Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy (1869-     ).  Succeeded as King of Italy in 1900 on the assassination of his father, King Umberto I.  Proclaimed Emperor of Ethiopia in 1936 and King of Albania on April 16, 1939.  Renounced the titles of Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Albania on September 3, 1943, at Brindisi.
Wife:  Elena, née Princess Petrovich-Niegosh of Montenegro (1873-     )

Issue:

Jolanda Margherita, Countess Carlo Calvi di Bergolo (1887-     ) Mafalda, Landgravine of Hesse (1902-1944).  Died on August 28, 1944, in Buchenwald concentration camp. Umberto, Crown Prince of Italy (1904-     ) Wife:  Marie José, née Princess of Belgium (1906-     ) Issue: Maria Pia, Princess of Savoy (1934-     ) Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Savoy, Prince of Naples (1937-     ) Maria Gabriella, Princess of Savoy, born on February 24, 1940, in Naples. Maria Beatrice, Princess of Savoy, born on February 2, 1943, in Rome. Giovanna, Tsarina of Bulgaria (1907-     ) Maria, Princess Louis of Bourbon-Parma (1914-     ).  Married on January 23, 1939, in Rome.

Amadeo, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, King of Spain (1845-1890)

Issue:  4 children, including

Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1869-1931) Issue: Amadeo, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1898-1942).  Succeeded as Duke of Aosta on the death of his father in 1931.  Created Italian Viceroy of Abyssinia in 1936.  Died March 3, 1942, in an Allied concentration camp in Nairobi, East Africa. Wife: Anne, née Princess of France (1906-     ) Issue: Margherita, Princess of Savoy (1930-     ) Maria Cristina, Princess of Savoy (1933-     ) Aimone, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Spoleto, Duke of Aosta, King Tomislav II of Croatia (1900-     ).  Created Duke of Spoleto in 1904.  Married on July 1, 1939, in Florence.  Created King Tomislav II of Croatia on May 18, 1941, but abdicated his claim to the Croatian throne upon the Italian surrender in 1943.  Succeeded as Duke of Aosta on the death of his brother in 1942. Wife:  Yriny, née Princess of Greece (1904-     ) Issue: Amadeo, Prince of Savoy, born on September 27, 1943, in Florence. Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Savoy, Count of Turin (1870-     )

Emanuele Filiberto Guerrieri, Count of Mirafiori (1851-1894)
Wife:  Bianca, née Countess de Larderel (d. 1942)

Issue: 2 children, including

Gastone, Count of Mirafiori (1878-1943).  Died at Turin on August 7, 1943. Wife:  Margherita, née Boasso (1878-     ) Issue: Vittoria, Marchesa Melchior Gromis, Countess of Trana (1901-     )

Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (1822-1855)

Issue:

Margherita, Queen of Italy (1851-1926).  Mother of King Vittorio Emanuele III of Italy (above). Tommaso, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (1854-1931) Issue: Ferdinando, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Genoa (1884-     ).  Succeeded as Duke of Genoa on the death of his father in 1931. Wife:  Maria Luigia, née Gandolfi di Ricaldone (1899-     ) Filiberto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia (1895-     ).  Created Duke of Pistoia in 1904. Wife:  Lydia, née Princess and Duchess of Arenberg (1905-     ) Bona Margherita, Princess Konrad of Bavaria (1896-     ) Adalberto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Bergamo (1898-     ).  Created Duke of Bergamo in 1904. Maria Adelaida, Princess Leone Massimo, Princess of Arsoli (1904-     ) Eugenio, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Ancona (1906-     ).  Created Duke of Ancona in 1906. Wife:  Lucia, née Princess of Bourbon-Sicily (1908-     ) Issue: Isabella, Princess of Savoy, born on June 23, 1943, in Rome.

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