Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy has died - General News. "At 7.05 am (ANSA) His Royal Highness passed away peacefully in Geneva surrounded by his family," the House ofSavoy said in a statement.
The House of Savoys ruled Italy from unification in 1861 to 1946, when Italians voted in an institutional referendum on June 2 to abolish the monarchy and create the Italian republic. After the referendum Umberto II and his family went into exile in Switzerland.