Prince Eugenio of Savoy, 5th Duke of Genoa (Eugenio Alfonso Carlo Maria Giuseppe; 13 March 1906 – 8 December 1996) was a member of the

House of Savoy The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...

, Duke of Ancona from birth, and the 5th and final Duke of Genoa. Prince Eugenio was the sixth and youngest child of Prince Thomas of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Genoa and his wife

Princess Isabella of Bavaria Princess Isabella of Bavaria (Marie Elisabeth Luise Amalie Elvire Blanche Eleonore; 31 August 1863 – 26 February 1924) was the third child and eldest daughter of Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828–1875), Prince Adalbert of Bavaria and his wi ...

Marriage and issue

Prince Eugenio married Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies, fifth child and fourth-eldest daughter of Prince Ferdinand Pius of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria and his wife

Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria (6 July 1872 – 10 June 1954) was the daughter of the last King of Bavaria, Ludwig III of Bavaria, Ludwig III, and Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849–1919), Maria Theresia of Austria-Este. Her husband ...

, on 29 October 1938 at

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. The bride and groom were second cousins once removed in descent from

King Ludwig I of Bavaria Ludwig I or Louis I (; 25 August 1786 – 29 February 1868) was King of Bavaria from 1825 until the 1848 revolutions in the German states. When he was crown prince, he was involved in the Napoleonic Wars. As king, he encouraged Bavaria's indu ...

. Prince Eugenio and Princess Lucia had one daughter: *Princess Maria ''Isabella'' Elena Immacolata Barbara Anna Pace of Savoy-Genoa (born 23 June 1943 in

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), married on 29 April 1971 in

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, Alberto Frioli dei Conti di Rezzano (born 7 April 1943 in

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), son of Guido Frioli, Count of Rezzano, and Vittoria Fabbri. They have four children.

Later life

After the dissolution of the

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in 1946, Prince Eugenio and his family relocated to

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where the Duke ran a farm. Upon his death on 8 December 1996, the male line of the Genoa branch of the

became extinct as did the Royal Dukedom of Genoa. In 2006, the ashes of the Duke and Duchess of Genoa were transferred to the Royal Crypt of Superga near

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Honours

* ** Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation ** Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus * Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George * Knight of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta * Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert

Ancestry

References

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