in march 1849 her father-in-law king charles albert abdicated after the events of the revolutions of 1848. her husband succeeded as victor emmanuel ii of sardinia. during her tenure as queen consort she had three further children all of which died in infancy. on 8 january 1855 she gave birth to a son who was styled the "count of genevois". days later queen maria theresa died on 12 january 1855. adelaide went to the late queens funeral on 16 january and returning to the palace caught a cold. she died four days later at the royal palace of turin having had an acute attack of gastroenteritis. another story says that adelaide died of her burns after stepping on a match that set fire to her clothes. she was buried at the royal basilica of superga. in 1861 her husband would become the first post-unification king of italy. her husband wed again to rosa vercellana in a morganatic marriage.