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Princess Maria Francesca of Savoy

Rome, 26 Dec 1914 – Mandelieu-la-Napoule, 4 Dec 2001

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Facts and their sources

A life in time

  1. 26 Dec 1914

    Born in Rome

  2. 1940–1961

    4 children are born

  3. 4 Dec 2001

    Dies in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, aged 86

Family

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Parents

Partner

Children · 4

During her lifetime

She lived through 10 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Rome.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1910s · Princess is born in Rome

Who governed

In the news1918–1919

Spanish flu pandemic, 1918

During the Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918–1919, 600,000 Italians lost their lives.

Music

Village Dance Music Cost Two Grani

In Sicily, village musicians charged two grani (equivalent to one soldo) to play popular songs like tarantella for dancing in the town square.

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.Around the world · 1914–1918

The First World War. From 1914 to 1918 the great powers fought in trenches across Europe and beyond; some 20 million people died. Brazil joined the Allies in 1917.

Collection DocAnciens/docpix.fr · public domain

Daily life

Free company-provided school for workers' children

At the Crespi factory school, the company provided everything for children, including all textbooks, pens, and the salaries and housing for their teachers.

In the news1913

Peak of Italian migration, 1913

In 1913, Italian migration hit a record peak, with 870,000 people leaving the country in a single year.

What people wore

Apron signals romantic interest

In mountain villages, women used their aprons as a silent language; moving the apron to the right side signaled a romantic interest in a young man.

Getting around

Reaching the train station by mule cart

For many people in the early 1900s, reaching a train station required walking down mountain paths to a village where they could catch a mule cart. This was often the first time individuals had traveled beyond a few miles from their birthplace.