Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article does not cite any references or sources. (October 2007)
Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

For the Duchess of Modena, Archduchess of Austria-Este and Jacobite heiress of the same name, see Maria Beatrice of Savoy

**Titular Italian Royal Family**

HRH The Prince of Naples HRH The Princess of Naples HRH The Prince of Venice & Piedmont HRH The Princess of Venice & Piedmont HRH Princess Vittoria HRH Princess Luisa HRH Princess Maria Pia HRH Princess Maria Gabriella HRH Princess Maria Beatrice HI&RH Princess Margherita HRH Princess Maria Cristina HRH The Duke of Aosta HRH The Duchess of Aosta HRH Princess Bianca HRH The Duke of Apulia HRH Princess Mafalda HRH Princess Isabella
This box: view • talk • edit

Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (Maria Beatrice Elena Margherita Ludovica Caterina Ramona di Savoia (born 2 February 1943) is the youngest daughter of Italy's last king, Umberto II and his queen, Marie José of Belgium. Known as "Titti" to family and friends. She was known as a rebellious princess, having numerous love affairs in her twenties, most notably with actor Maurizio Arena. She later suffered from alcoholism and attempted suicide a number of times.

[edit] Marriage

Maria Beatrice married Luis Rafael Reyna-Corvalán y Dillon (18 April 1939-17 February 1999; murdered) in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico on April 1, 1970. She was pregnant at the time of her marriage. No family members attended. The couple had three children.

Rafael Humberto Lupo Reyna y de Saboya (21 September 1970-29 April 1994), committed suicide
Patrizio Reyna y de Saboya (1971); died shortly after birth
Azaea Beatrice Reyna y de Saboya (b. 11 November 1973), married Arturo Pando y Mundet (1971-) in 1996, Mexico.

[edit] Tragedy and Controversy

In 1971 her second child Patrizio died shortly after birth. In 1994 her eldest son committed suicide by jumping out a window in Boston. The following year she separated from her husband, after a long unhappy marriage. In 1999, her husband was murdered in his villa in Mexico. The crime was very disturbing, apparently his chauffeur had strangled him with the string of his bath wrap. Also there was a bootlace bound around his penis. This death too was shrouded in mystery as Maria Beatrice, nor her only surviving child Azaea, never came to claim Reyna's body and neither attending his funeral. In days after her husband's murder police were unable to locate Maria Beatrice,though later she was found in the Bahamas were she said she was on vacation at the time of her husband's death. Today she lives in Mexico and New York.