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    Re: Savoy-Aosta jewels Archived Message

    Posted by Johan on January 18, 2014, 6:22 am, in reply to "Re: Savoy-Aosta jewels"

    There was one big tiara worn by Claude and Silvia but Amadeo seems to have fallen on hard times financially so im not sure he still owns it.

    As for the rivalry between the two Savoia branches. EF allready has made remarks about making his oldest daughter his heiress. Besides he's still relatively young so could still sire sons.

    --Previous Message--
    : Speaking about Savoia-Aosta, I wonder what is
    : still in the vaults of that illustrious
    : House?
    :
    : Prince Amedeo, the IIIrd Duke of Aosta died
    : in 1942 as a prisoner-of-war, leaving a
    : widow and two young daughters:
    : - Anne, Dowager Duchess of Aosta née
    : Princess of Orléans (1906-1986)
    : - Archduchess Margherita of Austria-Este née
    : Princess of Savoia-Aosta (1930)
    : - Princess Maria Cristina de Bourbon,
    : Princess of Two Sicilies née Princess of
    : Savoia-Aosta (1933)
    :
    : I assume that the widow and the two
    : daughters got a fair share of Savoia-Aosta
    : jewels, for an example the jewels now worn
    : by Princess Astrid of Belgium are heirlooms
    : from her mother-in-law Archduchess
    : Margherita of Austria-Este née Princess of
    : Savoia-Aosta. I think also the younger
    : daughter, Princess Maria Cristina, will have
    : received nice jewels.
    :
    : The headship of the House Savoia-Aosta went
    : to Prince Amedeo's younger brother Prince
    : Aimone, becoming the IVth Duke of Aosta. He
    : married Princess Irene of Greece and
    : Denmark. Today's head of the House
    : Savoia-Aosta is their son Prince Amedeo, Vth
    : Duke of Aosta. He married firstly with
    : Princess Claude of Orléans. Their son Prince
    : Aimone married with Princess Olga of Greece
    : (in 2008). That marriage was very low key
    : and I do not recall grand jewels associated
    : with Princess Olga.
    :
    : So my question is: are all jewels of the
    : House Savoia-Aosta now gone, via
    : inheritances and gifts? Does this mean that
    : the present Duke of Aosta has no jewels
    : anymore?
    :
    : Pic: HRH The Duchess of Apulia née Princess
    : of Greece, the future Duchess of Aosta. Her
    : sons Prince Umberto (2009) and Prince Amedeo
    : (2011) are undisputed heirs in the House of
    : Italy, possibly uniting both rival branches
    : (Savoia and Savoia-Aosta) as Prince
    : Emanuele-Filiberto of Savoia (the claimant
    : of the rivalling branch) has no sons.
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