Victor Emmanuel III

American

noun

1869–1947, king of Italy 1900–46.

Victor Emmanuel III British

noun

1869–1947, last king of Italy (1900–46): dominated after 1922 by Mussolini, whom he appointed as premier; abdicated

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"Better exile than prison," wrote former Italian Prime Minister Francesco Nitti to King Victor Emmanuel III in 1925, explaining why he'd left Italy when the Fascists took power.

From Salon

Leone, Natalia recalls, was arrested whenever an important politician came to town, and certainly whenever the King, Victor Emmanuel III, visited Turin.

From The New Yorker

Blinkhorn believed that Mussolini, who was “panic-stricken” by this resistance, might have resigned at this point if the king, Victor Emmanuel III, had demanded it.

From Slate

In 1943, Benito Mussolini was dismissed as premier of Italy by King Victor Emmanuel III, and placed under arrest.

From Washington Times

He called the diminutive King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy “the dwarf” in front of the king’s own entourage.

From The New Yorker

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