Historical
and Commemorative Medals
Collection of Benjamin Weiss
MARIA BEATRICE DI SAVOIA MALAVASI, Guiseppi: Italy, 1840, Bronze (cast), 81 mm 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) |