Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa

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name = Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa


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birth_date = birth date|1895|3|10
birth_place = Turin
death_date = death date and age|1990|9|7|1895|3|10
death_place = Lausanne
title = Prince of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia, Duke of Genoa
spouse = Princess Lydia of Arenberg
parents = Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and Princess Isabella of Bavaria

Prince Filiberto Lodovico Massimiliano Emanuele Maria of Savoy (10 March 1895 - 7 September 1990) was the fourth Duke of Genoa and a member of the House of Savoy.

Born in Turin, Prince Filiberto was the second son of Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863-1924). On 22 September 1904 he was given the title Duke of Pistoia.

Prince Filiberto pursed a career in the Royal Italian Army achieving the rank of General. A supporter of Benito Mussolini, he volunteered to serve in the Second Italo-Abyssinian War where he commanded the Blackshirts of the '23rd March' Division. It was his division that raised the Italian flag over Amba Aradam. [cite book | last = Mockler | first = Anthony | title = Haile Selassie's War | publisher = Signal Books | date = 2003 | pages = 55, 102 | isbn =1902669533 ]

Prince Filiberto married Princess Lydia of Arenberg (1905-1977) on 30 April 1928 in Turin. They had no children.

After the Second World War a referendum was held in Italy where a majority of people voted to abolish the monarchy. With the death of his brother Ferdinando on 24 June 1963 he succeeded to the title Duke of Genoa.

Prince Filiberto died in Lausanne, Switzerland. His youngest brother Eugenio succeeded to the title Duke of Genoa.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Filiberto of Savoy, Duke of Genoa
2= 2. Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa
3= 3. Princess Isabella of Bavaria
4= 4. Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa
5= 5. Princess Elizabeth of Saxony
6= 6. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
7= 7. Infanta Amelia of Spain
8= 8. Charles Albert of Sardinia
9= 9. Maria Theresa of Tuscany
10= 10. John of Saxony
11= 11. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
12= 12. Ludwig I of Bavaria
13= 13. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
14= 14. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
15= 15. Princess Luisa Carlotta of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
16= 16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan
17= 17. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony
18= 18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
19= 19. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
20= 20. Prince Maximilian of Saxony
21= 21. Princess Caroline of Parma
22= 22. Maximilian I of Bavaria
23= 23. Caroline of Baden
24= 24. Maximilian I of Bavaria
25= 25. Landgravine Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
26= 26. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
27= 27. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
28= 28. Charles IV of Spain
29= 29. Maria Luisa of Parma
30= 30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
31= 31. Maria Isabella of Spainahnentafel bottom

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