Princess Elisabeth of Savoy

Elisabeth of Savoy
Archduchess Rainer Joseph of Austria
Elisabeth in 1830
Born(1800-04-13)13 April 1800
Paris, French Republic
Died25 December 1856(1856-12-25) (aged 56)
Bolzano, Austrian Empire
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1820; died 1853)
Issue
among others...
Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia
Archduke Leopold Ludwig
Archduke Ernst
Archduke Sigismund
Archduke Rainer Ferdinand
Archduke Heinrich Anton
Names
Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia
HouseSavoy-Carignano
FatherCharles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano
MotherMaria Christina of Saxony

Elisabeth of Savoy (Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina; 13 April 1800 – 25 December 1856) was the Vicereine of the Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia by marriage to Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria. She was the aunt and mother-in-law of Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a united Italy. By birth, she was a member of the House of Savoy-Carignano.