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Umberto II (Italian: Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria di Savoia; 15 September 1904 – 18 March 1983) was the last King of Italy.Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the de facto head of state since 1944.
Umberto I (Italian: Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination in 1900. His reign saw Italy's expansion into the Horn of Africa , as well as the creation of the Triple Alliance among Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary .
Vittorio Emanuele was born on 12 February 1937 in Naples to Umberto, Prince of Piedmont, who would later become the last King of Italy as Umberto II, and Princess Marie-José of Belgium. [2] [3] The Italian royal family was exiled from Italy when he was nine years old.
King of Italy: House of Savoy: 2 Umberto I (1844–1900) 9 January 1878 29 July 1900 22 years, 201 days King of Italy: House of Savoy: 3 Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947) 29 July 1900 9 May 1946 (Abdicated) 45 years, 284 days King of Italy Emperor of Ethiopia (1936–1941) King of Albania (1939–1943) House of Savoy: 4 Umberto II (1904–1983 ...
Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the son of Italy’s last king, Umberto II, has died at the age of 86. The prince died on Saturday in Geneva, the Savoy Royal House said in a statement.
The Savoyard kings of Italy were Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III, and Umberto II. Umberto II reigned for only a few weeks, as the last king of Italy, before being deposed following the 1946 Italian institutional referendum, after which the Italian Republic was proclaimed. [3]
Hundreds of mourners attended the funeral in the northern Italian city of Turin on Saturday of Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the only son of Italy's last king, who died last week aged 86. Among ...
Former King Umberto II leaves Italy from Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport on 13 June 1946. On the night of 12 June the government met at Alcide De Gasperi's invitation. The Prime Minister received a written communication from the King, in which he said he was ready to respect the verdict of the electors' vote, but adding that he ...