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Vittorio Emanuele III became king in 1900, after his father Umberto I was tragically assassinated in Monza. He reigned till 1946, in the most tormented and violent historical period for Italy and the world, among dictatorships, global conflicts, fanaticisms and mass slaughters: two World Wars, the Fascism, the Nazism, the Communism made the 20th century the most bloody century of human history, with its millions of victims. Events of such an extent couldn’t not fatefully affect the monarchy, as well as the House of Savoy. Would he have died [Read more...]
Vittorio Emanuele III became king in 1900, after his father Umberto I was tragically assassinated in Monza. He reigned till 1946, in the most tormented and violent historical period for Italy and the world, among dictatorships, global conflicts, fanaticisms and mass slaughters: two World Wars, the Fascism, the Nazism, the Communism made the 20th century the most bloody century of human history, with its millions of victims. Events of such an extent couldn’t not fatefully affect the monarchy, as well as the House of Savoy. Would he have died at the end of WWI, Vittorio Emanuele would be remembered as the King of Vittorio Veneto. On the contrary, he survived and took part, often against his will, in epochal upheavals: at first, the Fascism, and the alliance with Hitler and his racial laws; then the German occupation, the 8th September Armistice and the flight away from Rome. It is still difficult to give a serene and impartial historic judgement on events which aren’t far too remote.
His son, Umberto II, is the “King of May” till the referendum on June 2nd, 1946. Umberto accepts the outcome and the exile, not to harm further an already blooding country. This is the last favour supplied to Italy by the Savoy.
Intervention by GIANNI OLIVA
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