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The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia) is an Italian royal house (formally a dynasty) that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansions, the family grew in power, first ruling the County of Savoy , a small Alpine county northwest of Italy, and later gaining absolute rule of the Kingdom of Sicily .
Portugal had only two queens regnant: Maria I and Maria II (and, arguably, two more: Beatriz [1] for a short period of time in the 14th century; and Teresa, in the 12th century, which technically makes her the first ruler and first queen of Portugal [2]). The other queens were queens consort, wives of the Portuguese kings.
Name Birth Death Notes Dom Carlos, Prince Royal of Portugal [1] 28 September 1863: 1 February 1908: Who succeeded his father as Carlos I, King of Portugal, murdered in 1908 by the Carbonária. Dom Afonso, Prince Royal of Portugal [1] 31 July 1865: 21 February 1920: Infante of Portugal, Duke of Porto, Viceroy of Portuguese India, and after 1908 ...
Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (1 C, 14 P) Pages in category "House of Savoy" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.
Belmond Reid's Palace (a.k.a. Reid's Palace) is a historic hotel located to the west of Funchal Bay in Madeira, Portugal, in an imposing position looking out over the Atlantic Ocean. [1] [2] The hotel has sloping gardens. [3] The hotel's complex include more than 40,000 square meters of space designed as a subtropical botanical garden.
In 1562, Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy moved his capital to Turin and commenced a series of building projects using the best architects available at the time. The buildings, lavishly constructed and including embellishments by contemporary artists, were designed to impress the public and demonstrate the power of the House of Savoy.
On the royal yacht Agamemnon, she met and later married Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (1924–2016), son of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark. The two were married on 12 February 1955 at Cascais in Portugal, where Maria Pia's father was living in exile.
Name Father Birth Marriage Became queen Coronation Ceased to be queen Death Spouse Ermentrude of Orléans: Odo, Count of Orléans: 823: 842: 869: Charles the Bald: Richilde of Provence: Bivin of Gorze: c. 845: 870: 5/6 October 877: 2 June 910 Adelaide of Paris: Adalard of Paris: c. 850 –853: February 875: 5/6 October 877: 10 April 879: 10 ...