He left Italy at the age of 9, banished with all male descendants of the royal house by the Constitution of 1946 to sanction his grandfather’s collaboration.
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Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, son of the last king of Italy, died on Saturday February 3 in Geneva, Switzerland at the age of 86 after a long exile, declared his lawyer Sergio Orlandi, confirming media information Italians.
“His Royal Highness, Victor Emmanuel, Duke of Savoy and Prince of Naples died peacefully in Geneva surrounded by his family”specified a brief press release from the royal house of Savoy cited by the media, specifying that the place and date of the funeral will be announced later.
He had to swear loyalty to the Republic
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy, born February 12, 1937 in Naples, was the head of the House of Savoy who ruled unified Italy from 1861 to 1946 and the son of the last king, Umberto II, who only occupied the throne from May to June 1946.
He left Italy at the age of 9, banished with all male descendants of the royal house by the Constitution of 1946 to sanction the collaboration of his grandfather, Victor Emmanuel III, with the fascist regime and the signing racial laws. He was only able to return to the peninsula in December 2002, after the lifting of the exile voted by the Italian Parliament. To obtain it, he had to swear loyalty to the Republic, a gesture he refused for a long time.