This king was engaged to the archduchess Mathilde of Austria, who died when she hid a cigarette near her flammable dress.
This king was engaged to the archduchess Mathilde of Austria, who died when she hid a cigarette near her flammable dress. He survived an assassination attempt by a cook who was imprisoned in an isolated cell with no toilets on Elba and later had his brain displayed at a Criminal Museum. During this man's reign, troops opened fire on demonstrators who protested against food prices and the government of Antonio di Rudini. This ruler's lost popularity for supporting the Bava-Beccaris massacre in Milan. Known as the "Good King," he was pilloried for signing off on the Triple Alliance with Germany and Austria-Hungary. In an action that would inspire Leon Czolgosz to murder William McKinley, he was killed at Monza by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. FTP, name this son of Victor Emmanuel II who ruled Italy until his assassination in 1900.
This king was engaged to the archduchess Mathilde of Austria, who died when she hid a cigarette near her flammable dress.
Umberto I [accept Humbert I or Umberto the Good]