Princess Elisabeth of Saxony - Marriages and Issue

Marriages and Issue

On 22 April 1850, she married, in Dresden Cathedral, Prince Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa, second son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria and Tuscany. Their marriage was a dynastic arrangement, and it was generally held to be loveless.

The couple had two children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Margherita of Savoy Palazzo Chiablese, 1851 1926 married Umberto I of Italy; had issue
Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa 1854 1931 married Princess Isabella of Bavaria; had issue

On 10 February 1855 her husband died in Turin, leaving Elizabeth a widow at the age of 25.

Before her first year of widowhood had ended, she remarried on 4 October 1856 with her chamberlain Niccolò, Marchese Rapallo. They married secretly, before her period of official mourning was over. This act so infuritated her brother-in-law Victor Emmanuel II of Italy that he ordered her into virtual exile and disallowed her from seeing her two children. They were later reunited however.

In 1882, her second husband committed suicide. Court gossip had often hinted that their marriage was unhappy, and his suicide added fuel to these stories. Elisabeth had no children from her second marriage.

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