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| Birth | 20 Dec 1860 Berlin, Germany |
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| Death | 10 Nov 1899 Roga, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany |
| Father | Johannes “Hermann” Stuttmeister (1826-1890) |
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| Mother | Henriette Theodore “Emma” Pöhlig (1834-1899) |
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A member of the House of Hohenzollern and child of Frederick III, German Emperor, Sophia received a liberal and Anglophile education, under the supervision of her mother Victoria, Princess Royal.
Victoria, Princess Royal (Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa;[1] 21 November 1840 – 5 August 1901) was German Empress and Queen of Prussia as the wife of German Emperor Frederick III. She was the eldest child of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and was created Princess Royal in 1841. As the eldest child of Queen Victoria, she was briefly her heir, until the birth of her younger brother and future King, Edward VII. She was the mother of Wilhelm II, German Emperor.
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is Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta (Aimone Umberto Emanuele Filiberto Luigi Amedeo Elena Maria Fiorenzo di Savoia-Aosta; born 13 October 1967) is one of two claimants to be head of the House of Savoy. Since November 2019, he has served as the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia.[1][2]
Education and career[edit]
Aimone was born in Florence the second child and only son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and his first wife, Princess Claude of Orléans.[3] Aimone attended the Francesco Morosini Naval Military School and Bocconi University.[4][5] After he completed his education, Aimone worked at JPMorgan Chase in the United Kingdom. He also served a period in the Italian Navy’s special forces (see Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei).[4]
Beginning in 2000, Aimone was the president of Pirelli operations in Russia.[4][6][7][8] Since 2012, he has also served as CEO of Pirelli Tyre’s Nordic division.[9] His contribution to deepening bilateral economic relations between Italy and Russia has been recognized by the authorities of both countries, by the appointment to the Order of Friendship of Russia and the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[10]
Marriage and children[edit]
Aimone’s engagement to Princess Olga of Greece, daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, was announced in May 2005. Olga and Aimone are second cousins; both being great-grandchildren of the French pretender Prince Jean, Duke of Guise. They are also second cousins-once-removed, as George I of Greece is Olga’s patrilineal great-grandfather and Aimone’s great-great-grandfather. Several falsely reported wedding dates marked what was to become a three-year engagement.[11][12][13] The couple finally wed on 16 September 2008 at the Italian embassy in Moscow, the city in which Aimone is employed. Their religious marriage took place on 27 September 2008 at Patmos.[14][15][16][17]
Aimone and Olga have three children, two sons and one daughter:[4]
- Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, born on 7 March 2009 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.[18][19] On 9 March 2009, Prince Umberto was granted the title Prince of Piedmont by his paternal grandfather. Upon his grandfather’s death he became heir apparent to the Dukedom.
- Prince Amedeo Michele of Savoy-Aosta, born on 24 May 2011 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. A day after his birth Amedeo was granted the title Duke of the Abruzzi by his paternal grandfather.[20]
- Princess Isabella Vita Marina of Savoy-Aosta, born on 14 December 2012 in Paris, France.[21][22] She was named in honor of Princess Isabelle of Orléans.
Dynastic issues[edit]
From his birth, Aimone was known as Duke of Apulia (duca delle Puglie).
On 7 July 2006, Aimone’s father, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, claimed the headship of the House of Savoy and the title Duke of Savoy, in opposition to his cousin Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples.[6][23] Amedeo defined Aimone as Duke of Aosta “in pectore“.[24]
Young princess fights for her claim to the (abolished) throne of Italy
Vittoria di Savoia is the first female heir to the Italian crown in 1,000 years.
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Italy may have abolished its monarchy 75 years ago, but having no real power hasn’t stopped its royal family from feuding.
Direct descendants of Italy’s last king are divided over who should lead the family. For thousands of years, only men in the family could rule. All that changed when the current head of the royal House of Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, issued a decree on his granddaughter’s 16th birthday granting her the power to eventually lead the family.
Princess Vittoria di Savoia — who is also a rising star on Instagram — is now the first woman in 1,000 years to become the family figurehead.MORE: Harry, Meghan deny report Queen Elizabeth not consulted over baby Lilibet’s name
“I think it’s a very important act, especially now in 2021 where women are standing so much for their rights,” she told ABC News in her first ever on-camera interview.
Vittoria’s father, Emanuele Filiberto, prince of Venice, said the move is a sign of the times.
Surely enough, Vittoria’s rise in royal ranks comes as more and more royal women across Europe are taking over their countries’ thrones.
“I think the next generation of royalties in Europe will mainly be women because if you look at Spain, if you look at Sweden, if you look at Norway, if you look at Belgium, England, well, we have a fantastic example with the Queen,” he said.
But, of course, there are those who oppose the young princess.MORE: Harry, Meghan deny claims they didn’t ask queen’s permission before naming daughter
In Russia, a separate branch of the family refuses to accept the new rules. Prince Aimone di Aosta, Vittoria’s distant cousin, declined ABC News’ request for comment, but told the New York Times Vittoria’s claim is “totally illegitimate.”
Vittoria’s father disagrees. He said the reason some don’t support Vittoria is because they wish they had her power.
“They were thinking without me having a male heir that finally it would come to them, but I think today times have changed, and we must stand with times and with modern times. So it’s normal that they’re not happy, and it’s very sad for them,” Emanuele said.
The Aostas are now contesting Vittoria’s claim through an age-old institution known as the Consulta dei Senatori del Regno, which Emanuele said was dissolved when the monarchy was abolished.
“Once my grandfather left Italy the Consulta died, so they recreated a fake Consulta with the same name to make believe,” Emanuele said.
The infighting between the Savoias and Aostas has gone on for decades, with Emanuele’s father even reportedly punching one of his cousins over the feud at the future king of Spain’s wedding.
“No, he did not punch him, he just gave him a nice, perhaps a bit too violent cuddle,” Emanuele joked.MORE: Prince Harry on royal family exit: ‘We chose to put our mental health 1st’
The irony, amid the royal drama, is that there’s no actual throne to fight over; Italy abolished its monarchy in 1946, with the last royals deemed too close to infamous dictator Benito Mussolini.
The Savoy family was eventually forced to go into exile, leaving behind their kingdom and numerous palaces built over the years by their ancestors. They were allowed to return to Italy in 2002, but Emanuele said the initial exile is further proof his side of the family is next in line to the (defunct) throne.
“We were in exile by the Italian Republic. We were the ones to go into exile because if monarchy were to come back, my father would have been king,” he said.
The family argues this fight is about much more than an imaginary crown, it’s about the family’s dynastic orders. Emanuele compared his royal family to a charitable organization and said they serve to promote Italy’s interests around the world.
“Everything I do, I do it for Italy,” he said.
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“The role of the monarchy is to have someone above politics. It’s like a flag. The queen or the king is a person that represents all the people of this country,” he said.
It’s why he thinks it’s a shame the duke and duchess of Sussex decided to step back from their duties as members of the British royal family.
“It’s not a red carpet, it’s not a movie scene, it’s real life, but another side I think she was prepared. She knew where she was going, so I personally think it’s sad to spit in the plate where you eat,” he said.
Speaking of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s exit from the monarchy, the prince of Venice said he believes the royal platform is too important to give up.
“Perhaps it’s difficult to understand in America, but when you come from a royal family you grow up with those titles, with those values, with those duties, and it’s part of you and to lose the titles, to lose what he (Prince Harry) was born to be — it’s extremely difficult. It’s a pity to give up,” said Emanuele. “They had so much to give to England, so much to do in England.”
Emanuele is now working on several documentaries on the House of Savoy, and is franchising his Italian restaurant in Los Angeles, “The Prince of Venice.”
As for Vittoria, she is now preparing to become the family figurehead. No princess lessons are involved, but she is spending time learning about her family history and getting to know Italy.
“I feel and I know that I have big responsibilities and I’m preparing myself for it,” she said. “We still have so much more to do and I’m very, very grateful and I will fight for this.”
Her father has pushed her to develop a good work ethic, which is why she recently interned at the Hotel Alfred Sommier, “cleaning the rooms and serving dinner at the restaurant,” according to Emanuele.
“It’s very important. It’s important to work. It’s important to realize that gaining money is difficult and you must be respectful,” he said.
Despite the controversy surrounding her position as a royal, Vittoria has no plans to relinquish her claim to the Aostas.
And while it currently doesn’t look like monarchy will make a true comeback in Italy, Emanuele said, “Never say never.”
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| Prince Aimone | |
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| Duke of Aosta Duke of Spoleto | |
| King of Croatia | |
| Nominal reign | 18 May 1941 – 31 July 1943 |
| Prime minister | Ante Pavelić |
| Born | 9 March 1900 Turin, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 29 January 1948 (aged 47) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Burial | 31 January 1948 Basilica of Superga[1] |
| Spouse | Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark(m. 1939) |
| Issue | Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta |
| NamesItalian: Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe Torino di Savoia-Aosta | |
| House | Savoy |
| Father | Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta |
| Mother | Hélène of Orléans |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta (Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe Torino; 9 March 1900 – 29 January 1948) was a prince of Italy’s reigning House of Savoy and an officer of the Royal Italian Navy. The second son of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta he was granted the title Duke of Spoleto on 22 September 1904. He inherited the title Duke of Aosta on 3 March 1942 following the death of his brother Prince Amedeo, in a British prisoner of war camp in Nairobi.
From 18 May 1941 to 31 July 1943, he was designated king of the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) though he never ruled there.[2] He formally accepted the position and took the name Tomislav II, after the first Croatian king.[3][4] Later, however, he refused to assume the kingship in protest of the Italian annexation of the Dalmatia region,[5] and is therefore referred to in some sources as king designate.[6][7][8][9] Regardless, many sources refer to him as King Tomislav II and the nominal head of the NDH during its first two years (1941–1943).[10][11][12][13][14] After the dismissal of Mussolini on 25 July 1943, the prince abdicated on 31 July as king on the orders of Victor Emmanuel III.
Early life[edit]
Prince Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe Torino of Savoy-Aosta was born in Turin the second son of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (eldest son of Prince Amedeo, 1st Duke of Aosta (and sometime “King Amadeo I of Spain”) by his wife, née Vittoria dal Pozzo, Principessa della Cisterna) and Princess Hélène of Orléans (daughter of Philippe, comte de Paris, and Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans). As his patrilinal great-grandfather was King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, he was a member of the House of Savoy.
With his brother Amedeo, he was educated at St David’s College, Reigate, Surrey, England, and Aimone later went to study at the naval academy in Livorno.[15] On 1 April 1921, Prince Aimone became a member of the Italian Senate. Princes of the House of Savoy became members of the Senate at age 21, obtaining the right to vote at age 25.[16]
In 1929, twenty years after his uncle Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi had attempted to climb K2 in Karakoram, Prince Aimone led an expedition to Karakorum. A member of the expedition was Ardito Desio. Due to the failure to climb K2 twenty years earlier, Prince Aimone’s expedition concentrated solely on scientific work.[17][18] He was afterwards awarded the 1932 Royal Geographical Society‘s Patron’s Medal for his work.[19]
Marriage and issue[edit]
After being romantically linked with Infanta Beatriz of Spain, the daughter of King Alfonso XIII,[20] he married, on 1 July 1939 at the church of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence, Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, daughter of King Constantine I and Princess Sophie of Prussia.[21]
They had one son, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, born in 1943.
War years[edit]
Croatian throne[edit]
Designation of Aimone as king of Croatia on 18 May 1941. In front of him poglavnik Pavelić with the Croatian delegation
On 18 May 1941, in a ceremony at the Quirinal Palace, to which Ante Pavelić, the leader of the nazist Ustaše movement that had assumed power in Croatia in April 1941 after the invasion of Yugoslavia, led a delegation of Croats requesting that Italy’s King Victor Emmanuel III name a member of the House of Savoy as king of Croatia. The Independent State of Croatia was a fascist puppet state that was partly under Italian and German control, covering most of present-day states of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, but its leaders tried to assert their legitimacy by instating a monarchy that would resemble the medieval Croatian state.
Aimone was then officially named king by his cousin Victor Emmanuel III.[22] On assuming the Crown of Zvonimir he took the regnal name Tomislav II. Originally on learning that he had been named king of Croatia he told close colleagues that he thought his nomination was a bad joke by his cousin King Victor Emmanuel III, though he accepted the crown out of a sense of duty.[23] The Italian Foreign Minister and Benito Mussolini‘s son in law, and Count Ciano‘s informants said of Aimone “The Duke doesn’t give a damn about Croatia and wants only money, money and more money.”[24] Ciano’s diary noted a conversation between Aimone and himself, where Aimone was “proud of having been chosen King of Croatia, but has no exact idea of what he is supposed to do and is vaguely uneasy about it”.[25]
He was due to be crowned in Duvno (Tomislavgrad), in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, but he refused to go to there due to the “Dalmatian question” which arose due to Italy taking some of Dalmatia’s coastal territory. Aimone felt that Dalmatia “was a land that could never be Italianized” and was an obstacle to Italo-Croatian reconciliation.[26] Other reasons why he never went to Croatia were because of an ongoing insurgency, and that his safety could not be guaranteed.[24] Because of this he exercised what little power he had from Italy and Hungary,[27] however he never held any real authority throughout his reign as the Ustaše government had deprived the monarchy of most powers and reduced the status of the king to that of a figurehead.[23] Count Gyula Cseszneky was the counselor to the king for Croatian affairs. Prince Aimone also established a Croatian office in Rome where he received confidential reports, official documents, and military, political and economic information from Croatia.[28]
After the fall of the Fascist regime in Italy, Aimone abdicated as king of Croatia on 31 July 1943 on the orders of Victor Emmanuel III.[27][29][30][31]
Prince Aimone succeeded to the title duke of Aosta on 3 March 1942, following the death of his elder brother Prince Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, in a British prisoner of war camp in Kenya.
In the autumn of 1942, Aimone contacted Allied forces via his courier, the consul general Alessandro Marieni, about the possibility of a peace settlement between Italy and allied forces.[32] Secret talks would continue into 1943, motivated in part by the aim of preserving the royal dynasty of Savoy.[32]
Aftermath[edit]
In the latter months of World War II, he became the commander of the Italian Naval Base of Taranto but he was dismissed from his post for his criticism of the judges that had found General Mario Roatta guilty of war crimes.[33] During his naval career he reached the rank of Squadron Admiral.
Death[edit]
In 1947 following the birth of the Italian Republic the previous year, Prince Aimone left Italy for South America.[34] Just a year after his arrival, he suddenly died on 29 January 1948 in his temporary residence, a private suite at the Alvear Palace Hotel in the French Borough of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, while his entourage was arranging his permanent residency documents and the purchase of his new home in Argentina.[35] The claim to the Aosta ducal title passed to his son Prince Amedeo.
Honours[edit]
National[edit]
Independent State of Croatia: Sovereign Knight Commander of the Military Order of the Iron Trefoil, 1st Class- Independent State of Croatia: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of King Zvonimir, Special Class
- Independent State of Croatia: Sovereign Recipient of the Medal of the Crown of King Zvonimir
- Italy: Knight Grand Collar of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation[36][37]
- Italy: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
- Italy: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the Crown of Italy
- Italy: Knight Grand Cordon of the Military Order of Savoy
- Italy: Knight of the Civil Decoration of Savoy
- Italy: Recipient of the Silver Medal of Military Valor
- Italy: Recipient of the Bronze Medal of Military Valor
- Italy: Recipient of the Medal of Military Valor
- Italy: Recipient of the Medal of Honour for Long-time Maritime Navigation
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 1st Class
Foreign[edit]
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III[38]
Greece: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer[37]
Iran: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Pahlavi[39]
Romania: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Carol I[37]
United Kingdom: Recipient of the Victory Medal
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