Princess Elizabeth of Saxony

Elizabeth of Saxony ( _de. Maria Elisabeth Maximiliana Ludovika Amalie Franziska Sophia Leopoldine Anna Baptista Xaveria Nepomucena von Sachsen; Dresden, February 4 1830 - Stresa 1912) was a Princess of Saxony who married the second son of the King of Sardinia.

She was born in Dresden, capital of Saxony, as daughter of King John of Saxony and his wife Amalie Auguste of Bavaria. Her paternal grandparents were Prince Maximilian of Saxony and Caroline of Bourbon-Parma. Her maternal grandparents were King Maximilian I of Bavaria and Karoline of Baden.

On April 22 1850 she married in the Dresden Cathedral with Prince Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa, second son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria and Tuscany.
The couple had two children:

* Margherita of Savoy (1851 - 1926), married King Umberto I of Italy.
* Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa (1854 - 1931), married Princess Maria Isabella of Bavaria.

On February 10, 1855 her husband died in Turin, leaving Elizabeth a widow at the age of 25.
She remarried on October 4, 1856 with Niccolo Marchese Rapallo. They had no children.

Ancestry

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1= 1. Princess Elizabeth of Saxony
2= 2. John of Saxony
3= 3. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
4= 4. Prince Maximilian of Saxony
5= 5. Princess Caroline of Parma
6= 6. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
7= 7. Caroline of Baden
8= 8. Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony
9= 9. Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria
10= 10. Ferdinand, Duke of Parma
11= 11. Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria
12= 12. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken
13= 13. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach
14= 14. Margrave Charles Louis of Baden
15= 15. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
16= 16. Augustus III of Poland
17= 17. Maria Josepha of Austria
18= 18. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor
19= 19. Maria Amalia of Austria
20= 20. Philip, Duke of Parma
21= 21. Princess Louise-Élisabeth of France
22= 22. Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
23= 23. Maria Theresa of Austria
24= 24. Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken
25= 25. Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken
26= 26. Joseph Karl Emanuel August, Count Palatine of Sulzbach
27= 27. Countess Palatine Elizabeth Augusta Sophie of Neuburg
28= 28. Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden
29= 29. Landgravine Karoline Luise of Hesse-Darmstadt
30= 30. Louis IX, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt
31= 31. Countess Palatine Henriette Karoline of Zweibrücken