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Principessa Maria Cristina di Savoia-Aosta
(1933–)

Other names: Maria Cristina Giusta Elena Giovanna

Biographical

Dame Grand Cross of Justice of the Military Constantinian Order of Saint George [Italy]

During the Second World War, Maria Christina was deported to Austria by the Nazis, along with her sister and mother. The family was freed in 1945, and after the monarchy was abolished, they went into exile.

Place of birth: Miramare, near Trieste
Place of marriage: Iacarézinho, Paraná, Brazil

Daughter of Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta and Princesse Anne de France (Bourbon-Orléans). She married Prince Casimiro of the Two Sicilies (Borbone) in 1967, and had issue.

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