"Umberto II" redirects here. For other uses, see Humbert II.
Umberto II
Umberto, then the Prince of Piedmont, in 1944
King of Italy
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Reign
9 May 1946 – 12 June 1946
Predecessor
Victor Emmanuel III
Successor
Monarchy abolished;
Enrico De Nicola as President of Italy
Prime Minister
Alcide De Gasperi
Head of the House of Savoy
Tenure
9 May 1946 – 18 March 1983
Successor
Prince Vittorio Emanuele
or
Prince Amedeo
Born
(1904-09-15)15 September 1904 Racconigi, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy
Died
18 March 1983(1983-03-18) (aged 78) Geneva Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland
Burial
Hautecombe Abbey, France
Spouse
Marie-José of Belgium
(m. 1930)
Issue
Princess Maria Pia
Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
Princess Maria Gabriella
Princess Maria Beatrice
Names
Italian: Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria di Savoia English: Humbert Nicholas Thomas John Maria of Savoy
House
Savoy
Father
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
Mother
Elena of Montenegro
Religion
Catholic Church
Signature
Umberto II (Italian: Umberto Nicola Tommaso Giovanni Maria di Savoia; 15 September 1904 – 18 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. Umberto's reign lasted for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 until his formal deposition on 12 June 1946, although he had been the de facto head of state since 1944. Due to his short reign, he was nicknamed the May King (Italian: re di maggio).
Umberto was the only son among the five children of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. As heir apparent to the throne, he received a customary military education and pursued a military career afterwards. He commanded an army group during the brief Italian invasion of France shortly before French capitulation. In 1942, he was promoted to Marshal of Italy but was otherwise inactive as an army commander during much of the Second World War. Umberto turned against the war following Italian defeats at Stalingrad and El Alamein, and tacitly supported the ouster of Benito Mussolini.
In 1944, Victor Emmanuel, compromised by his association with Italian fascism and desperate to repair the monarchy's image, transferred most of his powers to Umberto. He transferred his remaining powers to Umberto later in 1944 and named him Lieutenant General (Luogotenente) of the Realm; while retaining the title of King. As the country prepared for the 1946 Italian institutional referendum on the continuation of the Italian monarchy, Victor Emmanuel abdicated his throne in favour of Umberto, in the hope that his exit might bolster the monarchy. The June 1946 referendum saw voters voting to abolish the monarchy, and Italy was declared a republic days later. Umberto departed the country; he and other male members of the House of Savoy were barred from returning. He lived out the rest of his life in exile in Cascais, on the Portuguese Riviera. He died in Geneva Cantonal Hospital in 1983.
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