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Umberto I
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Umberto I: Facts & Related Content

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Born March 14, 1844 • Turin • Italy
Died July 29, 1900 (aged 56) • Monza • Italy
Title / Office king (1878-1900), Italy
House / Dynasty House of Savoy
Notable Family Members son Victor Emmanuel III
Role In Triple Alliance

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Francesco Crispi
Italian statesman
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet.
Sir Samuel Hoare, 2nd Baronet
British statesman
Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Italian dictator
Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman
Agostino Depretis
premier of Italy
Amintore Fanfani.
Amintore Fanfani
prime minister of Italy
De Gasperi, 1952
Alcide De Gasperi
prime minister of Italy
Galeazzo Ciano, conte di Cortellazzo
Italian diplomat
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando.
Vittorio Orlando
prime minister of Italy
Emilio, marquis Visconti-Venosta
Italian statesman
Luigi Carlo Farini
Italian physician, historian, and statesman
Sidney, Baron Sonnino
Italian statesman
Pasquale Stanislao Mancini
Italian statesman
Conte Carlo Sforza
Italian statesman
Oreste Baratieri
Italian governor of Eritrea
Narses
Syrian theologian
Mausoleum of Theodoric
Theodoric
king of Italy
Odoacer
king of Italy
Henry VII
Henry VII
Holy Roman emperor
Totila
Ostrogoth king

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Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon in Coronation Robes or Napoleon I Emperor of France, 1804 by Baron Francois Gerard or Baron Francois-Pascal-Simon Gerard, from the Musee National, Chateau de Versailles.
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