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Princess Yolanda of Savoy

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Mother
  
Elena of Montenegro

Religion
  
Roman Catholic


Name
  
Princess of

House
  
House of Savoy


Born
  
1 June 1901 Rome, Italy (
1901-06-01
)

Burial
  
Monumental Cemetery, Turin

Issue
  
Maria Ludovica Calvi di Bergolo Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo Vittoria Calvi di Bergolo Guia-Anna Calvi di Bergolo Pier Francesco Calvi, Count of Bergolo

Father
  
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Died
  
October 16, 1986, Rome, Italy

Spouse
  
Giorgio Carlo Calvi (m. 1923)

Children
  
Pier Francesco Calvi, Count of Bergolo

Parents
  
Elena of Montenegro, Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Similar People
  
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Elena of Montenegro, Princess Maria Francesc, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Margherita of Savoy

Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1 June 1901 – 16 October 1986) was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Queen Elena of Montenegro, and the sister of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.

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Life

She was born Principessa Iolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria di Savoia (English: Princess Yolanda Margaret Milena Elizabeth Romaine Mary of Savoy) in Rome, Italy. As a young woman she was a great sportswoman, particularly interested in swimming and riding.

After her marriage Yolanda lived in the town of Pinerolo, southwest of Turin.

In 1946, Yolanda and her family went into voluntary exile with her father in Alexandria, Egypt. After King Victor Emmanuel's death, Yolanda and her family returned to Italy, where they lived at Castelporziano.

Yolanda died in a hospital in Rome and is buried in Turin.

Marriage and children

On 9 April 1923 at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, she married Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo (15 March 1887, Athens – 25 February 1977, Rome). They had five children:

  • Maria Ludovica Calvi di Bergolo (born 24 January 1924, Turin), married Robert Gasche (born 1918) in 1949 (div. 1975) and had issue:
  • Uberto Imar Gasche, born 1954, married Donna Imara Ruffo di Calabria (granddaughter of Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria) and had issue;
  • Helene Gasche, born 1955.
  • Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (born and died 1925, Pinerolo), died of bronchial pneumonia at six days old;
  • Vittoria Calvi di Bergolo (22 June 1927, Turin – March 1985); married Guglielmo, Count Guarienti di Brenzone (1919, Verona – 4 September 2006) in 1947. Had issue:
  • Emanuela Guarienti di Brenzone (born 1948), married Gregorio Sammartini and had issue;
  • Agostino Guarienti, Count di Brenzone (born 10 January 1951), married Diana Gemma Sagramoso and had issue;
  • Guariente Guarienti di Brenzone (born 1954).
  • Guia-Anna Calvi di Bergolo (born 8 March 1931), married in 1951 to Carlo Guarienti (born 1924). Had issue:
  • Maria Faldivia Guarienti (1952–1971);
  • Delfinella Guarienti (born 1954), married Ranieri Randaccio and had issue.
  • Pier Francesco Calvi, Count of Bergolo (22 December 1933, Turin – 18 June 2012, Rome), married in 1958 to Marisa Allasio (born 1936). Had issue:
  • Carlo Giorgio Calvi, Count of Bergolo (b. 1959);
  • Anda Calvi di Bergolo (b. 1962).

    • Title

  • 1 June 1901 – 9 April 1923: Her Royal Highness Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Princess of Italy
  • 9 April 1923 - 25 February 1977: Her Royal Highness Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Princess of Italy, Countess of Bergolo
  • 25 February 1977 - 16 October 1986: Her Royal Highness Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Princess of Italy, Dowager Countess of Bergolo

    • National honours

  • House of Savoy: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
  •  Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 3rd First Class

    • References

    Princess Yolanda of Savoy Wikipedia
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