Princess Yolanda of Savoy

Princess Yolanda
Countess of Bergolo
Born	(1901-06-01)1 June 1901 Rome, Italy
Died	16 October 1986(1986-10-16) (aged 85) Rome, Italy
Burial	Monumental Cemetery, Turin
Spouse	Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo
Issue	Maria Ludovica Calvi di Bergolo Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo Vittoria Calvi di Bergolo Guia-Anna Calvi di Bergolo Pier Francesco Calvi, Count of Bergolo
Full name Iolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria di Savoia
House	Savoy
Father	Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Mother	Elena of Montenegro
Religion	Roman Catholic

Princess Yolanda of Savoy (1 June 1901 – 16 October 1986) was the eldest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Princess Elena of Montenegro, and the sister of Umberto II, the last king of Italy.

Life

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 a young woman she was a great sportswoman, particularly interested in swimming and riding.

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.

Marriage and children

On 9 April 1923 at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, she married Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo (15 March 1887, Athens – 25 February 1977, Rome). They had five children:

• Maria Ludovica Calvi di Bergolo (born 24 January 1924, Turin), married Robert Gasche (born 1918) in 1949 (div. 1975) and had issue:
  • Uberto Imar Gasche, born 1954, married Donna Imara Ruffo di Calabria (granddaughter of Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria) and had issue;
  • Helene Gasche, born 1955.
• Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (born and died 1925, Pinerolo), died of bronchial pneumonia at six days old;
• Vittoria Calvi di Bergolo (22 June 1927, Turin – March 1985); married Guglielmo, Count Guarienti di Brenzone (1919, Verona – 4 September 2006) in 1947. Had issue:
  • Emanuela Guarienti di Brenzone (born 1948), married Gregorio Sammartini and had issue;
  • Agostino Guarienti, Count di Brenzone (born 10 January 1951), married Diana Gemma Sagramoso and had issue;
  • Guariente Guarienti di Brenzone (born 1954).
• Guia-Anna Calvi di Bergolo (born 8 March 1930), married in 1951 to Carlo Guarienti (born 1923). Had issue:
  • Maria Faldivia Guarienti (1952–1971);
  • Delfinella Guarienti (born 1954), married Ranieri Randaccio and had issue.
• Pier Francesco Calvi, Count of Bergolo (22 December 1933, Turin – 18 June 2012, Rome), married in 1958 to Marisa Allasio (born 1936). Had issue:
  • Carlo Giorgio Calvi, Count of Bergolo (b. 1959);
  • Anda Calvi di Bergolo (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

Honours

National honours

• House of Savoy: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus^[1][2]
  •  Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, 3rd First Class^[1]

Ancestry

Bibliography

• "Iolanda's Wedding Festivities Start", New York Times, April 8, 1923, p. 3.
• "Iolanda and Calvi Meet Italian Court", New York Times, April 9, 1923, p. 19.
• "Iolanda Wedded to Her War Hero While Crowd Cheers", New York Times, April 10, 1923, p. 1 and 3.
• "Royal Wedding in Rome", The Times, April 10, 1923, p. 12.
• "Princess Yolanda's Wedding", The Times, April 12, 1923, p. 16.
• "Princes Jolanda" [obituary], New York Times, October 18, 1986, p. 9.

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