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Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo
6th Princess of Cisterna d'Asti and of Belriguardo
Queen consort of Spain
Tenure	16 November 1870 – 11 February 1873
6th Princess of Cisterna d'Asti and of Belriguardo
Tenure	26 March 1864 – 8 November 1876
Predecessor	Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo
Successor	Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy
Born	Maria Vittoria Carlotta Enrichetta Giovanna dal Pozzo (1847-08-09)9 August 1847 Paris, France
Died	8 November 1876(1876-11-08) (aged 29) Sanremo, Italy
Burial	Basilica of Superga
Spouse	Amadeo I of Spain ​(m. 1867)​
Issue	Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi
House	Pozzo
Father	Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo
Mother	Louise de Mérode

Maria Vittoria Carlotta Enrichetta Giovanna dal Pozzo, 6th Princess of Cisterna d'Asti and of Belriguardo (9 August 1847 – 8 November 1876), was an Italian noblewoman who was Queen of Spain from 16 November 1870 until 11 February 1873 as the wife of King Amadeo I. Maria Vittoria inherited her princely title after the death of her father. In 1867, she married Amadeo, then Duke of Aosta, second son of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. In 1870, her husband became the king of Spain, making her queen consort. King Amadeo abdicated after a reign of less than three years, and he and Maria Vittoria returned to Italy. She died in Sanremo, Italy, in 1876.

Early life

She was the eldest and only surviving child of Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo della Cisterna, 5th Prince of Cisterna d'Asti and of Belriguardo, and his wife, Countess Louise de Mérode-Westerloo. Upon the death of her father in 1864, she inherited his noble titles and thus became the Princess of Cisterna d'Asti and of Belriguardo, Marquise of Voghera and Countess of Ponderano, among other titles, in her own right.

Marriage

On 30 May 1867 in Turin, she married Prince Amadeo of Savoy, the Duke of Aosta and second son of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy. An urban legend circulates that claims numerous tragedies to have befallen the wedding of Maria Vittoria and the Duke of Aosta.

Her husband was elected to occupy the vacant Spanish throne on 16 November 1870. She lived a discreet life in Spain and only involved herself in charity. Amadeo resigned from his position on 11 February 1873, and he and Maria Vittoria returned to Italy. Her health was damaged by the trip and childbirth, and she died later that year of tuberculosis in Sanremo.

Issue

1. Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of Aosta (13 January 1869 – 4 July 1931), Marshal of Italy, married to Princess Hélène of Orléans and had issue.
2. Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Aosta, Count of Turin (24 November 1870 – 10 October 1946), died unmarried.
3. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta, Duke of the Abruzzi (29 January 1873 – 18 March 1933), Vice Admiral in the Italian Royal Navy, died unmarried.

Honours

•  Kingdom of Italy : Dame Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.
•  Austria-Hungary : Dame of the Order of the Starry Cross.

Ancestry

References

1. ^ de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ‘’Le Petit Gotha’’. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 612 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
2. Death and the Wedding Party
3. Find a grave
4. ^ Mediterranean Nobility

• 1847 births
• 1876 deaths
• 19th-century Italian nobility
• 19th-century Italian women
• 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis
• House of Pozzo
• Princes della Cisterna
• House of Savoy
• Princesses in Italy
• Duchesses of Aosta
• Nobility from Paris
• Burials at the Basilica of Superga
• Tuberculosis deaths in Italy
• Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
• Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel
• Infectious disease deaths in Liguria
• Amadeo I of Spain