Shot at Monza
Anarchists hated Umberto I of Italy and had tried to kill him in his first year as king. In 1900, two years after troops fired on food-price protesters in Milan, the anarchist Gaetano Bresci shot him dead at Monza.
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Umberto I of Italy
1844–1900 · Savoy
King of Italy. Born at Turin. Died at Monza.
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Reigned
| 1878–1900 | Monarch of Italy |
Family
- Father
- Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
- Mother
- Archduchess Adelaide of Austria
- Married
- Margherita of Savoy 1868
- Children (1)
- Victor Emmanuel III of Italy 1869
- Siblings (4)
- Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy 1843
Amadeo I of Spain 1845
Prince Oddone, Duke of Montferrat 1846
Maria Pia of Savoy 1847
Related to
- Umberto I of Italy was the 30× great-grandson of Charlemagne.
- Umberto I of Italy was the fourth cousin once removed of Victoria.
- Umberto I of Italy was the 5× great-grandson of Louis XIV of France.