Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy

Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy (Maria Francesca Anna Romana; 26 December 1914 – 4 December 2001) was the youngest daughter of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. In 1939, she married Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Parma. She was the sister of Umberto II of Italy and Tsaritsa Giovanna of Bulgaria.

Biography Maria Francesca of Savoy and Luigi di Borbone-Parma at their wedding in 1939. Born on 26 December 1914, Maria Francesca was born in Rome as the fifth and youngest child of her parents. She had three elder sisters, Yolanda, Giovanna, Mafalda, and a brother, Umberto.

On 23 January 1939, in the Pauline Chapel of the Quirinal Palace in Rome, Maria Francesca married Prince Luigi of Bourbon-Parma (1899–1967), a younger son of Robert I, Duke of Parma, and Infanta Maria Antónia of Portugal. Her husband was a brother of Zita, Empress of Austria, In 1945 the Anglo-Americans freed them and they returned to Italy. After the war, they lived in Italy for a while, then returned to France. Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 3rd First Class Austrian Imperial and Royal Family: Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross, 2nd Class

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