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Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, the son of Italy’s last king, died at the age of 86 at his home surrounded by his family in Geneva, the House of Savoy said on Saturday. Vittorio Emanuele was officially the last crown prince of Italy and the head of the house for a long time after the death of his father. In the Middle Ages, the family ruled over Savoy, which is located in parts of present-day Italy, France and Switzerland, and Piedmont in northern Italy. The royal house provided the kings of Italy between 1861 and 1946. Italians by a narrow margin voted in a 1946 referendum to abolish the monarchy…

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