Elena of Montenegro
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Elena of Montenegro was Queen of Italy from 29 July 1900 until 9 May 1946 as the wife of King Victor Emmanuel III. As Victor Emmanuel's wife, she briefly claimed the titles Empress of Ethiopia and Que
Queen Elena in 1915
Portrait of young Elena in 1888, by Vlaho Bukovac
King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Elena of Italy in 1901
Scan of a widely distributed Italian postcard showing Queen Elena in a nurse's uniform during the First World War
Princess Mafalda of Savoy
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Princess Mafalda of Savoy was the second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and his wife Elena of Montenegro. In 1925, at the age of 22, she married the Landgrave of Hesse, Philipp. In 1943
Elena of Montenegro
…9 September to flee to Brindisi with the help of the Allies and Elena followed her husband in his escape. In contrast, on 23 September their daughter Mafalda was arrested by the Nazis and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, where she died in 1944. Following the war, on 9 May 1946, Victor Emmanuel III…
Mafalda as a child, with her mother Queen Elena and sister Princess Yolanda
Princess Mafalda with sons Moritz and Heinrich in the 1931