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ITALY.

(Regno d'Italia.)

Reigning Sovereign and Family.

Vittorio Emanuele II. r King of Italy, born March 14, 1820, the eldest son of King Carlo Alberto of Sardinia and Archduchess Theresia of Austria. Succeeded to the throne of Sardinia on the abdication of his father, March 23, 1849; proclaimed King of Italy, by vote of the Italian Parliament, March 17, 1861. Married, April 12, 1842 T to Archduchess Adelaide of Austria; widower, Jan. 20, 1855.

Children of the King: — 1. Princess Clotilde, born March 2, 1843; married, January 30y 1859, to Pz-ince Napoleon Jerome Bonaparte, born September 9, 1822 ; offspring of the •anion are Napoleon Jerome, born July 18, 1862, Louis Jerome,, born July 16, 1864, and Marie, born December 20, 1866. 2. Prince ITmberto,

heir-apparent and Prince of Piedmont, born March 14, 1844 ; major-general in the' Italian army ; married, April 22, 1868, to his cousin, Princess Margarita of Genoa; offspring of the union is a son, Vittorio Emanuele, born Nov. 11, 1869. 3. King Amedeo, formerly Duke of Aosta, born May 30, 1845 ; elected King of Spain by the Cortes Constituyentes Nov. 16, 1870 (see Spain, 'Reigning Sovereign and Family'). 4. Princess Pia, born Oct. 16, 1847; married, Oct. 6, 1862, to King Luis I. of Portugal.

Sister-in-law of the King. — Princess Elisabetta, born Feb. 4, 1830, the daughter of King Johann of Saxony; married, April 22, 1850, to Prince Ferdinando of Piedmont, Duke of Genoa, second son of King Carlo Alberto of Sardinia; widow, Feb. 10, 1855 ; re-married, in 1856, to the Marquis of Rapallo. Issue of the first union are : — 1. Princess Margarita, born Nov. 20, 1851 ; married, April 22, 1868, to Prince Umberto, heir-apparent of the crown. 2. Prince Tommaso, Duke of Genoa, born Feb. 6, 1854.

Other Relatives of the King. — 1. Princess Teresa, horn Sept. 19, 1803, the daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele I. of Sardinia ; married, Aug. 15, 1820, to Carlo II., Duke of Parma, who abdicated April 19, 1848. 2. Princess Anna, twin-sister of the preceding, born Sept. 19, 1803; married, Feb. 27, 1831, to Emperor Ferdinand I. of Austria, who abdicated Dec. 2, 1848. 3. Princess Maria, born Sept. 29, 1814, the daughter of Prince Giuseppe of Savoy-Carignano ; married, June 16, 1837, to Prince Leopold of Naples, Count of Syracuse; widow, Dec. 4, 1860. 4. Prince Eugenio, brother of the preceding, born April 14, 1816 ; admiral in the Italian navy v