Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta
Italian noblewoman
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Place of Birth: 1st arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Maria Letizia Bonaparte, Duchess of Aosta
- Maria Letizia Bonaparte (Marie Laetitia Eugénie Catherine Adélaïde; 20 November 1866 – 25 October 1926) was one of three children born to Prince Napoléon and his wife Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy.
- In 1888 she married Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta, the former king of Spain and her uncle.
- Maria Letizia became the Duchess of Aosta, Duke of Aosta being a title by which Amadeus was known before and after his kingship.
- Their marriage was instrumental in almost reviving French hopes of reinstating the Bonaparte dynasty into a position of power, as seen in the days of Napoleon III.
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