Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin

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Prince Vittorio Emanuele
Count of Turin
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Born (1870-11-24)24 November 1870
Turin
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Brussels
Full name
Vittorio Emanuele Torino Giovanni Maria di Savoia-Aosta
House House of Savoy-Aosta
Father Amadeo I of Spain
Mother Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna

Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy-Aosta, Infante of Spain, Count of Turin (24 November 1870 – 10 October 1946) was a grandchild of King Victor Emmanuel II and a member of the House of Savoy. He was a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III.

Early life

Vittorio Emanuele was born in Turin just before his father Prince Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of Aosta was about to leave for Spain where he had been elected king. His mother was Maria Victoria al Pozzo della Cisterna. With his father's accession to the Spanish throne he gained the additional title Infante of Spain.[1]

The duel

In 1897 Vittorio Emanuele challenged Prince Henri of Orléans to a duel, after Henri described, in several articles in the newspaper Le Figaro, the Italian soldiers being held captive in Ethiopia during the First Italo–Ethiopian War as cowards. The dispute was widely echoed in Italy and Europe. It was agreed on the use of the sword as weapon of choice, as the Italians thought duels with pistols, favored by the French, were worthy of betrayed husbands, not of princes of royal blood.[2]

The duel with swords, directed by the Count Leontieff and the Count Avogadro, lasting 26 minutes, took place at 5:00 am on 15 August 1897 in the Bois de Marechaux at Vaucresson, France. Vittorio Emanuele defeated Henri after five reprises.[3] Henri received a serious wound to his right abdomen, and the doctors of both parties considered the injury serious enough to put him in a state of obvious inferiority, causing the end of the duel and making Vittorio Emanuele famous in Europe.

The public response for Vittorio Emanuele in Italy was triumphant. In Turin King Umberto I welcomed him saying, "I want to be the first to congratulate you with all my heart on the example you set and the success you scored".[4]

Later years

In April 1898 Vittorio Emanuele set out on a tour of world.[5] His first stop was New York in the United States of America. After spending a day at the Newport Country Club he presented the club with a silver cup which is presented to the winner of the annual Count of Turin golf tournament.[6] After his stay in America he visited China and Japan on the next leg of his world tour.[7]

Vittorio Emanuele pursued a career in the Royal Italian Army and became the Commander in Chief of the Italian Cavalry.[8] He held this position during the First World War.[9] Following the armistice he was awarded the Croix de guerre by France.[10]

Vittorio Emanuele died in Brussels four months after the proclamation of the Italian Republic.[11]

Ancestry

Family of Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan (= 22)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles Albert of Sardinia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (= 23)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Maria Theresa of Tuscany
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Princess Luisa of Naples and Sicily
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Amadeo I of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Maria Louisa of Spain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Maria Adelaide of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan (= 16)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignan
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Maria Christina of Saxony (= 17)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Turin
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Giuseppe Amedeo Tommaso dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna e Belriguardo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Giuseppe Alfonso dal Pozzo, 4th Prince della Cisterna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Anna Gabriella Enrichetta Caresana di Carizio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Carlo Emanuele dal Pozzo, Prince della Cisterna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Carlo Emanuele Balbo Bertone, Count of Sambuy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Maria Anna Carlotta Balbo Bertone
(Marie Anne Theodore des Balbes de Berton)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Rosalia Barbara Asinari di San Marzano
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Maria Vittoria del Pozzo della Cisterna
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Guillaume de Mérode, Count of Mérode-Westerloo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Werner, Count of Mérode
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Marie d'Ongnies, Princess of Grimberghe
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Louise Caroline Ghislaine de Mérode
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Count François de Spangen d'Uyternesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Countess Victoire de Spangen d'Uyternesse
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Louise de Flaveau
 
 
 
 
 
 

Honours and awards

References

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