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The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia, Italian: [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 12 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
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The Kingdom of Italy ( Italian: Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic.
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Early years
Unlike his paternal first cousin's son, the 1.98 m (6-foot 6") tall Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, Victor Emmanuel was short of stature even by 19th-century standards, to the point that today he would appear diminutive. He was just 1.53 m tall (just over 5 feet). From birth until his accession, Victor Emmanuel was known by the title of the Prince of Naples. On 24 October 1896, Prince Victor Emmanuel married Princess Elena of Montenegro.
Accession to the throne
On 29 July 1900, at the age of 30, Victor Emmanuel acceded to the throne upon his father's assassination. The only advice that his father Umberto ever gave his heir was "Remember: to be a king, all you need to know is how to sign your name, read a newspaper, and mount a horse".[citation needed] His early years showed evidence that, by the standards of the Savoy monarchy, he was a man committed to constitutional government. Indeed, even though his father was killed by an anarchist, the new kin...
Support for Mussolini
The economic depression which followed World War I gave rise to much extremism among Italy's sorely tried working classes. This caused the country as a whole to become politically unstable. Benito Mussolini, soon to be Italy's Fascistdictator, took advantage of this instability for his rise to power.
The abdication prior to the referendum probably brought back to the minds of undecided voters the monarchy's role during the Fascist period and the King's own actions (or lack of them), at the very moment monarchists hoped voters would focus on the positive impression created by Umberto and his wife, Maria José, over the previous two years. The "Ma...
National orders and decorations
1. Kingdom of Italy: 1.1. Knight of the Annunciation, 1 January 1887; Sovereign, 29 July 1900 1.2. Grand Cross of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, 1 January 1887; Sovereign, 29 July 1900 1.3. Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy, 1 January 1887; Sovereign, 29 July 1900 1.4. Sovereign of the Military Order of Savoy 1.5. Sovereign of the Civil Order of Savoy 1.6. Sovereign of the Colonial Order of the Star of Italy 1.7. Founder and Sovereign of the Order of the Roman Eagle, 14 March 1942 1.8. Mauritian...
In 1896 he married princess Elena of Montenegro (1873–1952), daughter of Nicholas I, King of Montenegro. Their issue included: 1. Yolanda Margherita Milena Elisabetta Romana Maria (1901–1986), married to Giorgio Carlo Calvi, Count of Bergolo, (1887–1977); 2. Mafalda Maria Elisabetta Anna Romana (1902–1944), married to Prince Philipp of Hesse (1896–...
Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, Viceroy and Governor-General of Italian East AfricaAimone, 4th Duke of Aosta, titular king Tomislav II of CroatiaReference 4: James Rennell Rodd [British Ambassador to Italy before and during the Great War].Social and Diplomatic Memories. Third Series. 1902–1919. London, 1925.
Newspaper clippings about Victor Emmanuel III of Italy in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBWDal 1861 al 1946, il Regno d'Italia fu una monarchia costituzionale, basata sullo Statuto Albertino, concesso nel 1848 da Carlo Alberto di Savoia ai sudditi del Regno di Sardegna, prima di abdicare l'anno successivo.
The Kingdom of Italy was a country that started in 1861 after the Italian unification until the dissolution of the country in 1946. In 1922 it became Fascist Italy. After defeat in World War II the people voted in 1946 to change it into the modern day Italian Republic .
El Reino de Italia (en italiano: Regno d'Italia) fue el nombre asumido el 17 de marzo de 1861 por el Estado surgido tras la unificación nacional italiana proceso histórico que comenzó en 1848, y fue liderada por Víctor Manuel II, quien se coronó rey de Italia en 1861.
t. e. The Italian colonial empire ( Italian: Impero coloniale italiano ), also known as the Italian Empire ( Impero italiano) between 1936 and 1941, was founded in Africa in the 19th century and it comprised the colonies, protectorates, concessions and dependencies of the Kingdom of Italy. In Africa, the colonial empire included the territories ...
