Maria Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan

Elisabeth von Savoyen-Carignan (Italian Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina ; born April 13, 1800 in Paris , † December 25, 1856 in Bolzano ) was a princess of Savoy and the aunt and mother-in-law of Victor Emanuel II , the first king of the united Italy.

Life

Elisabeth von Savoyen-Carignan was born in Paris in 1800 as the daughter of Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan (1770–1800) and Maria Christina von Sachsen , a granddaughter of Friedrich August II./August III. , born. She had an older brother, Charles Albert , future King of Sardinia.

On May 28, 1820, Elisabeth was married in Prague to the 36-year-old Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria , viceroy of the Kingdom of Lombardy-Veneto. She was a great support for her husband and took on many patronages, which meant active obligations for her (care homes for small children, orphanages and poor houses, hospitals). Not long before the start of the revolution in Milan in 1848, she and her husband left Lombardy and moved to South Tyrol . There she shared his interest in science and the arts.

The following children emerged from Elisabeth's marriage to Archduke Rainer Joseph:

Maria (1821–1844), Lady of the Star Cross
Adelheid (1822–1855)

⚭ 1852 King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia-Piedmont (1820–1878)

Leopold (1823–1898), Lieutenant Field Marshal
Ernst (1824–1899), Lieutenant Field Marshal

⚭ 1858 ( morganatic ) Laura Skublics de Velike et Bessenyö (1826–1865)

Sigismund (1826-1891), Lieutenant Field Marshal
Rainer (1827-1913)

⚭ 1852 Archduchess Marie Karoline of Austria-Teschen (1825–1915)

Heinrich (1828–1891), Lieutenant Field Marshal

⚭ 1868 (morganatic) Leopoldine Hofmann, "Freifrau von Waideck" (1842–1891)

Maximilian (1830-1839)

Elisabeth survived her husband by almost four years and died on Christmas Day 1856 at the age of 56 in Bolzano . In this city she was buried in the crypt behind the high altar of the Assumption Church.

Honors

The plant genus Elisanthe (Fenzl ex Endl.) Rchb is named after Elisabeth von Savoyen-Carignan . from the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae) and the species large-flowered catchwort ( Silene elisabethae Jan ).

literature

Elisabeth , in: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger , 1988, p. 90 f.

Individual evidence

↑ Elisabeth , in: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger , 1988, p. 90 f.
↑ Oscar Criste: Leopold, Archduke of Austria . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 655-657.
^ ^A ^b ^c Meeting of three brothers at Archduke Rainer's summer residence, Baden near Vienna , Locales. Court news. In the Villa Rainer…. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , September 8, 1883, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .

personal data
SURNAME	Maria Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; Elizabeth of Savoy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Princess of Savoy
DATE OF BIRTH	April 13, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris
DATE OF DEATH	December 25, 1856
Place of death	Bolzano

[1] Elisabeth , in: Brigitte Hamann (Ed.): Die Habsburger , 1988, p. 90 f.

[2] Oscar Criste: Leopold, Archduke of Austria . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 51, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, pp. 655-657.

[EH_Rainer-3] A ^b ^c Meeting of three brothers at Archduke Rainer's summer residence, Baden near Vienna , Locales. Court news. In the Villa Rainer…. In: Badener Bezirks-Blatt , September 8, 1883, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bbb

[Burkhardt_2018-4] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .