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  Victor Emmanuel III of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele III in Italian (11 November 1869 28 December 1947), was King of Italy (29 July 1900 9 May 1946), claimed Emperor of Ethiopia (1936 - 1943) and King of Albania (1939 - 1943).
Victor Emmanuel III's position as Emperor of Ethiopia was not universally accepted, as Italy had overthrown the native Emperor, Haile Selassie.
Victor Emmanuel III yielded most of his powers to his son Umberto II in 1944, when Umberto was appointed as Lieutenant General of the Realm, and finally abdicated in 1946.
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 History Of Italy
Italy no longer had any special and individual place in the empire, and the establishment of the new seat of empire at Constantinople in 330 was symptomatic of the decline of Italy and symbolic of the increased importance of the East, even though the new imperial capital was closely modeled after Rome.
On Mar. 17, 1861, Victor Emmanuel II was officially proclaimed king of Italy, and the Piedmontese constitution of 1848 was extended to the rest of the country.
Italy maintained the integrity of its territory, was able to protect its boundary with France, and was assured of the continued possession of Rome.
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 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861.
Victor Emmanuel II was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after the Italian army attacked Rome and forced Pope Pius IX to retreat and from Vatican City.
Victor Emmanuel would keep the former ordinal number though he became the first king of Italy, in order to maintain the dynastical continuity.
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 BookRags: Victor Emmanuel, III Biography
Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947) was king of Italy from 1900 to 1946.
Victor Emmanuel was born on Nov. 11, 1869, in Naples.
In 1896 Victor Emmanuel married Princes Elena of Montenegro.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Emmanuel Philibert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of AOSTA, EMMANUEL PHILIBERT OF SAVOY, DUKE OF [Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of], 1869-1931, Italian general; son of King Amadeus of Spain and cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
Charles Emmanuel I CHARLES EMMANUEL I [Charles Emmanuel I] 1562-1630, duke of Savoy (1580-1630), son and successor of Emmanuel Philibert.
Savoy, house of SAVOY, HOUSE OF [Savoy, house of] dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
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Victor Emmanuel studied history and law, and received military training that resulted in his holding positions of command from 1887.
Victor Emmanuel III maintained support for Italy's membership in the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary, but also agreed with the Italian rapprochement with Britain, France, and Russia -- the Triple Entente -- concerning Mediterranean affairs, which facilitated Italy's military venture in Libya against the Turks, 1911-1912.
Victor Emmanuel then persuaded the other Allied leaders that Italy could hold the enemy at the Piave River, and he exhorted the nation and the army to rally for the defense of the Piave line.
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 Encyclopedia
King Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia (1751–1819) was compelled by the French government to abdicate in 1802; his brother and successor, King
Victor Emmanuel I, abdicated in 1821 in the face of a popular uprising against his regime.
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicated in 1946 in favor of his son, Humbert II (1904–83).
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 Coins of Victor Emmanuel III
Son of Umberto I and Margherita of Savoia, Vittorio Emanuele III (Victor Emmanuel III) was born on 11 November 1869 in Naples and he ascended the throne in 1900.
In the World War I (1915 - 1918) Italy was initially neutral; due to the irredentism of the Trentino and Venezia Giulia, Italy abandoned the Triple Alliance joined with the Germany and the Austria, and she fought on the side of the Allies, together with France and England.
The victory arose to Italy and the key battle of the Piave (june 1918), that leaded to the final victory at Vittorio Veneto; the 10th Anniversary of the End of World War I was celebrated in 1928 with the "Helmet" series.
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 FASCISM IN ITALY
Italy had suffered badly during the war - 460,000 soldiers were killed and the country was heavily in debt.
Italy had been promised extra land by Britain and France during the war, but when the war ended it was not handed over.
In 1943 the Allies invaded Italy and Mussolini was overthrown.
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 A complete guide to Italy and the italian culture :: Tricolore.Net - Bringing Italians Together
Victor Emmanuel III took the Albanian crown, and the Italians set up a fascist government under Shefqet Verlaci and soon absorbed Albania's military and diplomatic service into Italy's.
At the beginning of World War II Italy remained neutral (with the consent of Hitler), but it declared war on France and Britain on June 10, 1940, when the French defeat was apparent.
King Victor Emmanuel III reacted by arresting Mussolini and appointing the army chief of staff, Marshal Badoglio, as Prime Minister.
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 Victor Emmanuel III - Search Results - MSN Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Victor Emmanuel III (1869-1947), king of Italy (1900-1946) and self-styled emperor of Ethiopia (1936-1944) and king of Albania (1939-1944), born in...
Victor Emmanuel I (1759-1824), king of Sardinia (1802-1821), born in Turin, Italy.
He was the son of Victor Amadeus III, Duke of Savoy and king of...
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 King Of Italy - Umberto Ii Of Italy
Had Victor Emmanuel III of Italy handed over the throne in 1943, it is likely that the monarchy would have won the 1946 referendum on its survival.
Victor Emmanuels failure proved to be one of his many major misjudgments.
Umberto had by this stage become king, Victor Emmanuel having reluctantly and belatedly abdicated a few weeks before the referendum.
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 Lateran Treaty - MSN Encarta
In 1871 the Italian government guaranteed to Pope Pius IX and his successors the use of the Vatican and the Lateran palaces and a yearly income of 3,250,000 lire as indemnity for the loss of sovereignty and territory.
The pope was pledged to perpetual neutrality in international affairs and to abstention from mediation except when specifically requested by all parties to a controversy.
Also agreed on were a concordat establishing Roman Catholicism as the religion of Italy and a financial arrangement awarding money to the Holy See in settlement of all its claims against Italy arising from the loss of temporal power in 1870.
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 Study Abroad Italy - IIEPassport Country of the Month
Italy is a peninsula extending southward from the European coastline nearly to the coast of North Africa.
Although Italy was not unified until 1861, the rich history of the peninsula has included some of the most influential civilizations in the world including the Etruscans and the Romans, whose Empire extended through much of Europe for several centuries.
Italy is home to the Università di Bologna, which is said to be the oldest university in the western world.
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 Victor Emmanuel
Victor Emmanuel, the son of King Umberto I, was born in Naples, Italy, in 1869.
Victor Emmanuel abdicated in May 1946, but his son was rejected in a referendum and Italy became a republic.
Victor Emmanuel III died in exile in Egypt in 1947.
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Boris III of BULGARIA was born in 1894 in Bulgaria.
He was married to Giovanna of ITALY (daughter of Victor Emmanuel III of ITALY) about 1930.
Marie Louise of BULGARIA was born in 1933 in Bulgaria - dtr of Boris III.
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 Italy
In October 1922, King Victor Emmanuel III appointed the leader of the Italian Fascist Party, Benito Mussolini, as prime minister of Italy.
Italy occupied territory in Yugoslavia (1941), Greece (1941), and a small portion of southern France (1942).
Military reversals in North Africa and the Allied invasion of Sicily and southern Italy in 1943 contributed to the overthrow of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship.
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 Victor Emmanuel II   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Victor Emanuel II VICTOR EMMANUEL II (1820-1878) First king (1861-1878) of united Italy and last king of Piedmont-Sardinia (1849-1861).
Victor Emmanuel succeeded his father Charles Albert to the throne of Piedmont-Sardinia on March 24, 1849, following the abdication of Charles Albert after two humiliating defeats (1848 and 1849) by Austria.
On March 17, 1861, the kingdom of united Italy was proclaimed at Turin, capital of Piedmont-Sardinia, in a national parliament composed of deputies elected from all over the peninsula and the 1848
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 NationMaster - Statistics on Italy. 2397 facts and figures, stats and information on Italian economy, crime, people, ...
Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II.
Italy was a charter member of NATO and the European Economic Community (EEC).
Northern Italy (Val d'Aosta, Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia, Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia) unemployment is at 3%.
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 Italy in the Second World War
Victor Emmanuel III had been king since 1900.
Italy had been members of the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary since 1882.
After a series of riots in 1922 King Victor Emmanuel III appointed Mussolini in an attempt to prevent a communist revolution in Italy.
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 Bulgaria 30's collection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born in Rome, the third daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, Giovanna was raised in the Villa Savoia and from a young age was aware her aim in life was to further the House of Savoy's dynastic aspirations through marriage.
Polish-Hungarian king Vladislav III Yagello, was born in 1424 and was the first child of Polish king and great Lithuanian prince Vladislav II Yagello.
In 1434 Vladislav inherited the Polish throne and the crown.
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 eBay - victor emmanuel iii, Historical Memorabilia, Tobacciana items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Italy --- 86 --- Mint --- Victor Emmanuel III
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ITALY #106 Mint LH Victor Emmanuel III 1908-1927
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 Luigi Facta
Luigi Facta was born in 1861 at Pinerolo, province of Torino (Turin).
He became a member of the Italy's Chamber of Deputies in 1892, a position he held for 31 years until 1923.
In the summer of 1922, Italy faced a civil war among its political parties, as Facta was unsuccessful in coping with the Fascists, who had seized power in Bologna, Milan, and other cities.
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 Reign
Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom reigned from 1837 to 1901.
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy reigned from 1900 to 1946.
King Humbert II of Italy reigned for only a few weeks in 1946 before the abolition of the Italian Monarchy.
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 Post-War Albania
After Fan Noli fled in 1924 to Italy and later the United States, several of his leftist protÈgÈs migrated to Moscow, where they affiliated themselves with the Balkan Confederation of Communist Parties and through it the Communist International (Comintern), the Soviet-sponsored association of international communist parties.
The nationalistic Geg chieftains and the Tosk landowners often came to terms with the Italians, and later the Germans, to prevent the loss of their wealth and power.
With the overthrow of Mussolini's fascist regime and Italy's surrender in 1943, the Italian military and police establishment in Albania buckled.
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 Italy Albania Invasion 1939
Rome, however, delivered Tiranë an ultimatum on March 25, 1939, demanding that it accede to Italy's occupation of Albania.
Unwilling to become an Italian puppet, King Zog, his wife, Queen Geraldine Apponyi, and their infant son Skander fled to Greece and eventually to London.
Zog's rule ended on April 7, 1939, when Italy, Albania's sole foreign support, simultaneously declared the kingdom a protectorate and invaded (Italian Fascist forces shelled towns and occupied Albania, which was annexed by Italy), forcing Zog to flee into exile.
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