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ITALY.

(Regno d'Italia.)

Reigning King. Umberto I., born March 14,1844, the eldest son of King Vittorio Emanuele II. of Italy and of Archduchess Adelaide of Austria. Succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, January 9, 1878. Married, April 22, 1868, to Queen Margherita, born November 20, 1851, the only daughter of the late Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa.

Son of the King.

Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, Prince of Naples, born November 11, 1869 ; married, October 24, 1896, to Princess Helena, born January 8, 1873, daughter of Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro.

Sisters of the King.

I. Princess Clotilde, born March 2, 1843; married, January 30, 1859, to the late Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte ; widow, March 17, 1891 ; offspring of the union are Napoleon Victor, born July 18, 1862 ; Louis, born July 16, 1864 ; and Maria L^etizia, born December 20, 1866 ; married, September 11, 1888, to Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta ; widow, January 18, 1890.

II. Princess Fia, born October 16, 1847; married, September 27, 1862, to the late King Luis I. of Portugal ; widow, October 19, 1889.

Nephews of the King.

Prince Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, born January 13, 1869, married, June 25, 1895, to Princess Elena d'0rl6ans, daughter of the late Comte de Paris ; Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy- Aosta, Count of Turin, born November 24, 1870 ; Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy- Aosta, Duke of Abruzzi, born January 30, 1873 ; Prince Umberto Maria of Savoy- Aosta, Count of Salemi, born June 22, 1889 — children of the late Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta.

Aunt of the King.

Princess Elisabetta, horn February 4,1830, the daughter of King Johann of Saxony; married, April 30, 1850, to Prince Ferdinando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa ; widow, February 10, 1855 ; re-married, in 1856, to the Marquis of Rapallo. Offspring of the tirst union are: — 1. Princess Margherita, born November 20,