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1. Royal Abbey of Hautecombe, located on the shore of the Lake of Bourget in what is today the French province of Savoie (Savoy). The Abbey, constructed in medieval times, was restored after the French Revolution by a member of the Savoy dynasty, King Charles Felix whose statue and chapel are found within the Abbey. Many members of the Savoy dynasty from the XIth to the XIIIth centuries are interred here. It also is the final resting place of the last King of Italy, King Humbert II who died in 1983 and his wife Queen Maria Jose who died in 2001;

2. HRH Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy addressing members of the Savoy Orders and their guests at a gala dinner in the Hotel Intercontinental in Geneva, Switzerland, in October, 2001;

3. Armorial bearings of the Royal House of Savoy.

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His Late Majesty King Humbert II of Italy

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Her Late Majesty Queen Maria Jose of Italy

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Knights and Dames of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus and the Order of Merit of Savoy, with Knights of the Order of Malta, at a religious ceremony at Santaurio di Oropa in 1995.

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