Elisabeth of Savoy was a Princess of Savoy

House of Savoy

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 and the aunt and mother-in-law of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king

King of Italy

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 of a united Italy

Italian unification

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.

Family

Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina was born in Paris

Paris

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 to Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan

Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan

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 (1770–1800), and Maria Cristina of Saxony (1770–1851), herself granddaughter of Augustus III of Poland

Augustus III of Poland

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. She had an elder brother, Charles Albert

Charles Albert of Sardinia

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, future King of Sardinia.

Marriage and children

On 28 May 1820 she was married in Prague

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 to Archduke Rainer of Austria

Archduke Rainer of Austria

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, Viceroy

Viceroy

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 of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia.

With Rainer she had eight children:

• Maria Carolina (1821–1844)
• Adelaide (3 June 1822 – 20 January 1855), who became the wife of Vittorio Emanuele II, King
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   of Sardinia
  Sardinia
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   from 1849 to 1861 and subsequently King of Italy
  King of Italy
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  .
• Leopoldo Luigi
  Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria
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   (6 June 1823 – 24 May 1898)
• Ernesto Carlo (8 August 1824 – 4 April 1899)
• Sigismondo Lepoldo (7 January 1826 – 15 December 1891),
• Ranieri Ferdinando
  Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria
  Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria was an Austrian prime minister. He was a son of Archduke Rainer Joseph....
  
   (11 January 1827 – 27 January 1913)
• Enrico Antonio (9 May 1828 – 30 November 1891)
• Massimiliano Carlo (16 January 1830 – 16 March 1839)

Elisabeth died in Bolzano on Christmas Day, 1856.

Ancestry

Titles and styles

• 13 April 1800 – 28 May 1820 Her Highness Princess Elisabeth of Savoy
• 28 May 1820 – 25 December 1856 Her Imperial & Royal Highness Archduchess Elisabeth of Austria