Margherita of Savoy | |||||
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Queen consort of Italy | |||||
Tenure | 9 January 1878 – 29 July 1900 | ||||
Born | Palazzo Chiablese, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia | 20 November 1851||||
Died | 4 January 1926 Bordighera, Italy | (aged 74)||||
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Issue | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy | ||||
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House | Savoy-Genoa | ||||
Father | Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa | ||||
Mother | Princess Elisabeth of Saxony | ||||
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Coat of arms of Margherita of Savoy, Queen of Italy |
Margherita of Savoy (Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna; 20 November 1851 – 4 January 1926) was Queen of Italy by marriage to her first cousin King Umberto I of Italy. She was the daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, and the mother of the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.