3-083-042 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Duc d'Aosta's Marriage with Princess Hélène of Orleans: Duchesse d'Aosta, mother of present Duc, 1895. 'The Princesse Maria Vittoria della Cisterna, Duchesse d'Aosta and mother of the present Duc, was considered one of the beauties of her day. Her skin was clear and pale, her profusion of hair dark and wavy. She has given to her sons the slightly aquiline cast of features so much admired in Italy. The vicissitudes of her husband's career preyed greatly on the mind of the Princess, and she is said to have suffered especially from the slights and intrigues of the Spanish Court during her husband's short reign'. Dayrell Trelawney. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.