Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta

Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta (Maria Cristina Giusta Elena Giovanna; born 12 September 1933) is an Italian princess, and a member of the House of Savoy-Aosta by birth.
Family
Maria Cristina is the second and youngest daughter of Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, Italian Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East Africa during World War II, and his wife .<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/>
Marriage and issue
Maria Cristina married Prince Casimir of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, son of Prince Gabriel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies and his second wife, Princess Cecylia Lubomirska, on 29 January 1967 in Jacarezinho, Brazil.<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/> Maria Cristina and Casimir have four children:<ref namethePeerage/><ref nameOnlineGotha/>
*Prince Luís Alfonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 28 November 1970 in Rio de Janeiro) married in 1998, Christina Apovian (born 20 May 1969 in São Paulo). They have divorced. They have one daughter. He remarried Maria da Glória Ganem Rubião and had three children:
**Princess Anna Sofia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 9 April 1999 in São Paulo)
**Princess Maria Isabel of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2012)
**Princess Maria Fernanda of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2014)
**Prince Pedro Afonso of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (2014)
*Princess Anna Cecilia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 24 December 1971 in São Paulo) married on 18 August 2005, Count Rodolphe de Vincens de Causans. They have two children:
**Count Amedeo de Vincens de Causans (born 8 May 2006 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)
**Countess Victoria de Vincens de Causans (born 13 May 2009 in Neuilly-sur-Seine)
*Princess Elena Sofia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 10 September 1973 in São Paulo)
*Prince Alexander Henrique of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (born 9 August 1974 in São Paulo), ordained a priest in Rome on 22 December 2007
Titles and styles
*12 September 1933 - 12 May 1946: Her Serene Highness Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta
*12 May 1946 - 29 January 1967: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta
*29 January 1967 - present: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Princess of Savoy-Aosta
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