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unusual facts about Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta


Mosley Mayne

Under Mayne's command the major fighting was concluded by 5th Division and took the Italian Commander-in-Chief's surrender.


Alaje

A later battle in 1941 was one of the last actions of the East African Campaign, and ended with the capture of the Duke of Aosta, the governor of Italian East Africa, as well as one of the last Italian strongholds.

Bizzarrini P538

In 1967, Bizzarrini rebodied at least one V-8 as a coupe and sold it to the Duke of Aosta (it is known as the Duca d’Aosta coupe).

Carlo Negri

However, this "move" was not made for merely political reasons: the Stormo had very strong ties with Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (and therefore with the House of Savoy) although Amedeo had left the command of the unit by the late 1930s to take up the place of Governor General of Italian East Africa and had died the year before as a POW of the British in Kenya.

Marina Karella

Princess Olga of Greece (born 17 November 1971), married to her second cousin Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia, son of Amedeo, 5th Duke of Aosta and paternal grandson of Princess Irene of Greece and Denmark, second daughter of King Constantine I of Greece.


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