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Silvia Ottavia Costanza Maria Paternò-Ventimiglia di Spedalotto (born 31 December 1953 in Palermo) is the wife of Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, a claimant to the headship of the House of Savoy, the family which ruled Italy from 1861 to 1946.

Family
Silvia is the daughter of Don Vincenzo Paternò-Ventimiglia, 6th Marquis of Reggiovanni, Count of Prades and Baron Spedalotto (1923-1987), and his wife, Rosanna Bellardo e Ferraris di Celle (1927-2012). Her father was from a Sicilian aristocratic family and her mother from Piedmont.

Marriage and issue
Silvia married Prince Amedeo of Savoy-Aosta (born 27 September 1943 in Florence), 5th Duke of Aosta and a claimant to the headship of the House of Savoy, in Villa Spedalotto on 30 March 1987. The marriage took place a few months after the Catholic Church annulled Amedeo's previous marriage to Princess Claude of Orléans. Amedeo and Claude had been officially separated since 1976.

Silvia and her husband live in San Rocco, close to Castiglion Fibocchi in Tuscany. They have no children, but Amedeo has three children from his previous marriage and a daughter born outside of wedlock.