In 1867 King Vittorio Emanuele II authorised the marriage of his younger son Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, to Maria Vittoria del Pozzo.
Both Marina Ricolfi Doria and Maria Vittoria del Pozzo had noble ancestry (but not from a sovereign family) and significant wealth.
In one case the King (reigning) recognised the marriage as legal and dynastic. In the other case the King (in exile) recognised the marriage as legal but not as dynastic.
Were there Italian monarchists in the late 1960s who questioned this difference in treatment?
(Maria Vittoria del Pozzo was a princess. But such Italian principalities as della Cisterna are a dime a dozen and in no way comparable to sovereign houses.)
1094
Message Thread
« Back to index