Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Prince of Naples (Vittorio Emanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amedeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria di Savoia;''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIV. "Haus Italien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 33, 38–39. .Willis, Daniel, ''The Descendants of Louis XIII'', Clearfield Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1999, p. 673. . 12 February 1937 – 3 February 2024), was the only son of Umberto II, the last

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, and Marie-José of Belgium. Vittorio Emanuele also used the title Duke of Savoy and claimed the headship of the

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. These claims were disputed by supporters of his third cousin, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, and later by Amedeo's son, Aimone. Vittorio Emanuele lived for most of his life in exile, following the

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, which affirmed the abolition of the monarchy and the creation of the

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. On several occasions, he was the centre of controversy in Italy and abroad due to a series of incidents, including remarks that were seen by some as

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. He was revealed to be a member of Propaganda Due (P2), the state within a state responsible for high-level corruption and political manipulation. In France, he was tried on a murder charge, of which he was cleared of unlawful killing but convicted of a firearms offence. Vittorio Emanuele was arrested in 2006 on charges of criminal association,

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, corruption, and exploitation of prostitution. He was acquitted of all charges in 2007 and 2010.Savoiagate, Vittorio Emanuele assolto
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Early life and family

Vittorio Emanuele was born on 12 February 1937 in

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to Umberto, Prince of Piedmont, who would later become the last

as Umberto II, and Princess Marie-José of Belgium. The Italian royal family was exiled from Italy when he was nine years old. He lived in

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from the time he was exiled until his death. Vittorio Emanuele had three sisters, an older sister Princess Maria Pia and two younger sisters, Princess Maria Gabriella and Princess Maria Beatrice. Princess Maria Pia married Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1955, the son of Prince Paul of Yugoslavia and Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark. In 2003, she remarried Prince Michel of Bourbon-Parma, son of Prince René of Bourbon-Parma and Princess Margaret of Denmark and the younger brother of

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. Vittorio Emanuele was also a first cousin of the late King Baudouin of Belgium, former King Albert II of Belgium, the late Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse, and Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria. After an eleven-year relationship, Vittorio Emanuele married Swiss biscuit heiress and world-ranked water skier Marina Doria in

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, on 7 October 1971. Their wedding was announced on the occasion of the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire. Coincidentally, Vittorio Emanuele and his wife Marina share a birthday (12 February) but Vittorio Emanuele is two years younger than Marina (she was born in 1935). Vittorio Emanuele worked as a banker and an aircraft salesman, and then an arms dealer. Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, has a son, Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice, born on 22 June 1972. Emanuele Filiberto married Clotilde Courau in 2003, and they have two daughters together.

Duke of Savoy

On 7 July 2006, Vittorio Emanuele's kinsman and dynastic rival, Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta declared himself to be the head of the House of Savoy and Duke of Savoy, claiming that Vittorio Emanuele had lost his dynastic rights when he married without the permission of Umberto II in 1971. Amedeo received the support of the President of the ''Council of Senators of the Kingdom'' Aldo Alessandro Mola and Vittorio Emanuele's sister, Maria Gabriella. Vittorio Emanuele and his son applied for a judicial injunction to forbid Amedeo from using the title "Duke of Savoy". In February 2010, the court of

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ruled that the Duke of Aosta and his son must pay damages totalling €50,000 to their cousins and cease using the surname ''Savoy'' instead of ''Savoy-Aosta''. However, the verdict was overturned on appeal, with the allowing Amedeo the use of the short surname, in the form of di Savoia, and additionally revoking the financial penalty originally imposed on him.

Exile from and return to Italy

Reasons for exile

Amedeo di Savoia Aosta e Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia

In line with certain other countries that were formerly monarchies (such as

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), the Italian Constitution required all male members of the House of Savoy to leave Italy and barred them from ever returning to Italian soil again. This was enacted as a "temporary disposition" enacted when the constitution was promulgated in 1948. The constitution also forbade any amendment that would change the republican form of government, effectively foreclosing any effort to restore the monarchy short of adopting a new constitution.

Requests for return

Vittorio Emanuele lobbied the Parliament of Italy over the years in which the law prohibiting his return was in force, to be allowed to return to his homeland after 56 years in exile. In 1999, he filed a case at the

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, in which the Prince charged that his lengthy exile violated his human rights. In September 2001, the court decided to hold a hearing on the case at a date to be fixed later. Before his return to his homeland, he renounced any claim to Italy's

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, which were stored in a deposit box at the

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. He publicly stated that the crown jewels "are no longer ours", referring to the House of Savoy. At the time, he hoped that the crown jewels would be publicly displayed. However, the royal family asked for the jewels back in 2021 and sued the Italian government and the Bank of Italy in 2022 when they were not returned. In February 2002, Vittorio Emanuele and his son Emanuele Filiberto wrote a signed letter, published through a law firm, in which they formally expressed their loyalty to the

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Return to Italy

On 23 October 2002, the provision in the constitution that barred male members of the former royal house from returning to Italy was repealed. As part of a deal with the government, Vittorio Emanuele signed an agreement renouncing all claims to the defunct throne and recognizing the Republic as the only lawful government of Italy. Vittorio Emanuele was permitted to re-enter the country on 10 November 2002. On 23 December 2002, he made his first trip home in over half a century. On the one-day visit he, his wife, and his son had a 20-minute audience with

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at the

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. Upon their first visit in 2003 to Naples, where Vittorio Emanuele was born, and from where his family sailed into exile in 1946, the reception of the Savoys was mixed; most people were indifferent to them, some hostile, a few supportive. The media reported that many in

were not happy to see the return of the family when hundreds of noisy demonstrators chanted negative slogans as they progressed through the city. Demonstrations were staged by two traditionally opposing factions: anti-monarchists on one hand, and supporters of the

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, the royal house deposed when Italy was united in 1861 under the House of Savoy.

Death

Vittorio Emanuele died in Geneva Cantonal Hospital, Switzerland on 3 February 2024, aged 86. A statement from the Royal House of Savoy gave the time of his death as 07:05 ( CET). His funeral was held on 10 February 2024 in the

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and, afterwards, he was

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. Attendees at his funeral included his widow Marina, Princess of Naples, his son Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice, his daughter-in-law Princess Clotilde, Princess of Venice, his granddaughter Princess Vittoria, Princess of Carignano, his sister Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Parma, his nephew

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, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, and Princess Olga, Duchess of Aosta, Prince Jean of Luxembourg, the

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, Queen Sofía of Spain, Leka, Prince of Albania, Boris, Prince of Turnovo, Fuad II of Egypt, Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, Afonso, Prince of Beira,

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, John T. Dunlap, and Daniel McVicar. The ashes were subsequently buried in the Royal Crypt of the Basilica di Superga.

Controversies

Unilateral declaration of kingship (1969)

Vittorio Emanuele unilaterally declared himself

on 15 December 1969. He argued that by agreeing to submit to a referendum on his place as head of state, his father had thereby abdicated. Vittorio Emanuele took this action after his father allegedly called for Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta to visit him in

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to name him his heir. Under his self-assumed powers as King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele conferred the title of Duchess of Sant'Anna di Valdieri on his then-fiancée, Marina Doria.

Dirk Hamer's death (1978–2015)

On the night of 17 August or the morning of 18 August 1978, on the island of Cavallo (which lies off the south coast of

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), Vittorio Emanuele discovered his yacht's rubber

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had been taken and attached to another nearby

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. Arming himself with a rifle, he attempted to board the vessel. He shot at a passenger he had awakened; the shot missed the passenger but mortally wounded Dirk Hamer (the 19-year-old son of Ryke Geerd Hamer), a passenger sleeping on the deck of another adjacent yacht. The prince admitted civil liability for the death in a letter dated 28 August 1978. Vittorio Emanuele was arrested and Dirk Hamer later died of his wounds on 7 December 1978 before he could provide any evidence. On 11 October 1989, Vittorio Emanuele was indicted on charges of inflicting lethal injury and possession of a dangerous weapon. However, on 18 November 1991, after thirteen years of legal proceedings, the Paris

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acquitted him of the fatal wounding and unintentional homicide charges, finding him guilty only of unauthorised possession of an

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. He received a six-month suspended prison sentence. When incarcerated in June 2006 on unconnected charges of corruption (see below, Arrest and imprisonment), Vittorio Emanuele was recorded admitting that "I was in the wrong, ..but I must say I fooled them he French judges, leading to a call from Dirk Hamer's sister Birgit for Vittorio Emanuele to be retried in Italy for killing her brother. Birgit Hamer undertook a long legal fight to obtain the full video. She stated: "What for us is a confession is a boast for him: he laughs about the fact that he killed a boy." The story of the video was broken by aristocratic journalist Beatrice Borromeo, who also wrote the preface for a book on the murder, by Birgit Hamer. Vittorio Emanuele sued the newspaper for defamation, claiming the video had been manipulated. In 2015, a court judgement ruled in favour of the newspaper. On Twitter Borromeo posted: ("Winning a case is always nice, but against Victor Emmanuel of Savoy the pleasure is double"), which resulted in a spat on Twitter with his son Emanuele Filiberto.

Allegations of antisemitism (2003)

Vittorio Emanuele also said in 2003 that the antisemitic laws passed under

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's regime were "not that terrible". In response, the president of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities, Amos Luzzatto, stated "I'm not saying it was he who signed the racial laws in 1938. But, as a Savoy heir, Victor Emmanuel has never distanced himself from them," in an interview with newspaper. On 27 January 2005, in a letter published by , Vittorio Emanuele issued an apology to Italy's Jewish population, asking forgiveness from the Italian Jewish community, and declaring that it was an error for the Italian Royal Family to have signed the racial laws of 1938.

Arrest and imprisonment (2006)

On 16 June 2006, Vittorio Emanuele was arrested in Varenna and imprisoned in Potenza on charges of corruption and recruitment of prostitutes for clients of the Casinò di Campione of

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. The enquiry was conducted by Italian magistrate John Woodcock, of British ancestry, famous for other VIPs' arrests. Woodcock described Emanuele as the "undisputed leader" of an influence-trafficking network associated with Sicilian organized crime. After several days, Vittorio Emanuele was released and placed under house arrest. He was released from house arrest on 20 July 2006 but had to stay within the borders of Italy. Vittorio Emanuele was acquitted of all charges in the years 2007 and 2010. reported in 2006 that Emanuele Filiberto had distanced himself from his father.

Seeking compensation from Italy (2007)

In 2007, Vittorio Emanuele and his son, Emanuele Filiberto, requested formally that the state pay financial damages of €260 million, and initiate full restitution of all properties and belongings that had been confiscated from the royal house after the abolition of the monarchy. The financial damages claim is based on having suffered moral injustice during the exile. The Italian government has rejected the request and, in response, indicated that it may seek damages for historic grievances.

Succession

In June 2023, his son Emanuele Filiberto, Prince of Venice, announced his intention to renounce his claim to the throne in favour of his daughter, Princess Vittoria of Savoy, when he felt she was ready to succeed. Until he formally does so, he remains as his father's heir.

Honours

National dynastic honours

Vittorio Emanuele was the

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of the Dynastic Orders of the House of Savoy which consist of: *

: Sovereign Knight of the Royal Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation *

: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus *

: Sovereign Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Crown *

: Grand Master of the Royal Civil Order of SavoyRoyal Website
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: Grand Master of the Royal Military Order of Savoy *

: Grand Master of the Royal Order of Merit of Savoy

National honours

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: Bailiff Knight Grand Cross of Justice of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, Special Class * Two Sicilian Royal Family: Bailiff Knight Grand Cross with Collar of Justice of the Two Sicilian Royal Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George

Foreign honours

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: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Redeemer * : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint-Charles * Montenegrin Royal Family: Knight of the Order of Petrović Njegoš * Montenegrin Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Prince Danilo I * Montenegrin Royal Family: Knight of the Order of Saint Peter of Cetinje * Empire of Iran: Recipient of the Commemorative Medal of the 2,500-year celebration of the Persian EmpireBadraie
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Ancestry

Patrilineal descent

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. ;House of Savoy #

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, c. 980–about 1047/1048 #

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, about 1010/1020–c. 1057 # Amadeus II, Count of Savoy, c. 1050–1080 # Umberto II, Count of Savoy, 1065–1103 # Amadeus III, Count of Savoy, 1095–1148 #

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, 1135–1189 # Thomas I, Count of Savoy, 1178–1233 # Thomas, Count of Savoy, Lord of Piedmont, 1199–1259 # Amadeus V, Count of Savoy, 1253–1323 # Aymon, Count of Savoy, 1291–1343 # Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, 1334–1383 # Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy, 1360–1391 # Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy, 1383–1451 # Louis, Duke of Savoy, 1413–1465 # Philip II, Duke of Savoy, 1438–1497 # Charles III, Duke of Savoy, 1486–1553 # Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, 1528–1580 #

Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel I (; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 30 August 1580 until his death almost 50 years later in 1630, he was the longest-reigning Savoyard monarch ...

, 1562–1630 #

Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano Thomas Francis of Savoy, 1st Prince of Carignano (; ; 21 December 1596 – 22 January 1656) was an Italian military commander and the founder of the Carignano branch of the House of Savoy, which reigned as kings of Piedmont–Sardinia from 1 ...

, 1596–1656 # Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano, 1628–1709 # Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, 1690–1741 # Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano, 1721–1778 # Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano, 1743–1780 # Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignano, 1770–1800 # Charles Albert of Sardinia, 1798–1849 #

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Victor Emmanuel II (; full name: ''Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di House of Savoy, Savoia''; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also informally known as Piedmont–Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 u ...

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, 1844–1900 #

Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Victor Emmanuel III (; 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947) was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. A member of the House of Savoy, he also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941 and King of the Albania ...

, 1869–1947 #

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, 1904–1983 #Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, 1937–2024

Gallery

References

Bibliography

External links

Official web page of House of Savoy

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