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Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont

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Emanuele Filiberto
Prince of Venice and Piedmont
Spouse Clotilde, Princess of Venice and Piedmont
Issue
Princess Vittoria of Savoy
Princess Luisa of Savoy
Full name
Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Rene Maria
House House of Savoy
Father Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
Mother Marina, Princess of Naples
Born June 22, 1972 (1972-06-22) (age 37)
Geneva,Switzerland

Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont (Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Rene Maria di Savoia; born June 22, 1972), a member of the House of Savoy and the only child of Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, a pretender to the defunct throne of Italy. Although the titles and distinctions of the Italian royal family have been legally abolished, he is styled Prince of Venice and Piedmont by the remaining supporters of the former monarchy. He is commonly known in Italy as Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia.

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[edit] Titles and honours

Emanuele Filiberto is, through his father, a claimant to the position of heir apparent to the House of Savoy, Italy's former ruling dynasty. As such he has a claim to be titular Prince of Venice and Piedmont, though this has been disputed since June 2006 when Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta declared himself to be head of the house and rightful Duke of Savoy. He maintains that Vittorio Emanuele forfeited his dynastic rights when he married Emanuele Filiberto's mother in 1971 without the legally required permission of his father and sovereign-in-exile, Umberto II.

Emanuele Filiberto and his father have applied for judicial intervention to forbid Amedeo from using the title "Duke of Savoy". An initial hearing was scheduled in the court of Arezzo, with a ruling expected by 6 June 2008.[1]

[edit] Early life and family

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Emanuele Filiberto was born in Geneva, Switzerland, the only child of Vittorio Emanuele, head of the House of Savoy, and his wife, the former Marina Doria, a Swiss water ski champion.

Emanuele Filiberto grew up exiled from Italy, in accordance with the provision of the Italian constitution prohibiting the male line of the House of Savoy from entering Italy (see also Birth of the Italian Republic). This provision was repealed in 2002.

Emanuele Filiberto married Clotilde Courau, a French actress and daughter of Jean Claude Courau and Catherine du Pontavice des Renardières, in Rome, Italy at the Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels, on 25 September 2003. The basilica was built on the ruins of the Diocletian baths, and is where Filiberto's great-grandfather King Victor Emmanuel III married Helen of Montenegro in 1896. Prince Albert of Monaco, who introduced the couple in 2003, was the best man. Around 1,200 people are thought to have attended the wedding. The bride, then six months pregnant, wore a Valentino dress, a veil held in place by a diamond tiara and gems belonging to the House of Savoy.

The couple have two daughters:

[edit] Return to Italy from exile

(See also: Vittorio Emanuele)

On 10 November 2002, he accompanied his father and mother to Italy, following revocation of the provision in the Italian constitution that barred the male descendants of the House of Savoy from setting foot in the country. On the three day trip, he accompanied his parents on a visit to the Vatican for a special (and controversial[citation needed]) 20-minute audience with Pope John Paul II, a meeting that he has expressed touched him deeply. Reports of Emanuele Filiberto's response to visiting his ancestral homeland, all state he was quite moved, and that he was overjoyed seeing Italy, a cherished place he had "only visited via the television" and knew "only through the stories my father has told me." He added that, "what we experienced was indescribable."

[edit] Other activities

Emanuele Filiberto works in Geneva as a hedge fund manager. Since returning to Italy in 2002, he has also appeared on Italian television on football discussion programmes and in commercials for olives.

Emanuele Filiberto is involved in charitable and cultural activities. In 2001, he founded the Prince of Venice Foundation to promote 'cultural diversity'[citation needed]. He is a licensed pilot for helicopters and planes and owns Ducati and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, an Aston Martin and an AC Cobra. Emanuele Filiberto has also published two books, including Sognando L'Italia (Dreaming of Italy), a memoir about growing up in exile. In these he recounts a fond dream of eating pizza in Naples, his family's homeland.

In 2007 Emanuele Filiberto requested formally that the State of Italy pay him financial damages of 90 million Euro. The financial damages claim is based on having suffered moral injustice during the exile and submitted along his father's request for 170 million Euro. The government of Italy has rejected the demand and, in response, indicated that it may seek damages for historic grievances.[2]

Roberto Calderoli, an Italian senator of Lega Nord, proposed a constitutional law to repeal the previous one which allowed Emanuele Filiberto and the father to return in Italy.

In 2009, Emanuele Filiberto participated as a contestant in the 5th series of Ballando con le Stelle, the Italian version of Dancing with the Stars. Accompanied by professional dancer Natalia Titova, he went on to win the contest.[3] Later he announced he will head a candidate list for the Union of the Centre party at the 2009 European Parliament election.[4]

[edit] Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Umberto I of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Margherita of Savoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Umberto II of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Nicholas I of Montenegro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Jelena of Montenegro
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Milena Vukotić
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Albert I of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Marie-José of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Elisabeth of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Emanuele Filiberto
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. René Italo Ricolfi-Doria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Marina, Princess of Naples
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Iris Benvenuti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Styles of
Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice & Piedmont
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir


[edit] References

  1. ^ Vincent Meylan (2008-05-21). "Duc d'Aoste ou Duc de Savoie?". Point de Vue: 79. 
  2. ^ Phil Stewart, Reuters (2007-11-21). "Fallen savoy royals seek damages over Italy exile". http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL2050234020071121. 
  3. ^ Leggo Online (2009-03-22). "BALLANDO CON LE STELLE: VINCE EMANUELE FILIBERTO". http://www.leggo.it/articolo.php?id=16690. 
  4. ^ "Italian king's grandson waltzes back into politics". The Guardian. 2009-04-29. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/29/emanuele-filiberto-italy-european-parliament. Retrieved on 2009-05-02. 

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Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont
Born: June 22 1972
Preceded by
first in line		 Line of succession to the Italian Throne Succeeded by
Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta
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