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Principe Tommaso Alberto di Savoia
2nd Duca di Genova
(1854–1931)

Other names: Tommaso Alberto Vittorio

Biographical

2nd Duca di Genova 1855–1931†
Knight of the Order of the Holy Annunciation 1872 [Italy]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus [Italy]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Italy [Italy]
Knight of the Order of St Hubert [Bavaria]
Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece 1888 [Spain]
Knight of the Order of the Crown of Saxony [Saxony]
Knight of the Order of the Iron Crown [Prussia]
Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle [Prussia]
Knight of the Order of the Seraphim [Sweden]
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III 1887 [Spain]
Knight of the Order of St Andrew [Russia]
Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Order of Malta [Vatican]
Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Constantinian Order of St George

Senator of the Kingdom of Italy
Lieutenant general 1918–19
Regent of Italy 1915–18
Lieutenant of the Kingdom of Italy 1915–19
Admiral 1901

Tommaso was a seaman, and since he was a boy he showed a true vocation for the seafaring life. After attending the naval schools of Brighton, Harrow and Genoa, he sailed for a long time. He joined the navy in 1879, and as captain, he commanded a 30-month cruise in the seas of China and Japan, aboard the Vittor Pisani. He wrote an interesting report on this cruise, which was published in 1881. As admiral, he commanded the team that visited Toulon to confirm Italy's desire for a friendly relationship with France and to demonstrate the absence of any aggression in the Triple Alliance towards her. At the outbreak of the war in 1918 he was appointed lieutenant general of the king, with the power to provide, during the absence of the head of state from the capital, for ordinary administrative affairs and for acts of an urgent nature.

Place of birth: Turin
Place of marriage: Nymphenburg
Place of death: Turin
Place of burial: Basilica of Superga

Son of Ferdinando Maria of Sardinia (Savoy) and Marie Elisabeth, Princess of Saxony (Wettin). He married Isabella, Princess of Bavaria (Wittelsbach) in 1883, and had issue

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