Marina Doria
| Marina Doria | |||||
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 Pictured in 1969 at Cape Canaveral | |||||
| Born | 12 February 1935 Geneva, Switzerland | ||||
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| Issue | Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice | ||||
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| House | Savoy (by marriage) | ||||
| Father | René Ricolfi-Doria | ||||
| Mother | Iris Benvenuti | ||||
| Occupation | water skier | ||||
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The Prince of Venice
The Dowager Princess of Naples |
Marina Ricolfi-Doria (born 12 February 1935) is a Swiss former
International Water Ski Federation
Hall of Fame in 1991.
She is the widow of
Marie José. They have one son, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice
.
Early life and ancestry
Ricolfi-Doria was born in Geneva on 12 February 1935,[1] as the only daughter of René Ricolfi-Doria, a Swiss Olympic athlete.[2]
Career
In 1955 she became a water-skiing performer at
International Water Ski Federation, as the "finest female skier from Europe of the first decade of international competition".[3] She continued to compete until 1960.[3]
Marriage
Ricolfi-Doria met
Roman Catholic church in Tehran, Iran, in the autumn of 1971; their wedding had been announced during the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire in Persepolis.[4] They have one son, Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice.[5]
As the widow of the head of the
Catholic mass marking the birth anniversary of Pope John Paul II.[6]
Honour
Order of Pius IX[7]
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marina Ricolfi Doria.
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh, ed. (1977). Burke's Royal Families of the World. Vol. 1: Europe & Latin America. Burke's Peerage. p. 367.
- ISBN 9780786409013.
- ^ a b c Marina Doria. International Water Ski Federation. Archived 13 December 2000.
- ^ Guido Tonella (22 June 1972) È nato a Ginevra l’erede dei Savoia (in Italian). Il Tempo. Accessed September 2017.
- ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. p.204
- ^ "Marina in San Pietro con tailleur bianco". Corriere della Sera. 19 May 2003. Archived from the original on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Notiziario