3-082-912 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Duke of Genoa, Commander of the Italian Fleet, 1895. Engraving from a photograph. 'The Duke of Genoa, who is expected to visit England with the Italian Fleet, is forty-one years of age. He is the son of the King of Italy's aunt, the Princess Elizabeth, by her first marriage, to Prince Fernando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa. There were two children, the elder of whom is the beloved Queen Margherita. Prince Tommaso of Savoy, Duke of Genoa, is Vice-Admiral of the Italian Fleet. He married, in 1883, Princess Isabella, daughter of the late Prince Adalbert of Bavaria, and has one son. The Duke has an allowance of 400,000 lire from the King of Italy's Civil List. He is very fond of naval manoeuvres, and is never happier than when on the sea'. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.