Otto Heinrich, Prince Consort of Italy
| HM The Prince Consort of Italy | |
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| Titles | Prince Consort of Italy |
| Reign | 3 Feb 2024 - present |
| Coronation | 28 October 2024 |
| Predecessor | Princess Irina of Romania |
| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 13 February 1988 (age 37)
Brunswick, Hanover, Germany |
| Spouse | Victoria, Queen of Italy
(m. 2012) |
| Issue | Umberto, Prince of Piedmont |
| Name | Otto Heinrich Ariprand George Johannes
Ernst August Vinzenz Egmont Franz |
| House | Hanover |
| Father | Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover |
| Mother | Countess Isabella of Valassina-Como-Vercelli |
| Religion | Lutheran |
Otto Heinrich, Prince Consort of Italy (born Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover on 13 February 1988) is a member of the Italian Royal Family as the current Prince consort. He is also a member of the Hanoverian Royal Family as the nephew of Ernest Augustus V, King of Hanover.
Life
Otto Heinrich was born the only child of Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover and Countess Isabella of Valassina-Como-Vercelli.
On 29 November 1988, Princess Isabella died of a drug overdose. That same night, while authorities were investigating the death, Prince Ludwig Rudolph slipped away and was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound a few miles away. Subsequently, Otto Heinrich was taken into the household of the King and Queen of Hanover, and raised alongside their children.
Shortly before his 2012 wedding, his future father-in-law, King Victor Emmanuel IV of Italy, made Otto Heinrich a Prince of Sardinia and Italy in his own right and bestowed upon him the ancestral title of Duke of Savoy.
Marriage and Issue
On 16 June 2012, Otto Heinrich married Victoria, Princess of Piedmont in Rome. Victoria and Otto Heinrich have four children, Umberto, Felicitas, Giovanna, and Isabella.
| Photo | Name | Birth | Death | Marriage |
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Umberto, Prince of Piedmont | 1 December 2013 | ||
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Princess Felicitas | 20 June 2015 | ||
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Princess Giovanna | 12 February 2020 | ||
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Princess Isabella | 19 October 2023 |
Residences
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Quirinale Palace; Main Residence (March-May; September-November) -
Royal Palace of Turin; Winter Residence (December-February) -
Palazzo Stupinigi; Summer Residence (June-August) -
Marienburg Castle; Summer Residence (June-August)
Titles and Honours
- 1988-2012 Prince Otto Heinrich of Hanover
- 2012-2024 Prince Otto Heinrich, Duke of Savoy
- 2024-present Otto Heinrich, Prince Consort of Italy
National Honours
Order of the Most Holy Annunciation (2024)
Order of the Crown (2012)
Foreign Honours
Order of St. George (2012) (Hanover)
Royal Guelphic Order (2006) (Hanover)
Ancestry
| Parents | Grandparents | Great-Grandparents | Great-Great-Grandparents |
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| Prince Ludwig Rudolph of Hanover | King Ernest Augustus IV of Hanover | King Ernest Augustus III of Hanover
Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia |
King Ernest Augustus II of Hanover
Princess Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein Duke Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein Princess Adelheid of Schaumburg-Lippe |
| Countess Isabella of Valassina-Como-Vercelli | Ariprand, Count of Valassina-Como-Vercelli
Princess Maria of Auersperg |
Alexander, Count of Valassina-Como-Vercelli
Countess Alice of Vchynic-Tetova Prince Franz of Auersperg Princess Hedwig of Lobkowicz |
Georg Friedrich, Count of Valassina-Como-Vercelli
Countess Eugenie of Falkenstein Zdenko, Count of Vchynic-Tetova Countess Georgina of Tolna Eduard, Prince of Auersperg Princess Maria of Schonburg-Hartenstein Ferdinand, Prince of Lobkowicz Countess Anna of Neipperg |
Lines of Succession
| Otto Heinrich, Prince Consort of Italy
House of Hanover Born: 13 February 1988 | ||
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