Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa

Princess Bona of Savoy-Genoa, later Princess Bona of Bavaria (Maria Bona Margherita Albertina Vittoria; 1 August 1896 – 2 February 1971) was the daughter of Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa, and Princess Isabella of Bavaria.

Family and early life Bona was the third of six children born to Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria. The wedding is notable for being the first royal marriage between two enemy houses since World War I began and ended. – 1 January 1997 in Grasse), married Countess Helene of Khevenhüller-Metsch (4 April 1921 in Vienna – 25 December 2017 in Bad Hindelang), daughter of Prince Franz of Khevenhüller-Metsch and Princess Anna of Fürstenberg. They have no issue.

Later life At the end of the Second World War, Prince Konrad was arrested by the French military at Hinterstein. He was brought to Lindau and temporarily interned in the hotel Bayerischer Hof, together with among others the German Crown Prince Wilhelm and the former Nazi diplomat Hans Georg von Mackensen. Princess Bona, who worked during the war as a nurse, stayed afterwards with her relatives in Savoy. She was prohibited from entering Germany and was not reunited with her family until 1947. In later years Prince Konrad worked on the Board of German automaker NSU.

Bona died on 2 February 1971 in Rome. Her tomb can be found in the church of the Andechs Abbey, in Germany. Her husband Prince Konrad died on 6 September 1969.

Honours Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross Lady of Honour of the Order of Theresa Dame of the Order of Saint Elizabeth

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