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'''Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta''' (Aimone Umberto Emanuele Filiberto Luigi Amedeo Elena Maria Fiorenzo di Savoia-Aosta; born 13 October 1967) is the second child and first son of [[Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (born 1943)|Prince Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta]], one of the two claimants to the former throne of Italy. In 2006, his father declared himself [[Duke of Savoy]] and [[House of Savoy|head of the House of Savoy]]; since then Prince Aimone has styled himself [[Duke of Aosta]]. However, because the headship of the [[House of Savoy|royal house]] was disputed between his father and [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples]], he was still referred to as ''Duke of Apulia''. He became [[Duke of Aosta]] upon his father's death in 2021.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |title=Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, aristocrat whose claim to the throne of Italy ended in fisticuffs – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/06/02/amedeo-duke-aosta-aristocrat-whose-claim-throne-italy-ended/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=2 June 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
'''Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta''' (Aimone Umberto Emanuele Filiberto Luigi Amedeo Elena Maria Fiorenzo di Savoia-Aosta; born 13 October 1967) is one of two claimants to be head of the [[House of Savoy]]. Since November 2019, he has served as the [[Ambassador]] of the [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]] to [[Russia]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation |url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3909611 |agency=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation |date=22 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Ambassador Order of Malta to Russian Federation Presents Letters of Credence |url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/2020/11/24/ambassador-order-of-malta-to-russian-federation-presents-letters-of-credence/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |website=orderofmalta.int |date=24 November 2020}}</ref>

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Beginning in 2000, Aimone was the president of [[Pirelli Tires]]' operations in [[Russia]]. Since 2012, he has also served as CEO of Pirelli Tyre's Nordic division.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pirelli strengthens its presence in Nordic markets| url=https://news.cision.com/pirelli/r/pirelli-strengthens-its-presence-in-nordic-markets,c9279343 |date=30 June 2012}}</ref> His contribution to deepening bilateral economic relations between Italy and Russia has been recognized by the authorities of both countries, by the appointment to the [[Order of Friendship]] of Russia and the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cerimonia di consegna dell'Onorificenza ad Aimone di Savoia Aosta (Mosca, 13 giugno) |url=https://ambmosca.esteri.it/ambasciata_mosca/it/ambasciata/news/dall-ambasciata/onorificenza-ad-aimone-di-savoia.html|date=14 June 2019 |agency=Italian embassy in Moscow}}</ref>

Since November 2019, Aimone has served as the [[Ambassador|Representative]] of the [[Order of Malta]] in Russia.<ref>{{cite news |title=Message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation |url=https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/-/asset_publisher/cKNonkJE02Bw/content/id/3909611 |agency=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation |date=22 November 2019}}</ref>


==Education and career==
==Education and career==
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Aimone was born in [[Florence]] the second child and only son of [[Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943)|Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta]] and his first wife, [[Princess Claude d'Orléans|Princess Claude of Orléans]].<ref name="ghda">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. "Haus Italien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 36–39. (German). {{ISBN|9783798008144}}.</ref> Aimone attended the [[Francesco Morosini Naval Military School]] and [[Bocconi University]].<ref name=savoia1>[http://www.realcasadisavoia.it Real Casa Savoia], Profile Official: S.A.R. Principe Aimone di Savoia Aosta. (Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.corriere.it/cronache/19_aprile_01/aimone-savoia-la-mia-vita-savoia-parente-zar-russia-putin-6c1be63a-53d2-11e9-96c3-69d40ecc7f9b.shtml Aimone di Savoia: «La mia vita di Savoia, parente degli zar nella Russia di Putin»] ''Corriere della Sera'', 1 April 2019</ref> After he completed his education, Aimone worked at [[JPMorgan Chase]] in the United Kingdom. He also served a period in the [[italian special forces|Italian Navy's special forces]] (see [[Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei]]).<ref name=savoia1/>
[[File:Amedeo di Savoia Aosta con moglie e figli.jpg|thumb|left|Prince Aimone (right) with his parents [[Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943)|Prince Amedeo]] and [[Princess Claude d'Orléans|Princess Claude]] and sisters Princess Bianca and Princess Mafalda in 1969.]]
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Aimone was born in [[Florence]] the second child and only son of [[Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (b. 1943)|Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta]] and his first wife, [[Princess Claude d'Orléans|Princess Claude of Orléans]].<ref name="ghda">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XV. "Haus Italien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 36–39. (German). {{ISBN|9783798008144}}.</ref> Aimone attended the [[Francesco Morosini Naval Military School]] and [[Bocconi University]].<ref name=savoia1>[http://www.realcasadisavoia.it Real Casa Savoia], Profile Official: S.A.R. Principe Aimone di Savoia Aosta. (Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref><ref>[https://www.corriere.it/cronache/19_aprile_01/aimone-savoia-la-mia-vita-savoia-parente-zar-russia-putin-6c1be63a-53d2-11e9-96c3-69d40ecc7f9b.shtml Aimone di Savoia: «La mia vita di Savoia, parente degli zar nella Russia di Putin»] ''Corriere della Sera'', 1 April 2019</ref> After he completed his education, Aimone worked at [[JPMorgan Chase]] in the United Kingdom. He also served a period in the [[italian special forces|Italian Navy's special forces]] (see [[Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei]]).<ref name=savoia1/> Since 2000, Aimone has worked in Russia as president of the Italian company [[Pirelli]].<ref name=savoia1/><ref name="giornale">''[[Il Giornale]]''. Allegra, Angelo. 27 April 2015. ''[http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/gioco-non-c-nessuna-corona-ruolo-custode-dei-valori-nostra-1120979.html Ho voluto i Savoia in Italia e mio cugino me le ha suonate]''. (Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref><ref>"[https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_gennaio_17/aimone-d-aosta-per-ora-non-alimento-polemica-intanto-guerra-carte-savoia-c95e2844-388d-11ea-9d38-85b3dab5d683.shtml Aimone di Savoia-Aosta: «Per ora non alimento la polemica». Intanto è guerra di carte tra i Savoia]" ''Corriere della Sera'', 17 January 2020</ref><ref>Warburton Simon (March 2016) "[https://www.just-auto.com/news/pirelli-tyre-russia-maintains-staff-despite-crisis_id167901.aspx Pirelli Tyre Russia maintains staff despite crisis]" ''Just Auto''</ref>


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Beginning in 2000, Aimone was the president of [[Pirelli]] operations in [[Russia]].<ref name=savoia1/><ref name="giornale">''[[Il Giornale]]''. Allegra, Angelo. 27 April 2015. ''[http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/gioco-non-c-nessuna-corona-ruolo-custode-dei-valori-nostra-1120979.html Ho voluto i Savoia in Italia e mio cugino me le ha suonate]''. (Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2016.</ref><ref>"[https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_gennaio_17/aimone-d-aosta-per-ora-non-alimento-polemica-intanto-guerra-carte-savoia-c95e2844-388d-11ea-9d38-85b3dab5d683.shtml Aimone di Savoia-Aosta: «Per ora non alimento la polemica». Intanto è guerra di carte tra i Savoia]" ''Corriere della Sera'', 17 January 2020</ref><ref>Warburton Simon (March 2016) "[https://www.just-auto.com/news/pirelli-tyre-russia-maintains-staff-despite-crisis_id167901.aspx Pirelli Tyre Russia maintains staff despite crisis]" ''Just Auto''</ref> Since 2012, he has also served as CEO of Pirelli Tyre's Nordic division.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pirelli strengthens its presence in Nordic markets| url=https://news.cision.com/pirelli/r/pirelli-strengthens-its-presence-in-nordic-markets,c9279343 |date=30 June 2012}}</ref> His contribution to deepening bilateral economic relations between Italy and Russia has been recognized by the authorities of both countries, by the appointment to the [[Order of Friendship]] of Russia and the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Cerimonia di consegna dell'Onorificenza ad Aimone di Savoia Aosta (Mosca, 13 giugno) |url=https://ambmosca.esteri.it/ambasciata_mosca/it/ambasciata/news/dall-ambasciata/onorificenza-ad-aimone-di-savoia.html|date=14 June 2019 |agency=Italian embassy in Moscow}}</ref>
==Engagement and marriage==

==Marriage and children==
Aimone's engagement to [[Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia|Princess Olga of Greece]], daughter of [[Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark]], was announced in May 2005. Olga and Aimone are second cousins; both being great-grandchildren of the French pretender [[Prince Jean, Duke of Guise]]. They are also second cousins-once-removed, as [[George I of Greece]] is Olga's [[patrilineality|patrilineal]] great-grandfather and Aimone's great-great-grandfather. Several falsely reported wedding dates marked what was to become a three-year engagement.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Meylan| first = Vincent| date = 31 August 2005| title = Le Plus Royal| journal=Point de Vue|page=21| language = fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| date = 20 December 2006| title = Ils Sont Ensemble| journal=Point de Vue| language = fr}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.gotha-fr.com/3.aspx Le gotha, le site officiel de Stéphane Bern]</ref> The couple finally wed on 16 September 2008 at the Italian embassy in [[Moscow]], the city in which Aimone is employed. Their religious marriage took place on 27 September 2008 at [[Patmos]].<ref>[http://www.monarchia.it/home.html Unione Monarchica Italiana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102062216/http://www.monarchia.it/home.html |date=2 January 2009 }}</ref><ref name="koenig">{{cite web| last = Koenig| first = Marlene| title = Royal Musings| work=Translation of Patmos Times article| publisher=Marlene Koenig| date = 28 September 2008| url = http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/09/translation-of-patmos-times-articles.html| access-date =28 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title = History of the Church: Volume X The Church in the Modern Age| author=Hubert Jedin, Konrad Repgen|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group| year = 1980| isbn = 978-0-86012-090-2| page = 171|chapter= The Code and Development of Canon Law to 1974}}</ref><ref>[http://www.realcasadisavoia.it/files/stampa/20080926_cronacaqui.jpg ''CronacaQui'' (26 September 2008)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
Aimone's engagement to [[Princess Olga, Duchess of Apulia|Princess Olga of Greece]], daughter of [[Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark]], was announced in May 2005. Olga and Aimone are second cousins; both being great-grandchildren of the French pretender [[Prince Jean, Duke of Guise]]. They are also second cousins-once-removed, as [[George I of Greece]] is Olga's [[patrilineality|patrilineal]] great-grandfather and Aimone's great-great-grandfather. Several falsely reported wedding dates marked what was to become a three-year engagement.<ref>{{cite journal|last = Meylan| first = Vincent| date = 31 August 2005| title = Le Plus Royal| journal=Point de Vue|page=21| language = fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| date = 20 December 2006| title = Ils Sont Ensemble| journal=Point de Vue| language = fr}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.gotha-fr.com/3.aspx Le gotha, le site officiel de Stéphane Bern]</ref> The couple finally wed on 16 September 2008 at the Italian embassy in [[Moscow]], the city in which Aimone is employed. Their religious marriage took place on 27 September 2008 at [[Patmos]].<ref>[http://www.monarchia.it/home.html Unione Monarchica Italiana] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102062216/http://www.monarchia.it/home.html |date=2 January 2009 }}</ref><ref name="koenig">{{cite web| last = Koenig| first = Marlene| title = Royal Musings| work=Translation of Patmos Times article| publisher=Marlene Koenig| date = 28 September 2008| url = http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2008/09/translation-of-patmos-times-articles.html| access-date =28 September 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book| title = History of the Church: Volume X The Church in the Modern Age| author=Hubert Jedin, Konrad Repgen|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group| year = 1980| isbn = 978-0-86012-090-2| page = 171|chapter= The Code and Development of Canon Law to 1974}}</ref><ref>[http://www.realcasadisavoia.it/files/stampa/20080926_cronacaqui.jpg ''CronacaQui'' (26 September 2008)]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


==Children==
Aimone and Olga have three children, two sons and one daughter:<ref name=savoia1/>
Aimone and Olga have three children, two sons and one daughter:<ref name=savoia1/>
* Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, born on 7 March 2009 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.realcasadisavoia.it/ Official announcement from the site of the Royal House of Savoy.]</ref><ref>{{in lang|it}}[http://www.monarchia.it/home.html monarchia.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102062216/http://www.monarchia.it/home.html |date=2 January 2009 }}</ref> On 9 March 2009, Prince Umberto was granted the title [[Lord of Piedmont|Prince of Piedmont]] by his paternal grandfather. Upon his grandfather's death he became heir apparent to the Dukedom.
* Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, born on 7 March 2009 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.<ref>{{in lang|it}} [http://www.realcasadisavoia.it/ Official announcement from the site of the Royal House of Savoy.]</ref><ref>{{in lang|it}}[http://www.monarchia.it/home.html monarchia.it] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102062216/http://www.monarchia.it/home.html |date=2 January 2009 }}</ref> On 9 March 2009, Prince Umberto was granted the title [[Lord of Piedmont|Prince of Piedmont]] by his paternal grandfather. Upon his grandfather's death he became heir apparent to the Dukedom.
* Prince Amedeo Michele of Savoy-Aosta, born on 24 May 2011 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. A day after his birth Amedeo was granted the title Duke of the Abruzzi by his paternal grandfather.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120723110939/http://www.crocerealedisavoia.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=258&Itemid=57 Comunicato Stampa del 25 maggio 2011]</ref>
* Prince Amedeo Michele of Savoy-Aosta, born on 24 May 2011 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. A day after his birth Amedeo was granted the title Duke of the Abruzzi by his paternal grandfather.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120723110939/http://www.crocerealedisavoia.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=258&Itemid=57 Comunicato Stampa del 25 maggio 2011]</ref>
* Princess Isabella Vita Marina of Savoy-Aosta, named in honor of [[Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)|Princess Isabelle of Orléans]], born on 14 December 2012 in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monarchia.it/news_fioccorosa.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925182630/http://www.monarchia.it/news_fioccorosa.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-princess-isabella-of-savoia.html |title=Royal Musing |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507193752/http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-princess-isabella-of-savoia.html |archive-date=7 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Princess Isabella Vita Marina of Savoy-Aosta, born on 14 December 2012 in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monarchia.it/news_fioccorosa.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=18 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925182630/http://www.monarchia.it/news_fioccorosa.html |archive-date=25 September 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-princess-isabella-of-savoia.html |title=Royal Musing |access-date=18 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507193752/http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-princess-isabella-of-savoia.html |archive-date=7 May 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She was named in honor of [[Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878–1961)|Princess Isabelle of Orléans]].

==Dynastic issues==
From his birth Aimone was known as Duke of Apulia (''duca delle Puglie'').


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On 7 July 2006 Aimone's father, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, claimed the headship of the [[House of Savoy]] and the title Duke of Savoy, in opposition to his cousin [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples]].<ref name="giornale"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1544253/Royal-cousins-fight-for-defunct-Italian-throne.html |title=The Telegraph|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Amedeo defined Aimone as [[Duke of Aosta]] "[[wikt:in pectore|in pectore]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/home/51225/detronizzato-vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia-in-favore-del-cugino.html |title=Detronizzato Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia in favore del cugino | trans-title=Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy dethroned in favor of his cousin |access-date=3 June 2021 |publisher=la Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno |date=7 July 2006 }}</ref> Many sources continued to call Amedeo Duke of Aosta and Aimone Duke of Apulia. When Amedeo died in 2021, Aimone continued to use the title Duke of Aosta.<ref name="Telegraph">{{cite news |title=Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, aristocrat whose claim to the throne of Italy ended in fisticuffs – obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2021/06/02/amedeo-duke-aosta-aristocrat-whose-claim-throne-italy-ended/ |access-date=3 June 2021 |work=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=2 June 2021|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Duke of Aosta==
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On 7 July 2006 Aimone's father, Prince Amedeo, claimed the headship of the [[House of Savoy]] and the title Duke of Savoy, saying that his cousin [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples]], had lost his dynastic rights when he married in 1971 without the legally required permission of King [[Umberto II]].<ref name="giornale"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1544253/Royal-cousins-fight-for-defunct-Italian-throne.html |title=The Telegraph|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Amedeo defined Aimone as [[Duke of Aosta]] "[[wikt:in pectore|in pectore]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/home/51225/detronizzato-vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia-in-favore-del-cugino.html |title=Detronizzato Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia in favore del cugino | trans-title=Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy dethroned in favor of his cousin |access-date=3 June 2021 |publisher=la Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno |date=7 July 2006 }}</ref>


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Prince Aimone
Duke of Aosta
Duke of Savoy (disputed)
Aimone in 2020
Head of the House of Savoy
(disputed)
Period1 June 2021 – present
PredecessorPrince Amedeo
Heir apparentPrince Umberto
Born (1967-10-13) 13 October 1967 (age 56)
Florence, Italy
Spouse
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(m. 2008)​
IssuePrince Umberto
Prince Amedeo
Princess Isabella
Names
Aimone Umberto Emanuele Filiberto Luigi Amadeo Elena Maria Fiorenzo
HouseSavoy-Aosta
FatherPrince Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta
MotherPrincess Claude of Orléans
ReligionRoman Catholicism
House of Savoy

The Prince of Venice
The Princess of Venice

The Dowager Princess of Naples

Extended royal family
The Dowager Duchess of Aosta
  • The Duke of Aosta
    The Duchess of Aosta
    • The Duke of Apulia
    • The Duke of the Abruzzi
    • Princess Isabella
  • Princess Bianca, Countess Arrivabene-Valenti-Gonzaga
  • Princess Mafalda, Baroness Lombardo di San Chirico
Princess Maria Isabella

Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta (Aimone Umberto Emanuele Filiberto Luigi Amedeo Elena Maria Fiorenzo di Savoia-Aosta; born 13 October 1967) is one of two claimants to be head of the House of Savoy. Since November 2019, he has served as the Ambassador of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta to Russia.[1][2]

Education and career

Aimone was born in Florence the second child and only son of Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta and his first wife, Princess Claude of Orléans.[3] Aimone attended the Francesco Morosini Naval Military School and Bocconi University.[4][5] After he completed his education, Aimone worked at JPMorgan Chase in the United Kingdom. He also served a period in the Italian Navy's special forces (see Comando Raggruppamento Subacquei e Incursori Teseo Tesei).[4]

Beginning in 2000, Aimone was the president of Pirelli operations in Russia.[4][6][7][8] Since 2012, he has also served as CEO of Pirelli Tyre's Nordic division.[9] His contribution to deepening bilateral economic relations between Italy and Russia has been recognized by the authorities of both countries, by the appointment to the Order of Friendship of Russia and the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[10]

Marriage and children

Aimone's engagement to Princess Olga of Greece, daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark, was announced in May 2005. Olga and Aimone are second cousins; both being great-grandchildren of the French pretender Prince Jean, Duke of Guise. They are also second cousins-once-removed, as George I of Greece is Olga's patrilineal great-grandfather and Aimone's great-great-grandfather. Several falsely reported wedding dates marked what was to become a three-year engagement.[11][12][13] The couple finally wed on 16 September 2008 at the Italian embassy in Moscow, the city in which Aimone is employed. Their religious marriage took place on 27 September 2008 at Patmos.[14][15][16][17]

Aimone and Olga have three children, two sons and one daughter:[4]

  • Prince Umberto of Savoy-Aosta, born on 7 March 2009 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.[18][19] On 9 March 2009, Prince Umberto was granted the title Prince of Piedmont by his paternal grandfather. Upon his grandfather's death he became heir apparent to the Dukedom.
  • Prince Amedeo Michele of Savoy-Aosta, born on 24 May 2011 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. A day after his birth Amedeo was granted the title Duke of the Abruzzi by his paternal grandfather.[20]
  • Princess Isabella Vita Marina of Savoy-Aosta, born on 14 December 2012 in Paris, France.[21][22] She was named in honor of Princess Isabelle of Orléans.

Dynastic issues

From his birth Aimone was known as Duke of Apulia (duca delle Puglie).

On 7 July 2006 Aimone's father, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, claimed the headship of the House of Savoy and the title Duke of Savoy, in opposition to his cousin Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples.[6][23] Amedeo defined Aimone as Duke of Aosta "in pectore".[24] Many sources continued to call Amedeo Duke of Aosta and Aimone Duke of Apulia. When Amedeo died in 2021, Aimone continued to use the title Duke of Aosta.[25]

References

  1. ^ "Message of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. 22 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Ambassador Order of Malta to Russian Federation Presents Letters of Credence". orderofmalta.int. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XV. "Haus Italien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 36–39. (German). ISBN 9783798008144.
  4. ^ a b c d Real Casa Savoia, Profile Official: S.A.R. Principe Aimone di Savoia Aosta. (Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  5. ^ Aimone di Savoia: «La mia vita di Savoia, parente degli zar nella Russia di Putin» Corriere della Sera, 1 April 2019
  6. ^ a b Il Giornale. Allegra, Angelo. 27 April 2015. Ho voluto i Savoia in Italia e mio cugino me le ha suonate. (Italian). Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Aimone di Savoia-Aosta: «Per ora non alimento la polemica». Intanto è guerra di carte tra i Savoia" Corriere della Sera, 17 January 2020
  8. ^ Warburton Simon (March 2016) "Pirelli Tyre Russia maintains staff despite crisis" Just Auto
  9. ^ "Pirelli strengthens its presence in Nordic markets". 30 June 2012.
  10. ^ "Cerimonia di consegna dell'Onorificenza ad Aimone di Savoia Aosta (Mosca, 13 giugno)". Italian embassy in Moscow. 14 June 2019.
  11. ^ Meylan, Vincent (31 August 2005). "Le Plus Royal". Point de Vue (in French): 21.
  12. ^ "Ils Sont Ensemble". Point de Vue (in French). 20 December 2006.
  13. ^ (in French) Le gotha, le site officiel de Stéphane Bern
  14. ^ Unione Monarchica Italiana Archived 2 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ Koenig, Marlene (28 September 2008). "Royal Musings". Translation of Patmos Times article. Marlene Koenig. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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Aimone di Savoia Aosta (born 1967)
Born: 13 October 1967
Italian nobility
Preceded by 6th Duke of Aosta
7th creation
2021–present 		Incumbent
Heir:
Umberto
Titles in pretence
Preceded by — TITULAR —
King of Italy (disputed)
2021–present
Reason for succession failure:
Kingdom abolished in 1946 		Incumbent
Heir:
Umberto
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