Friday, March 19, 2010

King's grandmother very ill

March 19, 1910

The Dowager Duchess of Genoa, the grandmother of King Victor Emanule, "was stricken with apoplexy today and is grave condition," according to the New York Times. The Dowager Queen Margherita and Queen Elena have hastened to her bedside, and the King is expected to arrive in Turin as "soon as possible."

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