Thursday, February 25, 2010

More names for the newest Italian Princess

February 25, 1940

Princess Maria Gabriella of Italy, one day old daughter of Crown Prince Umberto and Crown Princess Marie José, has been given six more names, according to the Associated Press. Cardinal Alessio Ascalesi, archbishop of Naples, was the officiant at the "preliminary baptism in the pink tinted nursery" at the royal family's Naples palace. The names he gave to the princess are Gennaro, for Naples' patron saint; Adelaide, Adelgonda and Giuesppina for relatives of her mother, the former Princess Marie José of Belgium; Felicia for her saint's day and Margherita, for different members of the Italian royal family. The new princess' paternal grandmother was Queen Margherita of Italy, who was married to King Umberto.
Two more names will be announced later, according to the Associated Press dispatch.

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