page_title: Marie-José of Belgium
section_title: Marriage and children
hierarchical_section_title: Marie-José of Belgium / Marriage and children
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Monza, settembre 1930. La Principessa Maria José di Savoia scende dall'Alfa Romeo di Borzacchini aiutata da Prospero Gianferrari. English: Monza, September 1930. Princess Maria José of Belgium steps down from Borzacchini's Alfa Romeo car with the help of Prospero Gianferrari.
context_page_description: Marie-José of Belgium was the last Queen of Italy. Her 35-day tenure as queen consort earned her the nickname "the May Queen".
context_section_description: On 8 January 1930, she married Crown Prince Umberto of Italy, from the House of Savoy, at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, and so became Princess of Piedmont (Italian: Principessa di Piemonte).
  Among the wedding gifts was a turquoise and diamond parure, worn by the bride at her pre-wedding reception, and a diamond bow worn as a sash decoration at state occasions.
  The couple had four children:
  Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (24 September 1934), who married Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia on 12 February 1955 and was divorced in 1967. Four children were born during the marriage. She remarried Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma in 2003.
  Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (12 February 1937), who married Marina Ricolfi Doria on 7 October 1971. They have one son.
  Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy (24 February 1940), who married Robert Zellinger de Balkany on 21 June 1969 and was divorced in November 1990. They have issue.
  Princess Maria Beatrice of Savoy (February 1944), who married Luis Reyna-Corvallán y Dillon on 1 April 1970, and has issue.
caption: Monza, September 1930. Princess Maria-José of Belgium steps down from Borzacchini's Alfa Romeo car with the help of Prospero Gianferrari.
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