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

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'', was an Italian

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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

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and his nephew

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became subsequent kings of Italy.

Biography

Prince Thomas was born in

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in 1854, as the second child and only son of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, 1st Duke of Genoa, the second son of Charles Albert,

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(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

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. 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

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the king,

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, assumed the duties of ''Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces'' and named the Duke of Genoa as

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, 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

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Family and children

In 1883 at

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, 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

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(1834–1905), daughter of the Duke of Cadiz. Their marriage produced the following children:

Honours

* : Knight of the

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, ''1871'' * : ** Knight of the

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, ''2 June 1872'' ** Grand Cross of the

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, ''2 June 1872'' ** Grand Cross of the

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, ''2 June 1872'' * : Grand Cross of the Royal Hungarian Order of St. Stephen, ''1875'' *

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: ** Knight of the

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, ''22 October 1875'' ** Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal

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, ''17 May 1893'' * : Grand Cordon of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum, ''8 December 1879'' * : Knight of the

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, ''1883'' * : ** Grand Cross of the Royal and Distinguished

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, ''5 September 1887''; with Collar, ''15 May 1902'' ** Knight of the

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, ''6 February 1888'' *

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: Knight of the Most Illustrious

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, ''14 May 1897'' * : Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the

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Ancestry

Notes and references

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