d'Orléans, Anne Marie b. August 27, 1669 d. August 26, 1728 Queen of Sicily and Sardinia. Anne Marie d'Orléans, daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and his wife Princess Henrietta Anne of England, was born at the Château de Saint-Cloud in France. Her mother died less than a year after her birth, and she was raised by her stepmother, Elizabeth Charlotte, Princess Palatine. Her uncle Louis XIV arranged her marriage to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, then Duke of Savoy. A proxy marriage took place at Versailles on April 10, 1684, when Anne Marie was 14...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick) Basilica di Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
Dal Pozzo Della Cisterna, Maria Vittoria b. August 9, 1846 d. November 8, 1876 Queen of Spain. An Italian noblewoman. Born Maria Vittoria Carlotta Enrichetta, Princess del Pozzo della Cisterna. She was the daughter of the prince and patriot Carlo Emanuele, a Senator of the Kingdom of Italy and of the Countess Louise de Merode, with her has extinguished the line of Princes della Cisterna. She married in Turin on May 30, 1867 with Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, son of Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy. In 1870, following the deposing of Queen Isabella II of Spain, her...[Read More] (Bio by: Ruggero) Basilica di Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy Plot: Crypt of the Basilica
of Sardinia, Victor Amadeus II b. May 14, 1666 d. October 31, 1732 King of Sicily and Sardinia. Victor Amadeus of Savoy, only child of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy, and his second wife Marie Jeanne of Savoy, was born at the Royal Palace of Turin in Italy. After the death of his father in 1675, his mother assumed power as regent. King Louis XIV of France arranged his marriage to Anne Marie d'Orléans. The proxy marriage took place on April 10, 1684 in Versailles. The couple met for the first time on May 6th, the day of their wedding in Savoy. That year...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick) Basilica di Superga, Turin, Provincia di Torino, Piemonte, Italy
b. August 27, 1669 d. August 26, 1728