Adelaide of Austria
| Adelaide of Austria | |||||
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Kingdom of Sardinia | |||||
| Burial | , Turin | ||||
| Spouse |
Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia (m. 1842) | ||||
| Issue among others... | Maria Clotilde, Princess Napoléon Umberto I, King of Italy Amadeo I, King of Spain Oddone, Duke of Montferrat Maria Pia, Queen of Portugal | ||||
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| House | Habsburg-Lorraine | ||||
| Father | Archduke Rainer of Austria | ||||
| Mother | Princess Elisabeth of Savoy | ||||
Adelaide of Austria (Adelheid Franziska Marie Rainera Elisabeth Clotilde; 3 June 1822 – 20 January 1855) was
Biography
Archduchess of Austria
She was born at the
Duchess of Savoy
On 12 April 1842, at the
Victor Emmanuel was her paternal first cousin once removed and also her maternal first cousin, as her new father-in-law was also her maternal uncle. Prince Victor Emmanuel was the
Her husband's mother,
Queen of Sardinia
In March 1849, her father-in-law King Charles Albert abdicated after the events of the Revolutions of 1848. Her husband succeeded as Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia. During her tenure as queen consort, she had three further children, all of whom died in infancy.
Queen Adelaide had no political influence, but she did on one occasion support her mother-in-law, queen dowager Maria Theresa, who had great influence over her son and who in one well known occasion tried to influence policy. When the reforms against the privileges of the Church were introduced by the Cavour government in 1854, she united with her mother-in-law to support the latter's appeal to the king to prevent the reform with the argument that the reform was hostile to the church and thus unacceptable for a Christian.[5] The effort was however unsuccessful.
On 8 January 1855, she gave birth to a son who was styled the
Issue
- Napoleon Joseph Bonaparteand had issue.
- Umberto I of Italy (14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) married Princess Margherita of Savoy and had issue.
- Maria Letizia Bonaparteand had issue.
- Prince Oddone of Savoy (11 July 1846 – 22 January 1866) died unmarried.
- Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (16 October 1847 – 5 July 1911) married King Luís I of Portugal and had issue.
- Prince Carlo Alberto of Savoy (2 June 1851 – 22 June 1854) Duke of Chablais, died in childhood.
- Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy (6 July 1852) died at birth.
- Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy (8 January 1855 – 17 May 1855) Count of Genevois, died in infancy.
Ancestry
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References
- ^ Urban. Sylvanius: The Gentleman's Magazine, 1855, p 303
- ^ Georgina Sarah. Godkin:Life of Victor Emmanuel II, First king of Italy, Volume I, 1879, p. 44
- ^ Forester, C. S: Victor Emmanuel II: And the Union of Italy, Simon Publications LLC, 2001, p. 216
- ^ The eclectic magazine of foreign literature Volume 2; Volume 35, p. 556
- ^ MARIA TERESA d'Asburgo-Lorena, regina di Sardegna. Enciclopedia Italiana (1934)
External links
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