Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa

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Princess Bona Margherita
Princess Konrad of Bavaria
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Princess Bona shortly after her marriage to Prince Konrad in May 1921.
Born (1896-08-01)1 August 1896
Castle d'Agliè, Piedmont
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Rome, Italy
Burial Andechs Abbey, Germany
Spouse Prince Konrad of Bavaria
Issue Princess Amalie Isabella of Bavaria
Prince Eugen of Bavaria
Full name
Italian: Maria Bona Margherita Albertina
House House of Savoy-Genoa (by birth)
House of Wittelsbach (by marriage)
Father Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa
Mother Princess Isabella of Bavaria
Religion Roman Catholicism

Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa (Maria Bona Margherita Albertina; later Princess Konrad of Bavaria; 1 August 1896 – 2 February 1971) was a daughter of Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and Princess Isabella of Bavaria.[1] Since her 1921 marriage to Prince Konrad of Bavaria, she was known by the style Princess Konrad of Bavaria.

Family and early life

Bona Margherita was the third of six children born to Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria. Her father was a grandson of King Charles Albert of Sardinia. Among her siblings were Ferdinando, 3rd Duke of Genoa; Filiberto, 4th Duke of Genoa; and Eugenio, 5th Duke of Genoa. Her mother Isabella was a granddaughter of Ludwig I of Bavaria.

Through her aunt Margherita of Savoy, she was a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.

Bona Margherita was born at Castle d'Agliè, Piedmont.[2] Her father had bought the eleventh-century castle right before his marriage with Isabella. They passed their honeymoon there.[2]

Marriage

On 8 January 1921, Bona Margherita married her second cousin, Prince Konrad of Bavaria.[1] He was the youngest son of Prince Leopold of Bavaria and Archduchess Gisela of Austria. Through his father, he was a great-grandson of Ludwig I of Bavaria, and through both parents was a grandson of Franz Joseph I of Austria. The wedding took place at the Castle Agliè in Piedmont, Italy (where she was born). It was attended by King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Crown Prince Umberto, and the Duke of Aosta, among others.[2] The wedding is notable for being the first royal marriage between two enemy houses since World War I began and ended.[2] It was also remarkable as a gathering of royals representing the Houses of Habsburg, Savoy, and Wittelsbach.[2]

The couple had two children:

Later life

At the end of the Second World War, Prince Konrad was arrested by the French military at Hinterstein. He was brought to Lindau and temporarily interned in the hotel Bayerischer Hof, together with among others the German Crown Prince Wilhelm and the former Nazi diplomat Hans Georg von Mackensen. Princess Bona, who worked during the war as a nurse, stayed afterwards with her relatives in Savoy. She was prohibited from entering Germany and was not reunited with her family until 1947. In later years Prince Konrad worked on the Board of German automaker NSU.

Bona Margherita died on 2 February 1971 in Rome.[1] Her tomb can be found in the church of the Andechs Abbey, in Germany. Her husband Prince Konrad died on 6 September 1969.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles Albert of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Maria Christina of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Maria Theresa of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Luisa of Naples and Sicily
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Prince Maximilian of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. John of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Caroline of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Elizabeth of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Caroline of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (=22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Ludwig I of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Isabella of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Charles IV of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Maria Luisa of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Infanta Amelia of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Maria Isabella of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 


Titles, styles, honours, and arms

Titles and styles

  • 1 August 1896 – 8 January 1921: Her Royal Highness Princess Bona Margherita of Savoy-Genoa
  • 8 January 1921 - 2 February 1971: Her Royal Highness Princess Konrad of Bavaria

References

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