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Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Aosta (13 January 1869 – July 4, 1931) was a member of House of Savoy, former Crown Prince of Spain and a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
Biography
He was born in Genoa the eldest son of Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and his first wife Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna. In 1870 his father was elected king of Spain and Emanuele Filiberto became the Crown Prince of Spain. 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 Duke of Aosta
During the First World War the Duke of Aosta commanded the Italian Third Army, and following the war he was promoted to the rank of Marshal of Italy by Benito Mussolini in 1926. Prince Emanuele Filiberto is buried in the cemetery of Redipuglia, together with thousands of soldiers of the never-defeated Third Army.
Family and children
He was married to Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871 - 1951), daughter of Prince Philippe of Orléans and the Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain, and had two sons:
Ancestry
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Ancestors of Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin |
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16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan |
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8. Charles Albert of Sardinia |
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17. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony |
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4. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy |
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18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany |
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9. Maria Theresa of Tuscany |
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19. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily |
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2. Amadeo I of Spain |
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20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor |
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10. Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria |
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21. Maria Louisa of Spain |
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5. Maria Adelaide of Austria |
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22. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan (= 16) |
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11. Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan |
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23. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (= 17) |
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1. Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta |
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24. Giuseppe Amedeo Tommaso dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna e Belriguardo |
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12. Giuseppe Alfonso dal Pozzo, 4th Prince della Cisterna |
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25. Anna Gabriella Enrichetta Caresana |
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6. Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna |
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13. Marie Anne Theodore des Balbes de Berton |
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3. Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna |
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28. Guillaume de Merode, Count of Merode-Westerloo |
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14. Werner, Count of Merode |
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29. Marie d'Ongnies, Princess of Grimberghe |
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7. Louise Caroline Ghislaine, Countess of Merode |
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30. Count François de Spangen d'Uyternesse |
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15. Countess Victoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse |
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31. Louise de Flaveau |
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Sources
- Encyclopædia Britannica (1950)
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