Princess Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa


Princess Adelaide of Savoy-Genoa, was a daughter of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and Princess Isabella of Bavaria.

Family and early life

Adelaide was the fifth of six children born to Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria. Her father was a grandson of King Charles Albert of Sardinia. Among her siblings were Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa; Filiberto, 4th Duke of Genoa; and Eugenio, 5th Duke of Genoa. Her mother Isabella was a granddaughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria.
Through her aunt Margherita of Savoy, she was a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.

Marriage

On 15 July 1935, she married her third cousin, Prince Leone Massimo di Arsoli, son of Camillo Francesco Massimo, 4th Principe di Arsoli and donna Eleonora Brancaccio. He was the 5th Prince of Arsoli, the 9th Marquis of Roccasecca, Baron of Pisterzo, Lord of Intrafiumara, Nobile of Tivoli and Velletri and 2nd Duke of Anticoli Corrado. Leone was also the great-grandson of Princess Caroline of Naples and Sicily and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy-Carignano. They had six children:
  • Isabella Massimo di Arsoli, married on 4 October 1964 in Arsoli, Prince Francesco Maria di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli, Count of Carpegna, son of Prince Ulderico Orazio di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli, Count of Carpegna, and donna Anna Maria Giusso del Galdo. They had four children:
  • *Prince Antonio di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli, Count of Carpegna, married on 17 June 2006 in Tricase, Baroness Clara Polissena Winspeare Guicciardi, daughter of Baron Riccardo Carlo Winspeare Guicciardi and Princess Elisabeth of Liechtenstein. They have two children:
  • **Elena di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli
  • **Filippo di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli
  • *Giovanni di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli, Count of Carpegna, married on 1 August 2015 in Orvieto, Paola Di Giacomo. They have one son:
  • **Augusto Nicola di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli
  • *Tommaso di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli, Count of Carpegna, married on 14 June 1997 in Forte dei Marmi, Countess Anna Zileri Dal Verme degli Obbizi, daughter of Count Paolo Zileri Dal Verme degli Obizzi, and Nobile Lavinia Assettati. They have three children:
  • **Livia di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli
  • **Sofia di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli
  • **Vittoria di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli
  • *Caterina di Carpegna Falconieri Gabrielli, married Nobile Guglielmo Masetti Zannini, son of Nobile Gianlodovico Masetti Zannini and donna Eleonora di Napoli Rampolla Barrese Bellacera
  • Filippo Massimo di Arsoli, 6th Prince of Arsoli, married on 4 April 1962 in Rome, Maria Luigia Capparella, daughter of Pietro Capparella. They have two children, but Filippo also has illegitimate issue:
  • *Fabrizio Massimo Brancaccio, 7th Prince of Arsoli, Prince of Triggiano and Roviano, Duke of Lustra, married in 1999, Ilaria Bottini, daughter of Giuseppe Bottini and Silvia Fontana. Divorced in 2002. They have three children, but Fabrizio also has illegitimate issue :
  • **Marcantonio Massimo
  • **Barbara Massimo
  • **Olimpia Massimo
  • *Barbara Massimo married with don Scipione Prince Borghese 14th Prince of Sulmona
  • Ferdinando Massimo di Arsoli, married on 4 June 1977 in Cefalù, Maresti Savona, daughter of Baldassarre Savona and Maria Cristina Catalfamo. They have two children:
  • *Ascanio Massimo
  • *Lavinia Massimo, married on 7 July 2015 in Rome, Filippo Cammarano Guerritore di Ravello
  • Carlo Massimo di Arsoli, married on 8 October 1989 in Rome, doña Elisa Osorio de Moscoso y Estanga, daughter of Pedro Osorio de Moscoso, Duke of Montemar, and doña Elisa de Estanga y Cologan-Franchi
  • Maria Eleonora Massimo di Arsoli, married on 7 October 1972 in Arsoli, Giuseppe Gustavo Ricci Paracciani Bergamini, son of Ugo Bergamini and Maria Amalia Lanza Manzanillo. They have one daughter:
  • *Elena Ricci Paracciani Bergamini
  • Francesco Massimo di Arsoli, married on 16 July 1977 in Rome, Camillavelia Jacuzzi Ristori, daughter of Rodolfo Jacuzzi Ristori and Amalia Vinca

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