Editing Maria Isabella, Duchess of Genoa

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HRH The Duchess of Genoa
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Savoy_Maria_Isabella.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Duchess of [[Genoa]]
Countess of [[Sardinia|Rezzano]]
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|'''Reign'''
|8 December 1996 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|28 June 1997
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Duke Eugenio of Genoa|Eugenio]]
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|'''Heir'''
|[[Vittorio, Hereditary Duke of Genoa]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
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|'''Born'''
|23 June 1943 (age 82)
Rome, Roman States, Italy
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Alberto, Count of Rezzano]]
(m. 1971)
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|'''Issue'''
|[[Vittorio, Hereditary Duke of Genoa]]
[[Carlo, Hereditary Count of Rezzano]]<br>
[[Princess Maria Luce of Genoa|Princess Maria Luce]]
|-
|'''Name'''
|Maria Isabella Elena Immacolata Barbara
Anna Pace
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|'''House'''
|Savoy
|-
|'''Father'''
|[[Duke Eugenio of Genoa]]
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|'''Mother'''
|[[Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies]]
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|'''Religion'''
|Roman Catholic
|}
'''Maria Isabella, Duchess of Genoa''' (born ''Princess Maria Isabella of Genoa'' on 23 June 1943) is the current reigning Duchess of Genoa. She is also a member of the Sardinian nobility as the consort of '''Alberto, Count of Rezzano'''.

==Life==
Maria Isabella was born the only child of '''Duke Eugenio of Genoa''' and '''Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies'''.

In 1990, shortly after her father succeeded to the throne, he declared Maria Isabella to be his heir. In early 1991, this was approved by '''[[King Victor Emmanuel IV of Italy]]'''.

==Marriage and Issue==
On 29 April 1971, Maria Isabella married '''Alberto, Count of Rezzano''' in Genoa. The couple have three children, '''Vittorio, Carlo,''' and '''Maria Luce'''.
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Savoy Vittorio.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Vittorio, Hereditary Duke of Genoa]]
|27 February 1972
|
|[[Helena, Hereditary Duchess of Genoa|Princess Helena of Bavaria]] (m. 2007); has issue
|-
|[[File:Frioli Carlo.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Carlo, Hereditary Count of Rezzano]]
|18 July 1974
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|[[Antoinette di Bourbon-Parma]] (m. 2007); no issue
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|[[File:Savoy Maria Luce.png|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Princess Maria Luce of Genoa|Princess Maria Luce]]
|15 August 1978
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|Unmarried and without issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Genoa Ducal Palace.jpg|link=|Ducal Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November)
File:Residences Genoa Doria Palace.jpg|link=|Doria Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
File:Residences Sardinia Nobility Frioli Villa des Vergers.jpeg|link=|Villa des Vergers; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Sartorial Information==
===Tiara Collection===
<gallery>
File:Tiaras Genoa Maria Isabella Diamond and Pearl Kokoshnik 3.jpg|(1959) Diamond and Pearl Kokoshnik; 16th birthday gift from her parents
File:Tiaras Genoa Maria Isabella Aigrette Tiara.jpg|(1971) Aigrette Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents
File:Tiaras Genoa Maria Isabella Boucheron Wave Tiara.jpg|(1990) Boucheron Wave Tiara; Gift from her husband
</gallery>

===Clothing Collection===
Clothing Collection

==Titles and Honours==

*'''1943-1971'''   Princess Maria Isabella of Genoa
*'''1971-1990'''   Maria Isabella, Countess of Rezzano
*'''1990-1996'''   Maria Isabella, Hereditary Duchess of Genoa
*'''1996-present'''   Maria Isabella, Duchess of Genoa

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Italy_Order_of_the_Crown.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Crown (1961)

===Foreign Honours===
[[File:Honours_Italy_Order_of_the_Most_Holy_Annunciation.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (1997) (Italy)

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!Parents
!Grandparents
!Great-Grandparents
!Great-Great-Grandparents
|-
|[[Duke Eugenio of Genoa]]
|[[Duke Thomas of Genoa]]
[[Princess Isabella of Bavaria]]
|[[Duke Ferdinand I of Genoa]]
[[Princess Elisabeth of Saxony]]

[[Prince Adalbert of Bavaria]]

[[Infanta Amalia of Spain]]
|[[King Charles Albert of Sardinia]]
[[Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria]]

[[King John of Saxony]]

[[Princess Amalie Auguste of Bavaria]]

[[King Ludwig I of Bavaria]]

[[Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen]]

[[Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain]]

[[Princess Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies]]
|-
|[[Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies]]
|[[King Ferdinand III of the Two Sicilies]]
[[Princess Maria Ludwiga of Bavaria]]
|[[King Alphonse I of the Two Sicilies]]
[[Princess Maria Antonietta of the Two Sicilies]]

[[King Ludwig III of Bavaria]]

[[Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este]]
|[[King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies]]
[[Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy]]

[[Prince Francis of the Two Sicilies]]

[[Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria]]

[[Prince Luitpold of Bavaria]]

[[Archduchess Auguste Ferdinande of Austria]]

[[Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este]]

[[Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria]]
|}

==Lines of Succession==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |Maria Isabella, Duchess of Genoa
House of Savoy 

Born: 23 June 1943 
|-
| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Genoa|Genoese]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center><small>Incumbent</small>
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
'''[[Duke Eugenio of Genoa|<small>Eugenio</small>]]'''</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Vittorio, Hereditary Duke of Genoa]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Holland Taylor
[[Category:Genoa]]
[[Category:House Savoy]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Genoa]]
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