Princess Clotilde of Savoy, Princess of Venice and Piedmont is a French actress, the wife of Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice and Piedmont, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of Umberto II, the last King of Italy.
High heels for women are believed to have originated with Catherine de Medici, a 16th century Italian noblewoman who was short in stature and wanted to make a bigger impression when she arrived in France to marry the future King Henry.
