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Sommariva Perno and Sommariva del Bosco are two different towns. S del Bosco is a feud of Seyssel d'Aix et Servolex family. It was never property of Emanuele Guerrieri di Mirafiori.

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the family was only recognised in march 1879 and he was created count in 1893 . He was given the castle of Sommariva Bosco near Cuneo which is still in the family. I think his mother was installed at Villa Pietraia near Florence ( which is quite isolated) and bought the Sommariva estate  .  The decendants are listed in Addingtons "Royal House of Stuart". His sister married two Marchese Spinola  ( brothers) and thirdly Paolo de Simone who committed suicide in 1906. Her mother died at her Palace near Pisa
seems unlikely they would have been very friendly with their Royal half siblings, the family mausoleum in Turin is styled like the Pantheon in Rome.

The name of the castle is Sommariva PERNO, the Counts of Mirafiori lived also at Fontanafredda (near Alba, Piemonte, Italy) unitl 1920

Can you help me recognize the people in the photo? I can say that there is Helene seated on the right and her husband between her and the other seated women. Is this old Lady Helene's mother? and the two girls near Helene are her two sisters? What about the old man and the other girl?

Thanks in advance

The same with the Countess of Paris, mother of Helen d'Aosta

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