Bordighera, Jan. 4—Dowager Queen, Margherita, mother of King Victor Emmanuel, died today in her 75th year. She had been ill of pulmonary pleurisy for several weeks. Her son, King Emanuel, and other members of the royal family came at 11 o’clock this morning, having been summoned hurriedly yesterday when a sudden turn for the worse was noted.
The patient late last night sank into a coma from which, despite heroic efforts by her doctors, she never emerged. Actual cause of her death was cerebral blood clots which developed last night.
Margherita was the best beloved queen Italy ever had, not only because of her personal sweetness but because she herself was Italian, being born a Princess of Savoy.
Extreme unction was administered to the dying queen by Father Sismondini, who entered the death chamber at 8 o’clock this morning and remained for nearly an hour. The first message of condolence to arrive at the castle was from Premier Mussolini.
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We tend to forget that many countries had monarchs 100 years ago. To learn more about the dowager queen of Italy, go to www.palazzo-pitti.net/margerita-of-savoy-biography.html. From that page, you can find more information on the royal family in 20th century Italy.
In 1900, all European countries had a monarchy except France, Switzerland and San Marino. By 1926 Germany, Austria, Hungary and Russia had lost their monarchies. But the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Albania Luxembourgh, Monaco, Liechtenstein and Belgium still had kings and queens. Some of the countries outside of Europe with monarchies were Japan, Thailand (Siam), Persia, Afghanistan, Nepal, Ethiopia, Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
From the first page of The Daily Advance, Elizabeth City, N.C., Monday evening, Jan. 4, 1926
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