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OTD February 2nd 1943 Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy

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On 2 February 1943, Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy was born in Naples, Italy. Family Her parents were King Umberto II and Queen Marie -José, the last King and Queen of Italy. Her paternal grandparents were Victor Emmanuel III and Princess Elena of Montenegro. Her maternal grandparents were King Albert I of Belgium and Queen Elisabeth (Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria). Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy is thus a member of the noble house of Savoy. Life Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy was the fourth and last child of then the Prince and Princess of Piedmont. In her family she is known as 'Titi'. When she only was three years old, her father ruled Italy as Umberto II, for slightly over a month, from 9 May 1946 till 12 June 1946. Later the family was exiled, they briefly gathered in Portugal, where her parents decided to separate. She and her siblings went together with her mother to Switzerland, while their father remained in the Portuguese Riviera

Casa de Pilatos in Seville Spain

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Seville or Sevilla in Spanish counts many riant houses and city palaces from important noble families, these are called Casa. One of the most beautiful casas in the city is the Casa de Pilatos. This place also has a great royal history. Casa de Pilatos Seville Spain Entrance Casa de Pilatos in Seville Spain square own picture Some royal history In 1478, a tribunal of the Spanish Inquisition was founded to judge Jews and Muslims that hadn't converted to Christianity. It was Don Pedro Enriques, the chief governor of Andalusia and his second wife Doña Catalina de Ribera, who acquired in the late 15th. century several sites confiscated by the Inquisition in the centre of Seville, to the north-east of the cathedral. They planned to build a palace worthy of the union of two great lineages (families). Pedro Enriquez (also written with a z at the end) was a direct descendant of Fadrique de Castilla (1334-1358). This Fadrique was a twin and a step-brother of K