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European dispatches note the possibility of an engagement between Infanta Maria de las Mercedes of Spain and the Duke of the Abruzzi. It was understood that the Infanta, who is heiress presumptive to the Spanish throne, would wed the Count of Caserta, but the Italian duke's adventures in the "arctic region are said to have appealed to her Spanish love of romance."
Upon his return home, the duke is said to have renewed his suit for the infanta "with the concurrence of her mother."
Prince Luigi Amedeo was born in Madrid, the son of Amadeo, King of Spain.
Amadeo (Amedeo) was the second son of Vittorio Emanuele of Italy and Maria Adelaide of Austria. He was created Duke of Aosta but was named king of Spain in 1870 and reigned for three years.
Prince Amadeo married in 1867 to Donna Maria Vittoria del Pozza, Princess della Cisterna. It was not the match that the king would have wanted for his son, but the Princess came from one of the wealthiest Piedmontese noble families. Her wealth provided an independent fortune for the Aosta branch of the family.
The couple had three sons, Emanuele Filiberto, who succeeded his father as duke of Aosta, Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin, and Luigi Amedeo who was created Duke of the Abruzzi.
[Abruzzi was an international explorer of note. He never married, but he never stopped loving the woman he wanted to marry, the American Katherine Elkins.
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