Princess Yolanda of Savoy
Princess Yolanda of Savoy was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
Biography
She was born Principessa Iolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria di Savoia in Rome, Italy, as the eldest child and daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. As a young woman she was a great sportswoman, particularly interested in swimming and riding.During the Great War, newspapers published reports of her engagement to the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII, who was serving in Italy in 1918. There was no basis for these rumors, but they were resurrected in 1919 when Yolanda joined her mother Elena of Montenegro, her sister Princess Mafalda of Savoy, and the Duchess of Aosta on a visit to Paris, where the prince happened to be at the same time.
On 9 April 1923 she married Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo.
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. The Giardini Principessa Iolanda in Naples are named after her.
Marriage and children
On 9 April 1923 at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, she married Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Conte di Bergolo. They had five children:- Maria Ludovica Calvi di Bergolo married Robert Gasche in 1948 and had issue:
- * Huberto-Omar
- * Elena-Maria
- Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo
- Vittoria Calvi di Bergolo, married in 1947 Guglielmo, Conte Guarienti di Brenzone and had issue:
- * Emanuela
- * Agostino
- * Guariente
- Guja Calvi di Bergolo, married in 1951 Carlo nob. dei conti Guarienti and had issue:
- * Maria-Fardivia
- * Delfinella
- Pier Francesco Calvi, Conte di Bergolo, married in 1958 Marisa Allasio. Had issue:
- * Carlo-Giorgio
- * Anda
Title, styles and honours
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