Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1 June 1901 – 16 October 1986) was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
Biography
She was born Principessa Iolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria di Savoia (English: Princess Yolanda Margaret Milena Elizabeth Romaine Mary of Savoy) in Rome, Italy, as the eldest child and daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. As a young woman she was a great sportswoman, particularly interested in swimming and riding.
During the Great War, newspapers published reports of her engagement to the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII, who was serving in Italy in 1918. There was no basis for these rumors, but they were resurrected in 1919 when Yolanda joined her mother Elena of Montenegro, her sister Princess Mafalda of Savoy, and the Duchess of Aosta (Princess Hélène of Orléans) on a visit to Paris, where the prince happened to be at the same time.[1]
After her marriage Yolanda lived in the town of Pinerolo, southwest of Turin.
In 1946, Yolanda and her family went into voluntary exile with her father in Alexandria, Egypt. After King Victor Emmanuel's death, Yolanda and her family returned to Italy, where they lived at Castelporziano.
Yolanda died in a hospital in Rome and is buried in Turin. The Giardini Principessa Iolanda in Naples are named after her.
Maria Ludovica Calvi di Bergolo (27 January 1924, Turin[4] – 19 July 2017, Rome) married Robert Gasche (1918 – 2011) in 1948 (div. 1975) and had issue:
Huberto-Omar (b. 1954)
Elena-Maria (Yela) (b. 1955)
Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (1 May 1925 – 7 May 1925)
Vittoria Calvi di Bergolo (22 June 1927, Turin[4] – March 1986, Garda), married in 1947 Guglielmo, Conte Guarienti di Brenzone and had issue:
Emanuela (b. 1948)
Agostino (b. 1951)
Guariente (b. 1954)
Guja Calvi di Bergolo[4] (b. 8 March 1930, Turin), married in 1951 Carlo nob. dei conti Guarienti and had issue:
Maria-Fardivia (1952 – 1971)
Delfinella (b. 1954)
Pier Francesco Calvi, Conte di Bergolo (22 December 1933, Turin – 18 June 2012, Rome), married in 1958[5]Marisa Allasio (born 1936). Had issue:
Carlo-Giorgio (b. 1959)
Anda (b. 1962)
Title, styles and honours
Title
1 June 1901 – 9 April 1923: Her Royal Highness Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Princess of Italy
9 April 1923 - 25 February 1977: Her Royal Highness Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Princess of Italy, Countess of Bergolo
25 February 1977 - 16 October 1986: Her Royal Highness Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Princess of Italy, Dowager Countess of Bergolo
^Nicolas Enache, La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg, Reine de Hongrie et de Boheme [Paris, 1996], pp. 201-202; Burke's Royal Families of the World [London, 1977], p. 367
