Royal Guests and Relatives gathered from around Europe to celebrate the Wedding of Prince Philipp of Hesse and Princess Mafalda of Savoy at the Castle of Racconigi on this day in 1925, 100 years ago!
Prince Philipp of Hesse, son of the Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Margaret of Prussia, married Princess Mafalda of Savoy, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Princess Elena of Montenegro, at the Castle of Racconigi, following a Civil Ceremony performed by Mussolini. The couple had four children and remained happily married until the middle of the Second World War, when both of them were arrested separately, and Princess Mafalda died in a concentration camp in 1944, while Prince Philipp never remarried.
Princess Mafalda of Savoy wore the historic Hesse Ears of Wheat Tiara.
King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy (father of the bride)
Queen Elena of Italy (mother of the bride, in the Crown Pearl and Diamond Tiara)
Queen Margherita (grandmother of the bride, wearing her Diamond Wreath Tiara)
King George II of Greece (first cousin of the groom)
Crown Prince Carol and Crown Princess Helen of Romania (cousin of the groom, in the Romanian Greek Key Tiara)
Crown Prince Umberto of Italy (brother of the bride)
Prince Paul and Princess Olga of Yugoslavia (wearing the Vladimir Fringe Tiara)
The Duchess of Aosta (wearing the Savoy Aosta Knot and Star Tiara)
Also present were Princess Jolanda of Savoy, Countess Calvi di Bergolo, the Dowager Duchess of Aosta, Princess Xenia of Montenegro, Prince Cristopher of Greece, and the Duke of Genoa.
Great photos! The man labeled as the Landgrave is actually Tommaso, the Duke of Genoa and I’m pretty sure that the lady labeled as the Landgravine is someone else (that I can’t place right now).
The Dower Duchess of Aosta is behind the King of Italy and the Duke of Aosta is standing next to Crown Prince Umberto.
And I wonder… the man standing behinid the Duchess of Aosta could it be one of the Princes of Montenegro? If so, then probably Crown Prince Danilo (although he had renounced his rights in 1921)