Duke of Aosta

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Coat of arms of the Dukes of Aosta

Duke of Aosta (

king of Sardinia or king of Italy
.

The title was re-created in 1845 for

king of Croatia
from 1941 to 1943 during the Italian-backed fascist regime.

The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Aosta were Prince della Cisterna and of Belriguardo, Marquess of Voghera, and Count of Ponderano, originating from the heritage of Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, the mother of Duke Emanuele Filiberto. Ponderano was created in 1559, Voghera in 1618; Cisterna and Belriguardo as princely in 1670.

Duke of Aosta, 1701–1715

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Carlo Emanuele

1701–1715
27 April 1701
Victor Amadeus II and Anne Marie d'Orléans
(1)
Anne Christine of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
15 March 1722
Vercelli
one son
(2) Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
20 August 1724
Toruń
six children
(3) Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine

1 April 1737
Royal Palace of Turin
three children
20 February 1773
Royal Palace of Turin
aged 71

Duke of Aosta, 1723–1725

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Vittorio Amedeo

1723–1725
7 March 1723
Royal Palace of Turin
only son of
Anne Christine of the Palatinate-Sulzbach
never married 11 August 1725
Royal Palace of Turin
aged 2

Duke of Aosta, 1731–1735

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Emanuele Filiberto

1731–1735
17 May 1731
Royal Palace of Turin
second son of
Charles Emmanuel III and Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
never married 23 April 1735
Royal Palace of Turin
aged 3

Duke of Aosta, 1738–1745

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Carlo Francesco

1738–1745
1 December 1738
Royal Palace of Turin
eldest son of
Charles Emmanuel III and Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine
never married 25 March 1745
Royal Palace of Turin
aged 6

Duke of Aosta, 1759–1802

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Vittorio Emanuele

1759–1802
24 July 1759
Royal Palace of Turin
second son of
Victor Amadeus III and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este

25 April 1789
Royal Palace of Turin
seven children
10 January 1824
Castle of Moncalieri

aged 64

Duke of Aosta, 1845–present

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death
Prince Amedeo
1845–1890
(King of Spain
1870–1873)[1]
30 May 1845
Victor Emmanuel II and Adelaide of Austria[2]
(1)
Maria Letizia Bonaparte

11 September 1888
Royal Palace of Turin
one son
18 January 1890
Royal Palace of Turin
aged 44
Prince Emanuele Filiberto[1]

1890–1931
13 January 1869
Genoa
eldest son of Amedeo and Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo
Hélène d'Orléans[2]
25 June 1895
Church of St. Raphael, Kingston upon Thames
two sons
4 July 1931
Royal Palace of Turin
aged 62
Prince Amedeo
1931–1942
21 October 1898
Royal Palace of Turin
eldest son of
Emanuele Filiberto and Hélène d'Orléans
Anne d'Orléans
5 November 1927
Naples
two daughters
3 March 1942
Nairobi
aged 43
Prince Aimone
1942–1948
(King of Croatia
1941–1943)
9 March 1900
Royal Palace of Turin
second son of
Emanuele Filiberto and Hélène d'Orléans
Irene of Greece and Denmark
1 July 1939
Florence
one son
29 January 1948
Buenos Aires
aged 47
Prince Amedeo
1948–2021
27 September 1943
Florence
only son of Aimone and Irene of Greece and Denmark
(1)
Silvia Paternò di Spedalotto
30 March 1987
Villa Spedalotto

no issue
1 June 2021
Castiglion Fibocchi
aged 77
Prince Aimone
2021–present
13 October 1967
Florence
only son of Amedeo
Olga of Greece
27 September 2008
Patmos, Greece
three children
living

See also

References

  1. ^
    Harrison & Sons
    . p. 187.
  2. ^
    Press Publishing Co.
    1896. p. 346.

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