Elisabeth of Saxony

Elisabeth of Saxony (4 February 1830 – 14 August 1912) was a Princess of Saxony who married the second son of the King of Sardinia. She was the mother of Margherita, Queen of Italy.

Early life and family

She was born in Dresden, capital of Saxony, as daughter of King John of Saxony and his wife Princess Amalie of Bavaria. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Maximilian of Saxony and Carolina of Parma. Her maternal grandparents were King Maximilian I of Bavaria and Karoline of Baden.

Marriages and issue On 22 April 1850, she married, in Dresden Cathedral, Prince Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa, second son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Tuscany. Their marriage was a dynastic arrangement, and it was generally held to be loveless. She died in Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy on 14 August 1912, at the age of 82. Out of her parents' six daughters, she was the only one to live past the age of thirty.

Ancestry