Back أمير أيمون (دوق أوستا) Arabic امير ايمون دوق اوستا ARZ Таміслаў II Byelorussian Аймон Савойски-Аоста (1900 – 1948) Bulgarian Aimó de Savoia-Aosta Catalan Tomislav 2. af Kroatien Danish Aimone, 4. Herzog von Aosta und Herzog von Spoleto German Αϊμόνε της Σαβοΐας-Αόστας (1900-1948) Greek Aimón de Saboya-Aosta (1900-1948) Spanish Tomislav II.a Kroaziakoa Basque
| Prince Aimone | |||||
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| King of Croatia | |||||
| Nominal reign | 18 May 1941 – 31 July 1943 | ||||
| Prime minister | Ante Pavelić | ||||
| Duke of Aosta | |||||
| Reign | 3 March 1942 – 29 January 1948 | ||||
| Predecessor | Amedeo | ||||
| Successor | Amedeo | ||||
| Born | 9 March 1900 Turin, Kingdom of Italy | ||||
| Died | 29 January 1948 (aged 47) Buenos Aires, Argentina | ||||
| Burial | 31 January 1948 | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Issue | Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta | ||||
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| House | Savoy | ||||
| Father | Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta | ||||
| Mother | Hélène of Orléans | ||||
Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta (Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe Torino; 9 March 1900 – 29 January 1948) was a prince of Italy's reigning House of Savoy and an officer of the Royal Italian Navy. The second son of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, he was granted the title Duke of Spoleto on 22 September 1904. He inherited the title Duke of Aosta on 3 March 1942 following the death of his brother Prince Amedeo in a British prisoner of war camp in Nairobi.
From 18 May 1941 to 31 July 1943, Aimone was designated king of the Independent State of Croatia (Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) though he never ruled there.[2] He formally accepted the position and took the name Tomislav II, after the first Croatian king.[3][4] Later, however, he refused to assume the kingship in protest of the Italian annexation of the Dalmatia region,[5] and is therefore referred to in some sources as king designate.[6][7][8][9] Regardless, many sources refer to him as King Tomislav II and the nominal head of the NDH during its first two years (1941–1943).[10][11][12][13][14] After the dismissal of Mussolini on 25 July 1943, Aimone abdicated on 31 July as king on the orders of Victor Emmanuel III.
- ^ "Royalty Guide: Savoy-Aosta". Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2007-07-30.
- ^ Lemkin, Raphael (2008). Independent State of Croatia. The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. pp. 252–56.
- ^ dr. Marijan Rogić, Pod Zvonimirovom krunom (Under the crown of Zvonimir) Munchen 2008.
- ^ Hrvoje Matković, Designirani hrvatski kralj Tomislav II. vojvoda od Spoleta. Povijest hrvatskotalijanskih odnosa u prvoj polovici XX.st. (Designated Croatian king Tomislav II, Duke of Spoleto. History of Croatian-Italian relationships in first half of the 20th century), Zagreb 2007.
- ^ Rodogno, Davide; Fascism's European empire: Italian occupation during the Second World War; p.95; Cambridge University Press, 2006 ISBN 0-521-84515-7
"Devoid of political experience and ignorant of the Italian government's exact intentions, he [the Duke Aimone] refused to leave for Croatia, saying so in letters to Victor Emmanuel and Benito Mussolini, in which he told them that the question of Dalmatia, 'a land that could never be Italianized', was an obstacle against any reconciliation with the Croats. Never, he declared, would he agree to be a king of a nation amputated from Italy." [1]. - ^ Pavlowitch, Stevan K.; Hitler's new disorder: the Second World War in Yugoslavia; p.289; Columbia University Press, 2008 0-231-70050-4 [2]
- ^ Massock, Richard G.; Italy from Within; p.306; READ BOOKS, 2007 ISBN 1-4067-2097-6 [3]
- ^ Burgwyn, H. James; Empire on the Adriatic: Mussolini's conquest of Yugoslavia 1941-1943; p.39; Enigma, 2005 ISBN 1-929631-35-9
- ^ Royal Institute of International Affairs; Enemy Countries, Axis-Controlled Europe; Kraus International Publications, 1945 ISBN 3-601-00016-4 [4]
- ^ Rezun, Miron (30 May 1995). Europe and war in the Balkans: toward a new Yugoslav identity. Greenwood Press. p. 62. ISBN 027595238X.
The duke agreed to accept the throne and became King Tomislav II of Croatia
- ^ Friedman, Francine (22 January 2004). Bosnia and Herzegovina: a polity on the brink. Routledge. p. 130. ISBN 0415274354.
...nominally Croatia was ruled by the Italian Duke of Spoleto styled as King Tomislav II...
- ^ Dedijer, Vladimir (1979). History of Yugoslavia. p. 573.
...The new king was given the title of Tomislav II...
- ^ Romano, Sergio (1 March 1999). An outline of European history from 1789 to 1989. Berghahn Books. p. 130. ISBN 1571810765.
...the Duke of Spoleto, became king, with the name of Tomislav II...
- ^ Salmaggi, Cesare; Pallavisini, Alfredo (1 May 1984). 2194 days of war. E Mayflower Books. p. 149. ISBN 0831789417.
...Croatia is constituted an independent nation under Tomislav II...
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