Prince Thomas
Duke of Genoa
PredecessorPrince Ferdinand, 1st Duke
SuccessorPrince Ferdinand, 3rd Duke
Born(1854-02-06)6 February 1854
Palazzo Chiablese, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died15 April 1931(1931-04-15) (aged 77)
Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse
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(m. 1883; died 1924)​
IssuePrince Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa
Prince Filiberto, 4th Duke of Genoa
Princess Bona Margherita
Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo
Princess Adelaide
Prince Eugenio, 5th Duke of Genoa
Names
Tommaso Alberto Vittorio di Savoia
HouseHouse of Savoy-Genoa
FatherPrince Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa
MotherPrincess Elisabeth of Saxony

Prince Tommaso of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Genoa (Tommaso Alberto Vittorio; 6 February 1854 – 15 April 1931), who is also known as Thomas Albert Victor of Savoy, was an Italian royal prince,[1][2] nephew of Victor Emmanuel at the time the King of Sardinia, who on 18 February 1861 became the first King of a united Italy. His cousin and brother-in-law Umberto I and his nephew Victor Emmanuel III became subsequent kings of Italy.

Biography

Prince Thomas was born in Turin in 1854, as the second child and only son of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, 1st Duke of Genoa, the second son of Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1798–1849, abdicated 1848) and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria-Tuscany (1801–55). Prince Thomas' mother was Princess Elisabeth of Saxony (1830–1912), daughter of King John I of Saxony (1801–73) and Princess Amalie of Bavaria (1801–77). Barely a year after his birth, on 10 February 1855, his father died and Prince Thomas inherited his title, becoming the 2nd Duke of Genoa. He was educated at Harrow.

With the accession of Victor Emmanuel II to the throne of Italy in 1861, Prince Tommaso, in common with all of the family members, became a prince of Italy.

During World War I the king, Victor Emanuel III, assumed the duties of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and named the Duke of Genoa as Luogotenente, in which position he managed the civil affairs of the kingdom throughout the war.

Prince Thomas' elder sister Princess Margherita of Savoy-Genoa (1851–1926) married King Umberto I of Italy. Her only child was King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, who reigned starting from his father's murder in 1900.

Prince Thomas died in 1931, leaving six adult children. He was the last surviving grandchild of Charles Albert of Sardinia.

Family and children

In 1883 at Nymphenburg, Bavaria, he was married to Princess Maria Isabella of Bavaria (1863–1924), the eldest daughter of the late Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875) and Infanta Amalia of Spain (1834–1905), daughter of the Duke of Cadiz.

Their marriage produced the following children:

Name Birth Death Notes
Prince Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa and Prince of Udine 21 April 1884 24 June 1963 married Maria Luisa Alliaga Gandolfi dei conti di Ricaldone; no issue.
Prince Filiberto, 4th Duke of Genoa and Duke of Pistoia 10 March 1895 7 September 1990 married Princess Lydia von Arenberg; no issue.
Princess Maria Bona Margherita Albertina 1 August 1896 2 February 1971 married Prince Konrad of Bavaria; had issue.
Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo 19 March 1898 15 December 1982 Italian general in WWII, no issue.
Princess Maria Adelaide Vittoria Amelia 25 April 1904 8 February 1979 married Leone Massimo, Prince of Arsoli (great-grandson of Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily); had issue.
Prince Eugenio, 5th Duke of Genoa and Duke of Ancona 13 March 1906 8 December 1996 married Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies; had issue.

Honours

Ancestry

Notes and references

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  2. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVI. "Haus Bayern". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2001, p. 13. ISBN 978-3-7980-0824-3.
  3. ^ Staatshandbuch für den Freistaat Sachsen: 1873. Heinrich. 1873. p. 4.
  4. ^ Italia : Ministero dell'interno (1898). Calendario generale del Regno d'Italia. Unione tipografico-editrice. pp. 53, 55, 68.
  5. ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1877, p. 14((citation)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ "Königlicher Haus-orden von Hohenzollern", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp.) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 129 – via hathitrust.org((citation)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  8. ^ 刑部芳則 (2017). 明治時代の勲章外交儀礼 (PDF) (in Japanese). 明治聖徳記念学会紀要. p. 143.
  9. ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 9
  10. ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1900. p. 174. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Real y distinguida orden de Carlos III". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1930. p. 221. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro". Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish). 1900. p. 167. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  13. ^ Royal Thai Government Gazette (20 June 1897). "พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์" (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 May 2019. ((cite journal)): Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  14. ^ Shaw, Wm. A. (1906) The Knights of England, I, London, p. 426
Preceded byFerdinando, 1st Duke Duke of Genoa 1855–1931 Succeeded byFerdinando, 3rd Duke
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