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King Umberto I

Umberto I
Ritratto di Umberto I.jpg
Portrait in 1878.
King of Italy (more...)
Reign 9 January 1878 – 29 July 1900
Predecessor Victor Emmanuel II
Successor Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Ministers
Born 14 March 1844
Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died 29 July 1900(1900-07-29) (aged 56)
Monza, Kingdom of Italy
Burial Pantheon, Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Consort Margherita of Savoy
Issue Victor Emmanuel III
Full name
Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia
House House of Savoy
Father Victor Emmanuel II
Mother Adelaide of Austria
Religion Roman Catholicism
Signature
Full name
Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia
Styles of
King Umberto I
Royal Monogram of King Umberto I of Italy.svg
Reference style His Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Sir

Umberto I (Italian: Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoia; 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900), nicknamed the Good (Italian: il Buono), was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination on 29 July 1900.

Umberto's reign saw Italy attempt colonial expansion into the Horn of Africa, successfully gaining Eritrea and Somalia despite being defeated by Abyssinia at the Battle of Adowa in 1896. In 1882, he approved the Triple Alliance with the German Empire and Austria-Hungary.

He was deeply loathed in leftist circles because of his conservatism and support of the Bava-Beccaris massacre in Milan. He was especially hated by anarchists, who attempted an assassination on him during the first year of his reign. He was killed by another anarchist, Gaetano Bresci, two years after the Bava-Beccaris massacre.

The son of Victor Emmanuel II and Archduchess Adelaide of Austria, Umberto was born in Turin, which was then capital of the Kingdom of Sardinia, on 14 March 1844, his father's 24th birthday. His education was entrusted to, amongst others, Massimo Taparelli, marquis d'Azeglio and Pasquale Stanislao Mancini.

From March 1858 he had a military career in the Sardinian army, beginning with the rank of captain. Umberto took part in the Italian Wars of Independence: he was present at the battle of Solferino in 1859, and in 1866 commanded the XVI Division at the Villafranca battle that followed the Italian defeat at Custoza.


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