Historical and Commemorative Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss

MARIA BEATRICE DI SAVOIA

MALAVASI, Guiseppi: Italy, 1840, Bronze (cast), 81 mm
Obv: Bust (l) of Maria Beatrice di Savoia, diademed with neckless; under the bust are two olive branches intertwined with roses MARIA. BEATRIX. VICTORIA. SABAVD. ATEST. ARC. AVST. DVC. M. R. M. M. C. &    Below: MDCCCXXXX
Rev: View of chapel with a figure of Queen Ester kneeling in prayer; behind her are two figures, one holding an urn
Exergue: NVNQVAM. LAETATA. NISI. IN. TE DOMINE. DEVS.
Signed: GG / LM ?
Ref: Weiss BW665

Maria Beatrice di Savoia, Principessa di Savoia, was born in 1792 in Turin, Italy. She was the daughter of Vittorio Emanuele I di Savoia, King of Sardinia, and Maria Theresia Erzherzögin von Österreich-Este. She married Franz IV Erzherzog von Österreich-Este (Francesco IV, Duke of Modena), son of Ferdinand Karl Erzherzog von Österreich and Maria Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Modena, in 1812 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. She died in 1840 at the age of 47 in Cattajo. The medal commemorates her early death.

LINK to Portrait and Biography of Maria Beatrice di Savoia (from Wikipedia; in Italian)

LINK to House of Savoy (from fact-index.com)

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