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Royal Profile: Azaea Corvalán-Reyna y de Saboya

Azaea Beatrice Corvalán-Reyna y de Saboya was born 11 November 1973 as the daughter of Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Luis Reyna-Corvallan y Dillon { Source }. She had two brothers{ Source }: Prince Rafaello of Savoy (1970-1994, suicide) Margaret Beatty Tyler (b.1966, engaged, did not marry) Uriel Tyler (1994) Prince Patrizio of Savoy (1971-1971) She married Arturo Pando y Mundet in 1996{ Source }. Together they have one daughter{ Source }: Marie José Pando y Corvalán-Reyna (1996) She is a maternal granddaughter of the last King of Italy, Umberto II { Source }. Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont , Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia , Princess Helene of Yugoslavia , Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia & Prince Michael of Yugoslavia are her cousins.

Royal Profile: Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma

Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Bourbon-Parma was born Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Savoy on 24 September 1934 as the first child of Umberto II of Italy and Marie-José of Belgium{ Source }.She was the eldest of four children { Source }: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937) Marina, Princess of Naples (1935, m. 1971) Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice (1972) Clotilde, Princess of Venice (1972) Princess Vittoria of Savoy (2003) Princess Luisa of Savoy (2006) Moses di Savoy (adopted 2011) Alan di Savoy (adopted 2011) Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (1940) Robert Zellinger de Balkany (1931-2015, m. 1969, div 1990) Marie Elizabeth Zellinger de Balkany Jassens (1972) Olivier Janssens (1964, m. 2002) Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens (2004) Tommaso Janssens (2005) Paul-Louis Janssens (2009) Victor Janssens (2014) Princess Maria Beatrice Caroline of Savoy (1943) L...

Royal Profile: Princess Luisa of Savoy

Princess Luisa Giovanna Agata Gavina Bianca Maria of Savoy is the younger of the two biological children of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont & his wife, French actress Clotilde Courau , and was born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland{ Source }. She has three younger siblings: Princess Vittoria of Savoy (2003) Moses di Savoy (adopted 2011) Alan di Savoy (adopted 2011) She is a great-grandchild of the last King of Italy and the granddaughter of the present pretender to the throne, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples , and his wife Marina. She also has two adopted brothers who were adopted from Kenya in January 2011, Alan and Moses, and a sister named Vittoria, who was born in 2003 { Source }. I imagine the family is living a relatively normal life in either France or Switzerland, where she likely goes to school. I also imagine that with a French mother and Italian father, she speaks at least both French and Italian.

Royal Profile: Marie José Pando y Corvalán-Reyna

Marie José Pando y Corvalán-Reyna was born 23 July 1996 as the only child of Azaea Beatrice Corvalan-Reyna y de Saboya and Arturo Pando y Mundet { Source }. Her maternal grandparents are Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Luis Rafael Reyna-Corvallán y Dillon { Source }. Through her maternal grandmother, she is a great granddaughter of the last King of Italy, Umberto II and Queen Marie José of Italy { Source }. She is named for her great grandmother, Queen Marie José of Italy { Source }. It's likely that Marie José lives a fairly normal life.

Royal Profile: Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont

Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont was born 22 June 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland the only child of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples & his wife Marina Doria. He grew up mostly in Switzerland, dreaming about one day returning to Italy as its King. He was set to attend the Gamma Institute in Lausanne to study architecture, but his knack for finance led him to a career in International banking. During his international banking career, he was led to the US and Switzerland. He established the Altin Fund , and in 2001, he established the Prince of Venice Foundation. He left banking in 2002, and shortly thereafter left Switzerland.He also established the Emanuele Filiberto Charity Fund Foundation. He began his television career in 1994 in Switzerland, working as a commentor on foreign soccer matches. He took a 15 year hiatus from television to work in banking. In 2009, he embarked on a new career: television personality. He appeared on the Italian version of Dancing with...

Royal Profile: Paul-Louis Janssens

Paul-Louis Janssens was born 1 June 2009 as the third child of Marie-Elisabeth Zellinger de Balkany Jassens and Oliver Janssens { Source }. He has two older siblings and a younger brother{ Source }: Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens (2004) Tommaso Janssens (2005) Paul-Louis Janssens ( 2009) Victor Janssens (2014) Through his  mother , he is a grandson of Robert Zellinger de Balkany and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy { Source }. Through his maternal  grandmother , he is a great grandson of Umberto II of Italy. Due to his royal lineage being from the female line, he is not in succession for the defunct royal throne and likely leads a normal life.

Royal Profile: Clotilde, Princess of Venice and Piedmont

Clotilde, Princess of Venice and Piedmont was born 3 April 1969 as the daughter of Jean-Claude Courau and Catherinedu Pontavice des Renardières. She has three sisters named Christiane, Camille, and Capucine Courau. She began an acting career in the late 1980s/Early 1990s. In the 1990s, she won numerous awards. She was nominated for a César for Most Promising Actress. She won an European Film Award for Best Actress for the film Le Petit Criminel ( The Little Crimina l,1990). In 1995 she won the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti at the SACD Awards. Other nominations for Césars included a best supporting actress nomination and Most Promising Actress nominations for Élisa (1996).  She was also named as one of European cinema's Shooting Stars by European Film Promotion in 1998.  In 2000, she won the Prix Romy Schneider.  She received the honor of being named Dame of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France.She was also featured in the American film Deterrence . Her engageme...

Royal Profile: Gabriella Janssens

Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens was born on 7 March 2004 as the first child of Marie Elisabeth Zellinger de Balkany and Oliver Janssens { Source }. She has three younger brothers{ Source }: Tomasso Janssen (2005) Paul-Louis Janssens ( 2009) Victor Janssens (2014) Through her mother, she is a granddaughter of Robert Zellinger de Balkany and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy { Source }. Through her maternal grandmother, she is a great granddaughter of Umberto II of Italy. Due to her royal lineage being from the female line, she is not in succesion for the defunct royal throne and likely leads a normal life. She shares a birthday with Princess Sophie of Prussia.

Royal Profile: Marie-Elisabeth Zellinger de Balkany Jassens

Marie-Elisabeth Zellinger de Balkany Jassens was born on 2 March 1972 as the only child of Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy and Robert Zellinger de Balkany { Source } . Through her mother, she is a granddaughter of the last King of Italy, King Umberto II & Princess Marie José de Belgique { Source }. Her parents separated when she was four years old, but didn't divorce officially until she was legally considered an adult in 1990 { Source }. Not much is known about her childhood. She civilly married Olivier Janssens on 31 October 2002, which was followed by a religious ceremony the following spring in April 2003 { Source }. Together, they have the following children{ Source }: Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens (2004) Tommaso Janssens (2005) Paul-Louis Janssens ( 2009) Victor Janssens (2014)

Royal Profile: Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy

Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy was born 24 February 1940 as the third child of The Prince and Princess of Piedmont who were later King Umberto II & Princess Marie José de Belgique { Source }. She has two older siblings and a younger sister{ Source }: Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Bourbon-Parma (1934) Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (m 1955) Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937) Marina, Princess of Naples (1935, m. 1971) Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice (1972) Clotilde, Princess of Venice (1972) Princess Vittoria of Savoy (...

Royal Profile: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples

Vittorio Emanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amedeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria, Prince of Naples was born 12 February 1937 as the second child and only son of King Umberto II of Italy and Princess Marie-José of Belgium { Source }. He has one older sister, and two younger sisters, two brothers-in-law, two nieces, three nephews, two nephews-in-law, a niece-in-law, three great-nieces, and two great-nephews { Source }: Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (1940) Robert Zellinger de Balkany (1931-2015, m. 1969, div 1990) Marie Elizabeth Zellinger de Balkany (1972) Olivier Janssens (1964, m. 2002) Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens (2004) Tommaso Janssens (2005) Louis Janssens (2009) Princess Maria Beatrice Caroline of Savoy (1943) Luis Rafael Reyna-Corvalán y Dillon (1939-1999, m. 1970) Rafael Humberto Lupo Reyna-Corvalán y de Saboya (1970-1994) Margaret Beatty Tyler (1966, engaged, never married) Uriel Tyler (1994) Patrizio Reyna-Corvalán y de Sab...

Royal Profile: Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy

Princess Maria Beatrice Elena Margerita Ludovica Caterina Francesca of Savoy was born 2 February 1944) is the youngest daughter of Italy's last King, Umberto II of Italy and Queen Marie José of Italy { Source }. She has the following siblings, siblings-in-law, nieces, nephews, nieces and nephews-in-law, and great nieces and great nephews { Source }: Princess Maria Pia Louise of Savoy (1934) Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia (m. 1955-1967, div) Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Michael of Yugoslavia (1958) Prince Sergius Wladimir Emanuel Marie of Yugoslavia (1963) Christiane Galeotti (unmarried) Umberto Emmanuel Dimitri of Yugoslavia (2018) Princess Helene Olga Lydia Tamara Maria of Yugoslavia (1963) Thierry Gaubert (m. 1988) Milena Maria-Pia Angelique Armaule Gaubert (1988) Nastasia Marie-José Tania Vanessa Isabelle Gaubert (1991) Leopold Umberto Armand Michel Gaubert (1997) Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma (m. 2003) Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naple...

Royal Profile: Tommaso Janssens

Tommaso Janssens was born on 31 January 2005 in Geneva, Switzerland as the second child of Zellinger de Balkany and Oliver Janssens { Source }. He has one older sister, and two younger brothers{ Source }: Gabriella Luise Maria Janssen (2004) Paul-Louis Janssens ( 2009) Victor Janssens (2014) Through his mother, he is a grandson of Robert Zellinger de Balkany and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy{ Source }. Through his maternal grandmother, he is a great grandson of Umberto II of Italy. Due to his royal lineage being from the female line, he is not in succesion for the defunct royal throne and likely leads a normal life. He shares a birthday with Princess Beatrix of The Netherlands.

Royal Profile: Princess Vittoria of Savoy

Princess Vittoria of Savoy was born 29 December 2003 in Geneva, Switzerland as the eldest of the two biological children of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont & his wife, French actress Clotilde Courau . She is a great-grandchild of the last King of Italy and the granddaughter of the present pretender to the throne, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, and his wife Marina. She also has two adopted brothers who were adopted from Kenya in January 2011, Alan and Moses, and a sister named Luisa , who was born in 2006. I imagine the family is living a relatively normal life in either France or Switzerland, where she likely goes to school. I also imagine that with a French mother and Italian father, she speaks at least both French and Italian.

Royal Profile: Azaea Beatrice Corvalán-Reyna y de Saboya

Azaea Beatrice Corvalán-Reyna y de Saboya was born 11 November 1973 as the daughter of Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Luis Reyna-Corvallan y Dillon { Source }. She had two brothers{ Source }: Prince Rafaello of Savoy (1970-1994, suicide) Prince Patrizio of Savoy (1971-1971) She married Arturo Pando y Mundet in 1996{ Source }. Together they have one daughter{ Source }: Marie José Pando y Corvalán-Reyna (1996) She is a maternal granddaughter of the last King of Italy, Umberto II { Source }. Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont , Prince Sergius of Yugoslavia , Princess Helene of Yugoslavia , Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia & Prince Michael of Yugoslavia are her cousins.

Royal Profile: Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma

Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Bourbon-Parma was born Princess Maria Pia Elena Elisabetta Margherita Milena Mafalda Ludovica Tecla Gennara of Savoy on 24 September 1934 as the first child of Umberto II of Italy and Marie-José of Belgium{ Source }.She was the eldest of four children { Source }: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937) Marina, Princess of Naples (1935, m. 1971) Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice (1972) Clotilde, Princess of Venice (1972) Princess Vittoria of Savoy (2003) Princess Luisa of Savoy (2006) two adopted sons Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (1940) Robert Zellinger de Balkany (1931-2015, m. 1969, div 1990) Marie Elizabeth Zellinger de Balkany Jassens (1972) Olivier Janssens (1964, m. 2002) Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens (2004) Tommaso Janssens (2005) Paul-Louis Janssens (2009) Victor Janssens (2014) Princess Maria Beatrice Caroline of Savoy (1943) Luis Raf...

Royal Profile: Princess Luisa of Savoy

Princess Luisa Giovanna Agata Gavina Bianca Maria of Savoy is the younger of the two biological children of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont & his wife, French actress Clotilde Courau , and was born 16 August 2006 in Geneva, Switzerland{ Source }. She has three younger siblings: Princess Vittoria of Savoy (2003) Moses di Savoy (adopted 2011) Alan di Savoy (adopted 2011) She is a great-grandchild of the last King of Italy and the granddaughter of the present pretender to the throne, Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples , and his wife Marina. She also has two adopted brothers who were adopted from Kenya in January 2011, Alan and Moses, and a sister named Vittoria, who was born in 2003 { Source }. I imagine the family is living a relatively normal life in either France or Switzerland, where she likely goes to school. I also imagine that with a French mother and Italian father, she speaks at least both French and Italian.

Royal Profile: Marie José Pando y Corvalán-Reyna

Marie José Pando y Corvalán-Reyna was born 23 July 1996 as the only child of Azaea Beatrice Corvalan-Reyna y de Saboya and Arturo Pando y Mundet { Source }. Her maternal grandparents are Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy and Luis Rafael Reyna-Corvallán y Dillon { Source }. Through her maternal grandmother, she is a great granddaughter of the last King of Italy, Umberto II and Queen Marie José of Italy { Source }. She is named for her great grandmother, Queen Marie José of Italy { Source }. It's likely that Marie José lives a fairly normal life.

Royal Profile: Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont

Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont was born 22 June 1972 in Geneva, Switzerland the only child of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples & his wife Marina Doria. He grew up mostly in Switzerland, dreaming about one day returning to Italy as its King. He was set to attend the Gamma Institute in Lausanne to study architecture, but his knack for finance led him to a career in International banking. During his international banking career, he was led to the US and Switzerland.  He established the Altin Fund , and in 2001, he established the Prince of Venice Foundation. He left banking in 2002, and shortly thereafter left Switzerland.He also established the Emanuele Filiberto Charity Fund Foundation. He began his television career in 1994 in Switzerland, working as a commentor on foreign soccer matches. He took a 15 year hiatus from television to work in banking. In 2009, he embarked on a new career: television personality. He appeared on the Italian version of Danci...

Royal Profile: Paul-Louis Janssens

Paul-Louis Janssens was born 1 June 2009 as the third child of Marie-Elisabeth Zellinger de Balkany Jassens and Oliver Janssens { Source }. He has two older siblings and a younger brother{ Source }: Gabriella Luise Maria Janssens (2004) Tommaso Janssens (2005) Paul-Louis Janssens ( 2009) Victor Janssens (2014) Through his mother , he is a grandson of Robert Zellinger de Balkany and Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy { Source }. Through his maternal  grandmother , he is a great grandson of Umberto II of Italy. Due to his royal lineage being from the female line, he is not in succession for the defunct royal throne and likely leads a normal life.