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Born 2 February 1943 (age 81) Naples, Italy ( 1943-02-02 ) Spouse Luis Rafael Reyna-Corvalan y Dillon (m. 1970) Issue Rafael Reyna-Corvalan y de SaboyaPatrizio Reyna-Corvalan y de SaboyaAzaea Reyna-Corvalan y de Saboya Mother Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium Grandparents Elena of Montenegro, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Albert I of Belgium, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium Similar People Umberto II of Italy, Marie Jose of Belgium, Princess Maria Gabriella, Vittorio Emanuele - Prince of, Elena of Montenegro | ||
Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (born 2 February 1943) is the youngest daughter of Italy's last King, Umberto II, and his wife, Queen Marie José.
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Life
Born Principessa Maria Beatrice Elena Margherita Ludovica Caterina Romana di Savoia, she was the third daughter as well as the fourth and last child of the Prince and Princess of Piedmont, known as "Titti" to family and friends. When she was three years old, her father ruled Italy as Umberto II for slightly over a month, from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946. The family was then exiled and briefly gathered in Portugal, where her parents decided to separate. She and her siblings went with their mother to Switzerland while their father remained in Portugal.
Marriage and children
Princess Maria Beatrice attempted to marry Italian actor Maurizio Arena in 1967 but was prevented by her family, who filed a lawsuit claiming that she was mentally unfit to marry. The lawsuit was dropped in early 1968 when the relationship ended.
Titti married Luis Rafael Reyna-Corvalán y Dillon (born 18 April 1939 in Córdoba, Argentina – died 17 February 1999 in Cuernavaca, Mexico), son of Cesar Augusto Reyna-Corvalán and Amalia Maria Dillon Calvo, on 1 April 1970 in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. They were also married in a religious ceremony on January 1971 in Córdoba, Argentina. They separated in 1995 and were divorced in 1998.
The couple had three children:
For some time, her mother lived with her and her children in Mexico.
Her eldest son died, aged 23, on 29 April 1994 in Boston, Massachusetts, falling from the terrace of the building where he lived..
Her ex-husband was murdered on 17 February 1999 in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Princess did not attend his funeral.