Countess Louise de Mérode (Louise Caroline Ghislaine de Merode-Westerloo; 22 May 1819 – 1 March 1868) was a member of the House of Merode by birth and Princess della Cisterna by marriage.

Princess Louise
Princess of La Cisterna
Period28 September 1846 – 26 March 1864
Full name
Louise Caroline Ghislaine de Mérode-Westerloo
Born(1819-05-22)22 May 1819
Brussels, United Kingdom of the Netherlands
Died1 March 1868(1868-03-01) (aged 48)
Cisterna Palace, Turin, Province of Turin, Kingdom of Italy
BuriedChapel of Madonna of Pietà, Reano[1]
Noble familyMérode-Westerloo
Spouse(s)
(m. 1846; died 1864)
Issue
FatherCount Werner de Mérode-Westerloo
MotherCountess Victoire van Spangen d'Uyternesse

Life and family

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Born in Brussels, she was the eldest of seven children born to Count Werner de Merode and Countess Victoire van Spangen d'Uyternesse . Her younger sister, Antoinette de Merode, was the future wife of Charles III, Prince of Monaco.

On 28 September 1846 at Brussels, she married Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince della Cisterna, an Italian nobleman from one of the few aristocratic families in the Kingdom of Sardinia to bear the title of "prince" as a noble title. It was a double wedding with her younger sister, Antoinette. Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo had been exiled from Sardinia in 1821 after having conspired against King Vittorio Emanuele I, but the couple returned to Turin in 1848.

In 1867, her daughter Maria married Prince Amadeo of Savoy, The Duke of Aosta, second son of King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and his wife Archduchess Adelaide of Austria. Prince Amadeo briefly occupied the Spanish throne from 1870 to 1873.

Upon the death of Louise's husband in 1864, their daughter Maria inherited his titles and properties, eventually passing them on to her son. In 1868, Louise died at the Palazzo dal Pozzo della Cisterna in Turin.

Issue

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Ancestry

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References

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  1. ^ Maria Teresa Pasquero Andruetto e Gianfranco Bongioanni. "Reano ed il suo territorio". Retrieved 26 January 2021.
Louise de Mérode
Cadet branch of the House of Mérode
Born: 22 May 1819 Died: 1 March 1868
Italian nobility
Vacant
Title last held by
Maria Anna Balbo Bertone di Sambuy
Princess of La Cisterna
28 September 1846 - 26 March 1864
Vacant
Title next held by
Prince Amadeo, Duke of Aosta
as Prince