Princess Maria Vittoria Margherita of Savoy

Princess Maria Vittoria
Princess of Savoy
Born (1740-06-22)22 June 1740
Royal Palace, Turin
Died (1742-07-14)14 July 1742 (aged 2)
Royal Palace, Turin
Burial Royal Basilica, Turin
Full name
Maria Vittoria Margherita di Savoia
House Savoy
Father Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia
Mother Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine

Maria Vittoria Margherita of Savoy (22 June 1740 – 14 July 1742) was a princess of Savoy.[1] She was born in the reign of her father Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia.

Biography

Princess Maria Vittoria was born in Turin. She was the second child of her father Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and Élisabeth Thérèse of Lorraine. Her mother died giving birth to her brother Prince Benedetto, named after Pope Benedict XIV who became pope the year before her birth.

Her paternal cousins included Louis XV of France, the future Ferdinand VI of Spain and the Prince of Carignan. Her maternal cousin's included the future Queen of Naples, the future Holy Roman Emperor and the famous Queen Marie Antoinette.

She died in Turin aged 2, and was buried at Royal Basilica of Superga, Turin.

Ancestry

Titles and styles

References

  1. ↑ "Savoia". Retrieved 2010-08-26.
  2. ↑ Genealogie ascendante jusqu'au quatrieme degre inclusivement de tous les Rois et Princes de maisons souveraines de l'Europe actuellement vivans [Genealogy up to the fourth degree inclusive of all the Kings and Princes of sovereign houses of Europe currently living] (in French). Bourdeaux: Frederic Guillaume Birnstiel. 1768. p. 27.


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