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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Emanuele Filiberto
| title        = Prince of Venice<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/en/the-dynastic-orders|title = THE DYNASTIC ORDERS|website= Dynastic Orders of the Royal House of Savoy}}</ref>
| full name    = Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Ciro René Maria di Savoia
| image        = Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia (2009).jpg
| caption      = Pictured in 2009
| succession   = Head of the [[House of Savoy]] <br /> (disputed)
| reign        = 3 February 2024 – present
| reign-type   = Period
| predecessor  = [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples|Prince Vittorio Emanuele]]
| successor    = [[Princess Vittoria of Savoy|Princess Vittoria]]
| suc-type     = {{nowrap|Heir apparent}}
| house        = [[House of Savoy|Savoy]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Clotilde Courau]]|2003|2021|end=sep.}}
| issue        = [[Princess Vittoria of Savoy|Vittoria, Princess of Carignano]]<br />Princess Luisa
| father       = [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples]]
| mother       = [[Marina Doria]]
| birth_date   = {{Birth date and age|1972|06|22|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]
}}

{{Italian Royal Family|Naples}}

'''Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Ciro René Maria di Savoia''' (born 22 June 1972)<ref name="ghda">''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIV. "Haus Italien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 33, 38–39. {{ISBN|3-7980-0814-0}}.</ref><ref name=willis>Willis, Daniel, ''The Descendants of Louis XIII'', Clearfield Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1999, p. 673. {{ISBN|0-8063-4942-5}}.</ref> is a member of the [[House of Savoy]]. He is the son of [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples|Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy]]<ref name="petit">de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, pp. 602, 604, 622-623 (French) {{ISBN|2-9507974-3-1}}</ref><ref name="ghda"/> and only male-line grandson of [[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]], the last [[King of Italy]].<ref>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/08/italys-last-prince-is-selling-pasta-from-a-california-food-truck/ Italy's last prince is selling pasta from a California food truck] - website of the British newspaper [[The Daily Telegraph]]</ref> In 2024, Emanuele Filiberto became one of two claimants to the headship of the [[House of Savoy]] after the death of his father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2024/02/03/vittorio-emanuele-of-savoy-has-died_b688ab32-d1be-4fc0-9caa-443e4b0eee15.html|title =Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy has died|website= ANSA English|date =3 February 2024}}</ref>

Emanuele Filiberto grew up in [[exile]] since the [[Constitution of Italy|Italian constitution]] at the time prohibited the male issue of the Savoy [[kings of Italy]] from entering or staying on Italian territory.<ref name=cedre>C.E.D.R.E. ''Les Manuscrits du C.E.D.R.E.: Le Royaume d'Italie, volume I.'' Paris, 1992, pp. 89-93. French. ISSN 0993-3964.</ref> Since returning to Italy following the lifting of the ban in 2002, he has made many appearances on national television, including his participation as a contestant in ''[[Ballando con le stelle]]'' (the Italian version of ''[[Dancing with the Stars]]''), and the [[Sanremo Music Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Passarin |first=Sara Greta |date=2022-03-01 |title=Chi è Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia |url=https://www.true-news.it/facts/chi-e-emanuele-filiberto-di-savoia-figli-patrimonio-malattia-dove-vive |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=True News. |language=it-IT}}</ref>

In 2003, he married French actress [[Clotilde Courau]]. In March 2025, he announced that the couple has been separated since 2021.<ref> {{cite web |title=The Unveiling of a Royal Separation |url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/en/the_unveiling_of_a_royal_separation-8724758.html |website=Il Messagero |date=19 March 2025 |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>

==Early life and family==
Emanuele Filiberto was born in [[Geneva]], Switzerland, the only child of [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples]], a claimant to the headship of the House of Savoy, and his wife, [[Marina Doria]], a Swiss former water ski champion.<ref name="enache">Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. p. 204.</ref> Through his paternal grandmother, [[Marie-José of Belgium]], Emanuele Filiberto is a second cousin of [[Philippe of Belgium|King Philippe of Belgium]] and [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg]] and a third cousin to [[Franz von Bayern|Franz, Duke of Bavaria]]. Through his paternal grandfather, [[Umberto II of Italy]], Filiberto is a first cousin once removed of former [[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria]].

On 10 November 2002, he accompanied his father and mother to Italy, following revocation of the provision in the Italian constitution that forbade the male Savoy descendants of kings of Italy from setting foot in the country. On the three-day trip, he accompanied his parents on a visit to the [[Vatican City]] for a twenty-minute audience with [[Pope John Paul II]].<ref>{{cite news |first= Philip |last= Willan |title= Exiled Italian Royals Go Home |url= https://www.theguardian.com/italy/story/0,12576,865055,00.html |work= [[The Guardian]] |date=24 December 2002 |access-date=2008-04-10 |location=London}}</ref> He also appeared in a television commercial for a brand of olives, in which he said they made you "feel like a king".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2677113.stm|title=Italy Outraged by 'Trash TV' Attack|date=2003-01-20|publisher= [[BBC]] |access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref>

On 25 September 2003, he married [[Clotilde Courau]], a French actress, in Rome. The [[best man]] was [[Albert II, Prince of Monaco]]; among the 1,200 guests were [[Valentino Garavani]] – who had designed the wedding dress – and [[Pierre Cardin]].<ref name=guard>{{cite news |title=Italy hosts rare royal wedding |author= Hooper, John |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/sep/26/italy.johnhooper |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=26 September 2003 |access-date=7 September 2012}}</ref>

In 2007, Filiberto formally requested that the Italian Republic pay him financial damages of 90 million euros. The claim is based on suffering moral injustice during the exile, and was filed along with his father's request for 170 million euros. The government of Italy rejected the demand and, in response, indicated that it may seek damages for historic grievances.<ref>{{cite news|  url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL2050234020071121 |  archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121211415/http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKL2050234020071121 |  url-status=dead |  archive-date=21 November 2007 | author= Stewart, Phil |publisher= [[Reuters]]| title=Fallen Savoy Royals Seek Damages over Italy Exile| date=2007-11-21 | accessdate=2008-10-06 }}</ref>

As of 2022, Emanuele Filiberto has been leading an effort to gain ownership of the Savoyard Royal Regalia as the private property of the House of Savoy. However, he has said that he will not make a similar claim to the Italian Crown Jewels, as "they are no longer ours".<ref name="Guardian-2022-01-25">{{cite news|last=Giuffrida|first=Angela|date=2022-01-25|title=Descendants of Italy's Last King Attempt to Reclaim Crown Jewels |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/25/descendants-of-italys-last-king-attempt-to-reclaim-crown-jewels|access-date=2023-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202133917/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/25/descendants-of-italys-last-king-attempt-to-reclaim-crown-jewels|archive-date=2023-02-02|url-status=live |work = [[The Guardian]]}}</ref> The jewels are estimated to be worth $335 million and have been held by the Italian government since the abolition of the monarchy in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 January 2022 |title=The House of Savoy, Italy's Former Royal Family, Wants Their Crown Jewels Back |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/01/house-of-savoy-wants-their-crown-jewels-back |work = [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]}}</ref>

In 2025, ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' magazine reported gossip that he was dating Mexican [[Model (person)|model]] [[Adriana Abascal]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-03-12 |date=2025-01-16 |first=Antonella |language=it-IT |last=Rossi |title=Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia e il bacio ad Adriana Abascal: le foto sui giornali spagnoli |url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/emanuele-filiberto-di-savoia-bacio-adriana-abascal-foto-sui-giornali-spagnoli | work = [[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair Italia]]}}</ref>

===Controversies===
In October 2009, the Italian news agency [[Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata|ANSA]] reported that Filiberto had stated that he had abused drugs in his youth.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://politiken.dk/udland/article807891.ece |title=Italiensk prins erkender stofmisbrug |language=da |work = [[Politiken]] |date= 11 October 2009|accessdate=2012-03-05}}</ref>

In 2015, Emanuele Filiberto engaged in a public spat on [[Twitter]] with aristocratic journalist [[Beatrice Borromeo]] who broke the story of his father's confession on a video regarding the death of Dirk Hamer.<ref>Borromeo, Beatrice ''Il video che incastra Savoia'', Il Fatto Quotidiano, 24 February 2011; {{cite web| url = http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/02/24/il-video-che-incastra-savoia/93668/| title = Il video che incastra Savoia - Il Fatto Quotidiano| date = 24 February 2011}}</ref> [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples|Vittorio Emanuele]] had sued the newspaper for defamation, but in 2015 after it won the case, Borromeo tweeted <nowiki>''</nowiki>Vincere una causa è sempre piacevole, ma contro Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia la goduria è doppia!<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BorromeoBea/status/574587535025967105|title=Beatrice Borromeo on Twitter| publisher=Twitter|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> ("Winning a case is always nice, but against Victor Emmanuel of Savoy there is double the pleasure"),<ref>''Beatrice Borromeo, el azote de los Saboya'', Hola, 10 March 2015; {{cite web| url = http://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_monaco/2015031077373/beatrice-borromeo-saboya/| title = Beatrice Borromeo, el azote de Víctor Manuel de Saboya| date = 10 March 2015}}</ref> and "caro @efsavoia goditi questa sentenza" ("dear @efsavoia enjoy this judgement")<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/BorromeoBea/status/574584353335943168|title=Beatrice Borromeo on Twitter| publisher=[[Twitter]]|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> which provoked Emanuele Filiberto to defend his father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bunte.de/monaco/beatrice-borromeo-fieser-fight-auf-twitter-119064.html|title=Beatrice Borromeo: Fieser Fight auf Twitter!|last=luise.wackerl|website=BUNTE.de|date=6 April 2015 |language=de|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.today.it/gossip/beatrice-borromeo-emanuele-filiberto-lite-twitter.html|title=Rissa social tra Emanuele Filiberto e Beatrice Borromeo|website=Today|access-date=2016-03-10}}</ref> She had earlier confronted him on camera with a copy of a book on the murder by Hamer's sister, whose preface she had written.<ref>''Omicidio Hamer, Emanuele Filiberto dopo lo scoop del Fatto casca dalle nuvole'', Il Fatto Quotidiano, 17 March 2011; {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be0P2alDp2Y| title = YouTube| publisher = [[YouTube]]| date = 17 March 2011}}</ref>

In 2018, following the release of polling data by the ''Istituto Piepoli'' that showed fifteen per cent of Italians favoured the formation of a royalist party and eight per cent supported him as future king, Emanuele Filiberto said he was contemplating the launch of a political party to advocate for the restoration of the monarchy in Italy.<ref name=mole24>Mole24. 16 August 2018. [http://www.mole24.it/2018/07/16/emanuele-filiberto-di-savoia-pensa-a-un-partito-monarchico-in-italia-milioni-di-elettori-favorevoli-allipotesi/ Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia Pensa a un Partito Monarchico in Italia]. Retrieved 18 July 2018. Italian</ref>

==Titles, styles and honours==

Emanuele Filiberto is, by strict [[primogeniture]] in the [[patrilineality|male-line]], the [[heir apparent]] of the [[House of Savoy]], Italy's former ruling [[dynasty]].<ref name="enache"/> In June 2006 his distant cousin [[Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta]], declared himself to be head of the house and rightful [[Duchy of Savoy|Duke of Savoy]], maintaining that [[Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples|Vittorio Emanuele]] had forfeited his dynastic rights when he married Emanuele Filiberto's mother, Marina Ricolfi Doria, in 1971 without the legally required permission of his father and sovereign-in-exile, [[Umberto II of Italy|Umberto II]].<ref name="enache2">Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. p.213</ref> Emanuele Filiberto and his father applied for judicial intervention to forbid Amedeo from using the title ''Duke of Savoy''. In February 2010, the court of Arezzo ruled that the Duke of Aosta and his son must pay damages totalling 50,000 euros to their cousins and cease using the surname ''Savoy'' instead of ''Savoy-Aosta''.<ref>{{cite news |first= Nick |last= Squires |title= Italian aristocrat cousins fight over defunct throne |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/7244567/Italian-aristocrat-cousins-fight-over-defunct-throne.html|work= [[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]] |date=18 February 2010 |access-date=2017-07-23 |location=Rome}}</ref> The Duke of Aosta appealed the ruling and the dynastic dispute was still unresolved {{asof|2014|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web | title = Savoia sì o no? Giurista 'boccia' sentenza che vieta il cognome ad Amedeo |trans-title=Savoy yes or no? Jurist 'rejects' ruling banning Amedeo's surname |language=it | publisher = Tuttosport | url = http://www.tuttosport.com/adnkronos/cronaca/2011/01/06-102265/Savoia+s%C3%AC+o+no%3F+Giurista+'boccia'+sentenza+che+vieta+il+cognome+ad+Amedeo | access-date = 13 April 2011 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140811170343/http://www.tuttosport.com/adnkronos/cronaca/2011/01/06-102265/Savoia+s%C3%AC+o+no%3F+Giurista+'boccia'+sentenza+che+vieta+il+cognome+ad+Amedeo | archive-date = 11 August 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

===Succession===

In June 2023, Emanuele Filiberto announced his intention to abdicate his claim to the throne in favour of his daughter, [[Princess Vittoria of Savoy]], when he felt she was ready to succeed.<ref name="unilad.com">{{cite web | url=https://www.unilad.com/celebrity/emanuele-filiberto-princess-vittoria-savoy-throne-abdication-732824-20230607 | title=19-year-old influencer could be Italian queen after prince gave up the throne |website=Unilad | date=7 June 2023 }}</ref> 

On 3 February 2024, Emanuele Filiberto became one of two claimants to the headship of the [[House of Savoy]], after the death of his father, Vittorio Emanuele.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy has died |url=https://www.ansa.it/english/news/general_news/2024/02/03/vittorio-emanuele-of-savoy-has-died_b688ab32-d1be-4fc0-9caa-443e4b0eee15.html |website=ANSA English|date=3 February 2024 }}</ref>

===Dynastic honours===

*{{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} [[House of Savoy]]: [[Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation|Royal Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} [[House of Savoy]]: [[Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus|Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} [[House of Savoy]]: [[Order of the Crown of Italy|Royal Order of the Crown]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} [[House of Savoy]]: [[Civil Order of Savoy|Royal Civil Order of Savoy]]
* {{flagicon|Kingdom of Italy}} [[House of Savoy]]: [[Military Order of Savoy|Royal Military Order of Savoy]]
* [[Image:Coat of arms of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (variant).svg|20px]] [[Sovereign Military Order of Malta]]: Knight of the Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.orderofmalta.int/news/grand-master-receives-collar-most-holy-annunciation/ | title=Grand Master receives Collar of the Most Holy Annunciation }}</ref>
* [[Image:Great Royal Coat of Arms of the Two Sicilies.svg|20px]] [[House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies]] (Franco-Neapolitan branch): Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the [[Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.constantinian.org.uk/the-constantinian-orders-relationship-with-the-savoy-dynasty-of-italy/ |title=The Constantinian Order's Relationship with the Savoy Dynasty of Italy - Sacred Military Constantinian Order of St. George |access-date=7 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729105243/http://www.constantinian.org.uk/the-constantinian-orders-relationship-with-the-savoy-dynasty-of-italy/ |archive-date=29 July 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[File:House of Romanoff.jpg|20px]] [[House of Romanov|Russian Imperial Family]]: Knight of the [[Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Zakatov|first=A.N.|title=Recipients of the Russian Imperial Order of St. Alexander Nevsky|url=http://www.saintanna.ru/?lang=eng&id=49|publisher=Russian Imperial House|access-date=25 December 2013|archive-date=23 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423190652/http://www.saintanna.ru/?lang=eng&id=49|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Honorary title===

* [[Kentucky Colonel]]<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.wsj.com/articles/thanks-for-making-me-a-kentucky-colonel-what-do-i-do-now-1503950793| title = Thanks for Making Me a Kentucky Colonel. What Do I Do Now? - WSJ| newspaper = Wall Street Journal| date = 28 August 2017| last1 = Tangel| first1 = Col Andrew}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.emanuelefiliberto.eu/ Official website of Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy]
*{{Instagram|efsavoia}}

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