Margherita of Savoy

Margherita of Savoy
Margherita in the 1870s
Queen consort of Italy
Tenure9 January 1878 – 29 July 1900
Born(1851-11-20)20 November 1851
Palazzo Chiablese, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died4 January 1926(1926-01-04) (aged 74)
Bordighera, Italy
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1868; died 1900)
IssueVictor Emmanuel III of Italy
Names
Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna di Savoia
HouseSavoy-Genoa
FatherPrince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa
MotherPrincess Elisabeth of Saxony
Signature

Coat of arms of Margherita of Savoy,
Queen of Italy

Margherita of Savoy (Margherita Maria Teresa Giovanna; 20 November 1851 – 4 January 1926) was Queen of Italy by marriage to her first cousin King Umberto I of Italy. She was the daughter of Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa and Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, and the mother of the King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.