OTD February 2nd 1943 Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy
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