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| Reina María José de Italia. |
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| Un estudio de la Reina de Mayo por Theodore Strawinsky. |
El 27 de enero de 2001 falleció en Ginebra la reina María José de Italia, a la edad de 94 años.
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| De izquierda a derecha: el príncipe Leopoldo, la princesa María José y el príncipe Carlos.
Fotografía (c) Getty Images/Hutton Archive. |
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| El rey Alberto I y la reina Isabel de Bélgica con su hija, la princesa María José. |
La princesa María José Carlota Sofía Amelia Enriqueta Gabriel nació el 4 de agosto de 1906 en Ostende, la tercera hija y única hija del rey Alberto I de Bélgica (1875-1934) y de su esposa, la reina Isabel (1876-1965; de soltera duquesa de Baviera). María José tenía dos hermanos mayores: el futuro rey Leopoldo III (1901-1983) y el príncipe Carlos, conde de Flandes (1903-1983).
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| El príncipe Umberto y la princesa María José, Príncipe y Princesa del Piamonte. |
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| El rey Humberto II y la reina María José de Italia con sus cuatro hijos, en la foto, de izquierda a derecha: la princesa María Beatriz, el príncipe Vittorio Emanuele, la princesa María Gabriella y la princesa María Pía. |
En 1930, la princesa María José de Bélgica se casó con el príncipe Humberto de Saboya, príncipe de Piamonte y heredero del trono italiano. Humberto era el único hijo del rey Víctor Manuel III de Italia (1869-1947) y de la reina Elena (1873-1952; de soltera princesa de Montenegro). Humberto y María José tuvieron cuatro hijos: la princesa María Pía (n. 1934), el príncipe Víctor Manuel (n. 1937), la princesa María Gabriella (n. 1940) y la princesa María Beatriz (n. 1943). Humberto y María José tenían temperamentos bastante diferentes y su matrimonio no fue una unión de amor. En mayo de 1946, Humberto sucedió a su padre como rey de Italia y, por tanto, María José se convirtió en reina. Su reinado duró poco; Duró treinta y cuatro días, del 9 de mayo al 12 de junio de 1946.
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| Boda de la princesa María Pía de Saboya y el príncipe Alejandro de Yugoslavia en 1955.
De izquierda a derecha: el príncipe Pablo y la princesa Olga de Yugoslavia, el príncipe Alejandro de Yugoslavia, la princesa María Pía de Saboya, la reina María José y el rey Humberto II de Italia. |
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| El Rey y la Reina de Italia llegan a la boda de la Princesa María Isabel de Saboya-Génova en 1971. |
After the royal family left Italy following the referendum abolishing the monarchy, Umberto and Marie-José settled in Portugal with their children. This cohabitation was of brief duration: Queen Marie-José moved to Switzerland, and King Umberto remained at Cascais. Although informally separated, the last King and Queen of Italy often appeared together at Gotha events over the decades.
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| Queen Marie-José of Italy at the funeral of her husband King Umberto II with her son Prince Vittorio Emanuele and her daughter-in-law Princess Marina.
Photograph (c) Getty Images/Mondadori Portfolio. |
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| Queen Marie-José of Italy with her niece by marriage Queen Fabiola of the Belgians at the funeral of King Léopold III of the Belgians. |
The year of 1983 brought great loss to Queen Marie-José. In March, her husband of fifty-three years, King Umberto II, died in Geneva at the age of seventy-eight. In June, her brother Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, died at the age of seventy-nine. In September, her last surviving brother King Léopold III of the Belgians, who had abdicated in 1951, died at the age of eighty-one. Thus, in the space of one year, Marie-José lost her husband and both of her siblings.
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| Queen Marie-José of Italy and Prince Aimone of Savoy-Aosta arrive at the 1988 wedding of Princess Bianca of Savoy-Aosta and Count Gilberto Arrivabene Valenti Gonzaga. |
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| Prince Emanuele Filiberto and his grandmother Queen Marie-José on her 93rd birthday in 1999. |
For some years, the queen lived in Mexico with her youngest daughter Princess Maria Beatrice. After the death of her husband, Marie-José returned to Italy for a visit. The May Queen died at a Geneva clinic of lung cancer. Marie-José was survived by her four children.
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| The funeral of Queen Marie-José of Italy.
Photograph (c) Getty Images. |
The burial of Queen Marie-José of Italy took place on 2 February 2001 at Hautecombe, Savoy, France. The queen was buried next to King Umberto II. Besides her children and grandchildren, the attendees included King Albert II and Queen Paola of Belgium, Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, King Juan Carlos of Spain and his sister Infanta Pilar, Empress Farah of Iran, the Duke and Duchess of Aosta as well as the duke’s children Prince Aimone and Princess Bianca, the Duke and Duchess of Braganza, Princess Béatrice of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, the Duke and Duchess of Calabria, Archduke Carl Christian and Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria, Prince Alexander and Princess Barbara of Yugoslavia, and Prince Michael of Greece. A wreath of flowers was sent by Prince Rainier II of Monaco.
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