghe
7. Countess Louise de Mérode-Westerloo
30. Count François de Spangen d'Uyternesse
15. Countess Victoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse
31. Baroness Louise Louise Xaviere Albertine de Flaveau

References

  1. ^ "No. 27454". The London Gazette. 15 July 1902.
  • Encyclopædia Britannica (1950)
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Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta
Born: 13 January 1869 Died: 4 July 1931
Spanish royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Alfonso (XII) 		Prince of Asturias
1871 – 1873 		Vacant
Title next held by
Isabella
Italian nobility
New creation Duke of Apulia
1869 – 1890 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Duke of Aosta
1890 – 1931
Preceded by Prince della Cisterna
1876 – 1931


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