Giovanna of Savoy
Giovanna Elisabetta Antonia Romana Maria, Princess of Savoy. In Bulgaria she was known as Queen Joanna.
Daughter of Vittorio Emanuele III King of Italy (1869-1947) and Jelena Princess of Montenegro (1873-1952).
Born: Rome 13. Nov 1907
Married: Assisi 25. Oct 1930 Boris III King of the Bulgarians (1894-1943), son of Ferdinand, King of the Bulgarians (1861-1948) by his first wife Maria Luisa, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899).
Issue:
Maria Luisa, Princess of Bulgaria (1933) m. 1957 (div. 1968) Karl Prinz zu Leiningen (1928-1990); m. 1969 Bronislaw Chrobok (1933)
Simeon II King of the Bulgarians 1943-1946 (1937) m. Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela (1935)
Died: Estoril, Portugal 26. Feb 2000
Buried: Basilica di San Francesco d’Assisi, Assisi
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten, Vol XV, Starke Verlag 1997; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000