Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy
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| Maria Francesca | |||||
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| Princess Luigi of Bourbon-Parma | |||||
 Maria Francesca as a child. | |||||
| Born | 26 December 1914 Rome, Italy | ||||
| Died | 7 December 2001 (aged 86) Mandelieu, France | ||||
| Spouse | Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Parma | ||||
| Issue | Prince Guy Prince Rémy Princess Chantal Prince Jean | ||||
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| House | House of Savoy (by birth) House of Bourbon-Parma (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | ||||
| Mother | Elena of Montenegro | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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Maria Francesca of Savoy (Maria Francesca Anna Romana; 26 December 1914 – 7 December 2001) was the youngest daughter of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. She was a sister of Umberto II of Italy, as well as Yolanda, Countess of Bergolo; Mafalda, Landgravine of Hesse; and Giovanna, Queen of Bulgaria.
Marriage and issue
On 23 January 1939, Maria Francesca married Prince Luigi Carlo of Bourbon-Parma (5 December 1899 - 4 December 1967), a younger son of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal. Her husband was a brother of Zita, Empress of Austria, among many others. They had four children, all of whom were born at Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes), France. They were:
- Guy Sixte Louis Robert Victor de Bourbon, Prince of Parma (or Prince Guy de Bourbon-Parma; Italian: Principe Guido di Parma; 7 August 1940 – 10 March 1991), married Brigitte Peu-Duvallon and had a son, Prince Louis;
- Rémy François de Bourbon, Prince of Parma (born 14 July 1942), married Laurence Dufresne d'Arganchy and had issue, Prince Tristan and Princess Aude;
- Chantal Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Parma (born 24 November 1946), married Panagiotis Skinas and had issue (Helene Skinas and Alexandre Skinas, both born in London), married secondly François-Henri Georges;
- Jean Bernard Rémy de Bourbon, Prince of Parma (15 October 1961), married Virginia Roatta and had issue, Princes Armoud and Christophe.
Ancestry
| 16. Charles Albert of Sardinia | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17. Maria Theresa of Austria and Tuscany | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Umberto I of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18. Archduke Rainer of Austria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9. Maria Adelaide of Austria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19. Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20. Charles Albert of Sardinia (= 16) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10. Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21. Maria Theresa of Austria and Tuscany (= 17) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5. Margherita of Savoy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22. John of Saxony | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11. Elizabeth of Saxony | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy | |||||||||||||||||||
| 24. Sava Petrović-Njegoš | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12. Mirko Petrović-Njegoš | |||||||||||||||||||
| 25. Angelika Radamović | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Nicholas I of Montenegro | |||||||||||||||||||
| 26. Drago Martinović | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13. Anastasija Martinović | |||||||||||||||||||
| 27. Stana Martinović | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Elena of Montenegro | |||||||||||||||||||
| 28. Petar Perkov Vukotić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14. Petar Vukotić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 29. Stania Milić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7. Milena Vukotić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30. Tadija Voivodić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15. Jelena Voivodić | |||||||||||||||||||
| 31. Milica Pavićević | |||||||||||||||||||