Rosa Vercellana

Rosa Vercellana
Countess of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda
Rosa Teresa Vercellana, the ‘Bela Rosina’
Full name
Maria Rosa Teresa Aloisia Vercellana
Born11 June 1833
Nice, Kingdom of Sardinia
Baptised15 June 1833
Died26 December 1885(1885-12-26) (aged 52)
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
BuriedMausoleum of La Bela Rosin, Turin
Spouse(s)
(m. 1869; died 1878)
Issue
  • Vittoria Guerrieri
  • Emanuele Guerrieri, Count of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda
FatherGiovanni Battista Vercellana
MotherMaria Teresa Griglio

Rosa Vercellana, 1st Countess of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda (11 June 1833 – 26 December 1885), commonly known as 'Rosina' and, in Piedmontese, as La Bela Rosin, was the mistress and later wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy. Despite this, the morganatic status of her marriage meant that she was never recognized as Queen of Italy.


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