Princess Maria Vittoria of Savoy

Maria Vittoria of Savoy
Countess of Syracuse
Born	(1814-09-29)29 September 1814 Boulogne-sur-Mer
Died	2 January 1874(1874-01-02) (aged 59) Naples
Burial	Basilica of Santa Chiara, Naples
Spouse	Prince Leopold, Count of Syracuse
Issue	Princess Isabella
Names Maria Vittoria Filiberta di Savoia
House	Savoy-Villafranca (by birth) Bourbon-Two Sicilies (by marriage)
Father	Prince Joseph Maria of Savoy-Villafranca
Mother	Pauline Benedictine de Quélen de Vauguyon

Maria Vittoria of Savoy (Maria Vittoria Filiberta; 29 September 1814 – 2 January 1874) was a Princess of Savoy by birth and later a Princess of the Two Sicilies by virtue of her marriage to Prince Leopold of Two Sicilies, Count of Syracuse, a younger son of King Francis I of the Two Sicilies by his second wife, Infanta María Isabella of Spain.

Maria Vittoria Filiberta was the second child and second-eldest daughter of Prince Joseph Maria of Savoy-Villafranca, son of Eugenio, Count of Villafranca, nephew of Princess de Lamballe, member of a cadet line of the House of Savoy-Carignano, a cadet line of the most senior House of Savoy.

Her mother was Pauline Bénédictine de Quélen de Vauguyon, the youngest daughter of Paul François de Quélen de Stuer de Caussade, Duke of La Vauguyon, French ambassador to Spain and Minister of Foreign Affairs, by his wife, Marie-Antoinette Rosalie de Pons de Roquefort, Première femme de Chambre to Marie Joséphine of Savoy, Countess of Provence, maternal granddaughter of François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Chancellor of France, Keeper of the Seals of France and two times Minister of war during the reign of Louis XV.

Her brother was Eugenio Emanuele di Savoia-Carignano.

Maria married Prince Leopold of the Two Sicilies, known as the Count of Syracuse, member of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. The count was the fifth son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies and his second wife the Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain. Maria Vittoria and Leopold were married on 16 June 1837 in Naples. Maria and Leopold had one daughter who died just a day after her birth:

1. Princess Isabella of the Two Sicilies (Naples, 23 March 1838 – Naples, 24 March 1838) ^[1][2]

Princess Maria Vittoria died in Naples on 2 January 1874, at the age of 59. She is buried alongside her husband, Prince Leopold and her daughter, Princess Isabella and other deceased members of the House of Bourbon Two-Sicilies in Santa Chiara, Naples, Italy.^{[citation needed]}