Prince Eugenio, Duke of Genoa

Prince Eugenio of Savoy, 5th Duke of Genoa (Eugenio Alfonso Carlo Maria Giuseppe; 13 March 1906 – 8 December 1996) was a member of the House of Savoy, Duke of Ancona from birth, and the 5th and final Duke of Genoa. Prince Eugenio was the sixth and youngest child of Prince Thomas of Savoy, 2nd Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria.

Prince Eugenio
Duke of Genoa Duke of Ancona
Born	(1906-03-13)13 March 1906 Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Died	8 December 1996(1996-12-08) (aged 90) São Paulo, Brazil
Burial	Basilica of Superga, near Turin
Spouse	Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies ​ ​ (m. 1938)​
Issue	Princess Maria Isabella of Savoy-Genoa
Names Italian: Eugenio Alfonso Carlo Maria Giuseppe
House	Savoy
Father	Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa
Mother	Princess Isabella of Bavaria

Marriage and issue

Prince Eugenio married Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies, fifth child and fourth-eldest daughter of Prince Ferdinand Pius of the Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria and his wife Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, on 29 October 1938 at Nymphenburg Palace in Munich, Germany. The bride and groom were second cousins once removed in descent from King Ludwig I of Bavaria. Prince Eugenio and Princess Lucia had one daughter:

• Princess Maria Isabella Elena Immacolata Barbara Anna Pace of Savoy-Genoa (born 23 June 1943 in Rome), married on 29 April 1971 in Lausanne, Alberto Frioli dei Conti di Rezzano (born 7 April 1943 in Rimini), son of Guido Frioli, Count of Rezzano, and Vittoria Fabbri. They have four children.

Later life

After the dissolution of the Kingdom of Italy in 1946, Prince Eugenio and his family relocated to Brazil where the Duke ran a farm. Upon his death on 8 December 1996, the male line of the Genoa branch of the House of Savoy became extinct as did the Royal Dukedom of Genoa. In 2006, the ashes of the Duke and Duchess of Genoa were transferred to the Royal Crypt of Superga near Turin.

Honours

• • Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
  • Knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
• Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George
• Knight of Honor and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta
• Knight of the Order of Saint Hubert

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Eugenio, Duke of Genoa

16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano 8. Charles Albert of Sardinia 17. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony 4. Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa 18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany 9. Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria 19. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily 2. Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa 20. Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Saxony 10. John of Saxony 21. Princess Carolina of Parma 5. Princess Elisabeth of Saxony 22. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria 11. Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria 23. Princess Caroline of Baden 1. Prince Eugenio, Duke of Genoa 24. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (= 22) 12. Ludwig I of Bavaria 25. Princess Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt 6. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria 26. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg 13. Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen 27. Duchess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 3. Princess Isabella of Bavaria 28. Charles IV of Spain 14. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain 29. Princess Maria Luisa of Parma 7. Infanta Amalia of Spain 30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies 15. Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies 31. Infanta Maria Isabella of Spain

References

Chaffanjon, Arnaud; Zalewski, Maurice (29 March 1985). "La Maison de Savoie fête les 90 [sic] ans du duc de Gênes". Point de Vue, Images du Monde. 36 (1913): 14–15, 26.