The New Student's Reference Work/Victor Emmanuel III

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85721The New Student's Reference Work — Victor Emmanuel III

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, born Nov. 11, 1869, the only son of Humbert I, whom he succeeded on the throne on the assassination of his father, July 29, 1900. His mother is Queen Margherita, daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando, Duke of Genoa. In 1896 he married Helena (born 1873), daughter of Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro, the heir-apparent being Humbert, Prince of Piedmont (born 1904). Victor Emmanuel III has always been greatly interested in military matters, and from choice has seen a good deal of the German army. Before coming to the throne, he held the post of commanding-general at Naples.