Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo

Prince Adalberto

Duke of Bergamo

Born

19 March 1898
Turin

Died

15 December 1982 (aged 84)
Turin

Burial

Basilica of Superga

Full name
Adalberto Luitpoldo Elena Giuseppe Maria di Savoia-Genova

House

House of Savoy

Father

Thomas, 2nd Duke of Genoa

Mother

Princess Isabella of Bavaria

Prince Adalberto of Savoy, Duke of Bergamo (Adalberto Luitpoldo Elena Giuseppe Maria) (19 March 1898 – 15 December 1982) was an Italian General and a member of the House of Savoy.

Born in Turin, Prince Adalberto was the fourth son of Prince Thomas of Savoy-Genoa, Duke of Genoa and his wife Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863–1924). On 22 September 1904 he was given the title Duke of Bergamo.

Prince Adalberto pursued a career in the Royal Italian Army achieving the rank of General.
He fought in the first World War on the Montello in October 1917 and in Vallagarina in February 1918. In 1936 he commanded the Italian 24 Infantry Division Gran Sasso during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and later the 58th Infantry Division Legnano.

When Italy joined World War II, he became commander of the Italian 8th Army (1940-1942), and in 1943 of the 7th Army.

After the war he lived a fairly anonymous life until his death in 1982.
Prince Adalberto never married and had no children.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo

16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan

8. Charles Albert of Sardinia

17. Maria Christina of Saxony

4. Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa

18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany

9. Maria Theresa of Tuscany

19. Luisa of Naples and Sicily

2. Prince Thomas of Savoy, Duke of Genoa

20. Prince Maximilian of Saxony

10. John of Saxony

21. Caroline of Parma

5. Princess Elizabeth of Saxony

22. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria

11. Amalie Auguste of Bavaria

23. Caroline of Baden

1. Prince Adalberto of Savoy, Duke of Bergamo

24. Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria (=22)

12. Ludwig I of Bavaria

25. Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt

6. Prince Adalbert of Bavaria

26. Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg

13. Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen

27. Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

3. Princess Isabella of Bavaria

28. Charles IV of Spain

14. Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain

29. Maria Luisa of Parma

7. Infanta Amelia of Spain

30. Francis I of the Two Sicilies

15. Luisa Carlotta of the Two Sicilies

31. Maria Isabella of Spain

References

Biography of General Prince Adalberto Leopoldo Elena Giuseppe Duke of Bergamo

Princes of Savoy

1st Generation	None

2nd Generation	Prince Anthony Prince Anthony Louis, Duke of Savoy Amadeus, Prince of Piemont Philip, Prince of Achaea

3rd Generation	Amadeus, Duke of Savoy Louis, Count of Geneva Prince Giovanni Philip, Duke of Savoy Giano, Count of Faucigny and Geneva Pietro, Bishop of Geneva Prince Aimone Prince Giacomo Giovanni Ludovico, Bishop of Geneva Jacques, Count of Romont

4th Generation	Prince Luigi Carlo, Prince of Piedmont Philibert, Duke of Savoy Prince Bernardo Charles, Duke of Savoy James Louis, Count of Genevois Prince Gian Claudio Galeazzo Prince Girolamo Philibert, Duke of Savoy Charles, Duke of Savoy Prince Louis Philippe, Duke of Nemours Prince Assolone Prince Giovanni Amedeo Prince Emanuele Filiberto Adriano Prince Louis Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy

5th Generation	Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Jacques, Duke of Nemours

6th Generation	Filippo Emanuele, Prince of Piedmont Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Nemours Henri, Prince de Genevois Prince Louis Prince François Paul Henri, Duke of Nemours Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano Maurice, Cardinal of Savoy Prince Emmanuel Filibert

7th Generation	Prince Louis Amadeus Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano Joseph Emmanuel, Count of Soissons Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons

8th Generation	Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia Victor Amadeus, Prince of Carignano Louis Thomas, Count of Soissons Emanuel Philibert, Count of Dreux Prince Philippe Prince Eugene Prince Louis Jules

9th Generation	Victor Amadeus, Prince of Piedmont Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia Emanuele Philibert, Duke of Chablais Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano Eugenio, Count of Villafranca Prince Tommaso Emmanuel Thomas, Count of Soissons

10th Generation	Victor Amadeus, Duke of Aosta Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta Carlo, Duke of Chablais Carlo, Duke of Aosta Benedetto, Duke of Chablais Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano Prince Tommaso Eugene Jean, Count of Soissons Giuseppe Maria, Count of Villafranca

11th Generation	Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia Amedeus Alexander, Duke of Montferrat Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia Maurizio, Duke of Montferrat Charles Felix, King of Sardinia Giuseppe, Count of Asti Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano Eugenio, Duke of Carignano

12th Generation	Charles Albert, King of Sardinia

13th Generation	King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Ferdinand, Duke of Genoa

14th Generation	King Umberto I of Italy King Amadeo I of Spain Oddone, Duke of Montferrat Tommaso, Duke of Genoa**

15th Generation	King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta* Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin* Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi* Umberto, Count of Salemi* Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa Filiberto, Duke of Genoa Adalberto, Duke of Bergamo Eugenio, Duke of Genoa

16th Generation	King Umberto II of Italy Amedeo, Duke of Aosta* Aimone, Duke of Aosta*

17th Generation	Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples Amedeo, Duke of Aosta***

18th Generation	Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont Aimone, Duke of Apulia***

19th generation	Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, Prince of Piedmont* Prince Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi*

* member of a cadet branch of the House of Savoy ** Prince of Savoy-Genoa *** Prince of Savoy-Aosta

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