Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa

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Prince Thomas
Duke of Genoa
Duke of Genoa
Predecessor	Prince Ferdinand, 1st Duke
Successor	Prince Ferdinand, 3rd Duke
Spouse	Princess Maria Isabella of Bavaria
Issue
Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa Prince Filiberto, Duke of Genoa Princess Bona Margherita Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo Princess Adelaide Prince Eugenio, Duke of Genoa
Full name
Italian: Tommaso Alberto Vittorio
Father	Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa
Mother	Princess Elizabeth of Saxony
Born	6 February 1854(1854-02-06) Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died	15 April 1931 (aged 77) Turin, Kingdom of Italy

Prince Tommaso Alberto Vittorio of Savoy-Genoa (Turin, February 6, 1854 - Turin, April 15, 1931), 2nd Duke of Genoa, also known as Thomas Albert Victor of Savoy-Carignan, was an Italian royal prince, nephew of the King of Sardinia, who on 18 February1861 became the first King of a united Italy. His cousin and brother-in-law Umberto I and his nephew Victor Emmanuel III became subsequent kings of Italy.

Thomas was born in Turin as the second child and only son of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, 1st Duke of Genoa, the second son of Charles Albert, King of Sardinia (1798-1849, abdicated 1848) and his wife Maria Theresa of Austria-Tuscany (1801-55). Thomas' mother was Princess Elizabeth of Saxony (1830-1912), daughter of King John I of Saxony (1801-73) and Princess Amalie of Bavaria (1801-77). Barely a year after his birth, on 10 February1855 his father died and Thomas inherited his title, becoming the 2nd Duke of Genoa.

With the accession of Victor Emmanuel II to the throne of Italy in 1861, Thomas, in common with all of the family members, became a prince of Italy.

During World War I the king, Victor Emanuel III, assumed the duties of Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and named the Duke of Genoa as Luogotenente, in which position he managed the civil affairs of the kingdom throughout the war.

Duke Thomas' elder sister Margherita of Savoy-Genoa (1851-1926) married King Umberto I of Italy. Her only child was king Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, who reigned starting from his father's murder in 1900.

Thomas died in 1931, leaving six adult children.

[edit] Family and children

In 1883 at Nymphenburg, Bavaria, he was married to Princess Maria Isabella of Bavaria (1863-1924), the eldest daughter of the late Prince Adalbert of Bavaria (1828-1875) and Infanta Amelia Philippina of Spain, Duchess of Bavaria (1834-1935), daughter of the Duke of Cadiz.

Their marriage produced the following children:

• Ferdinando (1884-1963), Prince of Udine, 3rd Duke of Genoa. Married Maria Luisa Alliaga Gandolfi dei conti di Ricaldone. Childless.
• Filiberto (1895-1990), Duke of Pistoia, 4th Duke of Genoa. Married princess Lydia von Arenberg. Childless.
• Bona Margherita (1896-1971). Married Prince Konrad of Bavaria (1883-1969), son of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Archduchess Gisela of Austria. Had children.
• Adalberto (1898-1982) Duke of Bergamo. Unmarried and childless.
• Adelaide (April 25, 1904 - February 8, 1979). Married Leone Massimo (January 25, 1896 - March 4, 1979), Prince of Arsoli etc.
• Eugenio (March 13, 1906 - December 8, 1996), Duke of Ancona, 5th Duke of Genoa. Married Princess Lucia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (July 9, 1908 - November 3, 2001). They emigrated to Sao Paolo, Brazil. One daughter:
  • Maria Isabella Elena Immacolata Barbara Anna Pace of Savoy Genoa (born 1943). Married Alberto Frioli di Rezzano (divorced), four children.

[edit] Ancestry

v • d • e Ancestors of Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa

16. Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignan               8. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan                       17. Josepha of Lorraine-Brionne               4. Charles Albert of Sardinia                             18. Carl Christian Joseph of Saxony, Duke of Courland               9. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony                       19. Franziska von Corvin-Krasinski               2. Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa                                   20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor               10. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany                       21. Maria Louisa of Spain               5. Maria Theresa of Tuscany                             22. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies               11. Princess Luisa of the Two Sicilies                       23. Marie Caroline of Austria               1. Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa                                         24. Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony               12. Prince Maximilian of Saxony                       25. Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria               6. John of Saxony                             26. Ferdinand, Duke of Parma               13. Princess Caroline of Parma                       27. Archduchess Marie Amalie of Austria               3. Princess Elizabeth of Saxony                                   28. Count Palatine Frederick Michael of Zweibrücken               14. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria                       29. Countess Palatine Maria Franziska of Sulzbach               7. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria                             30. Charles Louis, Hereditary Prince of Baden               15. Caroline of Baden                       31. Landgravine Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt

Preceded by Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa

Duke of Genoa 1855-1931

Succeeded by Ferdinand, 3rd Duke of Genoa