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Eugenio Alfonso di Savoia
5th Duca di Genova
(1906–96)

Other names: Eugenio Alfonso Carlo Maria Giuseppe

Biographical

5th Duca di Genova 1990–96†
Duca di Ancona 1906–96†
Knight of the Order of the Holy Annunciation [Italy]
Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus 1927 [Italy]
Knight of the Order of St Hubert [Bavaria]
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle [Prussia]
Knight of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta [Vatican]

Infantry colonel
Senator of the Kingdom of Italy

Eugenio moved to Brazil after the Republic of Italy was declared.

Place of birth: Turin
Place of marriage: Nymphenburg Castle, Munich
Place of death: Sao Paula, Brazil
Place of burial: Basilica of Superga

Son of Principe Tommaso di Savoia-Genova and Princess Isabella of Bavaria (Wittelsbach). He married Princess Lucia of the Two Sicilies (Bourbon) in 1938, and had issue.

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