Louise de Mérode

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
Period	28 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
Died	1 March 1868(1868-03-01) (aged 48) Cisterna Palace, Turin, Province of Turin, Kingdom of Italy
Buried	Chapel of Madonna of Pietà, Reano[1]
Noble family	Mérode-Westerloo
Spouse(s)	Prince Carlo Emmanuele dal Pozzo, 5th Prince of Cisterna ​ ​ (m. 1846; died 1864)​
Issue	Princess Maria Vittoria, Duchess of Aosta Princess Beatrice Giuseppa dal Pozzo
Father	Count Werner de Mérode-Westerloo
Mother	Countess Victoire van Spangen d'Uyternesse

Life and family

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

• Princess Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847–1876); married Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 1st Duke of Aosta; After the death of Carlo Emanuele, Maria Vittoria inherited her father's titles, which passed through her to the Aosta cadet branch of the House of Savoy.
• Princess Beatrice Giuseppa Antonia Luisa dal Pozzo (1851–1864); died during childhood. Buried at Chapel of Madonna of Pietà, Reano.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Louise de Mérode

8. Philippe-Maximilien, Count de Merode, Marquis van Westerloo 4. Guillaume, Count de Merode, Prince de Rubempré 9. Marie Catherine de Merode, Princess de Rubempré 2. Count Werner de Merode 10. Othon-Henri d'Ongnies, Count de Mastaing, Prince van Grimberghe 5. Marie d'Ongnies, Princess van Grimberghe 11. Marie de Merode 1. Countess Louise de Merode 12. Count Charles van Spangen van Uyternesse 6. Count François van Spangen van Uyternesse 13. Marie Anne Françoise Josephe de Croix 3. Countess Victoire van Spangen van Uyternesse 14. Jacques Albert de Flaveau, Baron de Loverval 7. Louise Xaviere Albertine de Flaveau 15. Ernestine Henriette de Cassal de Ny