Marriage and Family
On 25 May 1903 at Vienna, Elias married Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882–1940), daughter of Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen and a niece of Queen Maria Cristina of Spain. Elias and Maria Anna had eight children:
- Princess Elisabetta (17 March 1904 – 13 June 1983); she died unmarried.
- Prince Carlo Luigi (22 September 1905 – 26 September 1912); he died of poliomyelitis.
- Princess Maria Francesca (5 September 1906 – 20 February 1994); she died unmarried.
- Robert Hugo of Bourbon-Parma (7 August 1909 – 25 November 1974); he died unmarried.
- Prince Francesco Alfonso (14 June 1913 – 29 May 1939); he died unmarried.
- Princess Giovanna Isabella (8 July 1916 – 1 November 1949); she never married and was killed in a shooting accident in La Toledana, Spain.
- Princess Alicia (born 13 November 1917); she married Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria. Has issue
- Princess Maria Cristina (7 June 1925 – 1 September 2009); she died unmarried.
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