She was born Principessa Iolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria di Savoia () in
Rome, Italy, as the eldest child and daughter of King
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and
Elena of Montenegro. As a young woman she was a great sportswoman, particularly interested in swimming and riding. During the
Great War, newspapers published reports of her engagement to the Prince of Wales, the future
Edward VIII, who was serving in Italy in 1918. There was no basis for these rumors, but they were resurrected in 1919 when Yolanda joined her mother Elena of Montenegro, her sister
Princess Mafalda of Savoy, and the Duchess of Aosta (
Princess Hélène of Orléans) on a visit to Paris, where the prince happened to be at the same time. On 9 April 1923 she married
Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo. After her marriage Yolanda lived in the town of
Pinerolo, southwest of
Turin. In 1946, Yolanda and her family went into voluntary exile with her father in
Alexandria, Egypt. After King Victor Emmanuel's death, Yolanda and her family returned to Italy, where they lived at Castelporziano. Yolanda died in a hospital in
Rome and is buried in
Turin. The Giardini Principessa Iolanda in
Naples are named after her. ==Marriage and children==