Louise de Mérode

Countee Louise
Princess della Cisterna
Born (1819-05-22)22 May 1819
Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium
Died 1 March 1868(1868-03-01) (aged 48)
Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Burial Chapel of Pietà, Reano
Spouse Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince della Cisterna
Issue Maria Vittoria, Queen of Spain
Beatrice Giuseppa dal Pozzo
Full name
Louise Caroline Ghislaine de Merode
Father Count Werner de Merode
Mother Countess Victoire van Spangen van Uyternesse

Countee Louise de Merode (Louise Caroline Ghislaine; 22 May 1819 1 March 1868) was a member of the house of Merode and Princess della Cisterna by marriage. She was the mother of Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Queen of Spain.

Biography

Born in Brussels she was the eldest of seven children born to Count Werner de Merode and Countess Victoire van Spangen van Uyternesse. Her younger sister Antoinette de Merode was the future wife of Charles III, Prince of Monaco.

On 28 September 1846 at Brussels (Belgium) she married Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna, an Italian nobleman and one of the few aristocratic families in the Kingdom of Sardinia to bear the title of "prince" as a nobleman. It was a double wedding with her younger sister, Antoinette. Cisterna had been exiled from Sardinia in 1821 having conspired against Vittorio Emanuele I but the couple returned to Turin in 1848.

Her daughter married Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, younger son of Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia and Adelaide of Austria and brother of the future Umberto I of Italy. At the death of her husband in 1864 her daughter inherited the Pozzo titles and properties, eventually passing them on to her son. Louise herself died at the Palazzo dal Pozzo della Cisterna in Turin.

Issue

  1. Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1846–1876) married Prince Amadeo of Savoy and had issue.
  2. Beatrice Giuseppa Antonia Luisa dal Pozzo (1851–1864) died in infancy.

Titles and styles

Ancestry

Notes

  1. created Her Highness by decree in the same decree as her daughter, on the latter's wedding day, by King Vittorio Emanuele II
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