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Principessa Maria Gabriella of Italy
(1940–)

Other names: Maria Gabriella Giuseppa Aldegonda Adelaide Margherita Ludovica Felicità Gennara

Biographical

Dame of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, res 2006 [Italy]

Maria Gabriella recognised her cousin, Amedeo di Savoia, Duca d'Aosta, as Head of the Royal House of Savoy.

Place of birth: Naples
Place of marriage: Saint-Mesme (civil); Eze-sir-Mer (religious)

Daughter of King Umberto II of Italy and Princess Marie José of Belgium (Saxe-Coburg). She married Robert Zellinger de Balkany (†2015), his second marriage, in 1939, divorcing in 1990, and had issue.

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