Amadeo di Savoia

Amadeo di Savoia (October 21, 1898 – March 3, 1942) was the third Duke of Aosta and a cousin of Victor Emmanuel III. His baptismal name was Amadeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Giuseppe Giovanni de Savoie.

After the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, Amadeo was made the Governor-General (and hence Commander-in-Chief) of Italian East Africa. He led Italian forces during the failed East African Campaign of World War II.

Shorterly after his surrender, he died of tuberculosis and malaria in a P.O.W. camp in Kenya.

Amadeo was often known as a gentleman. In one instance, before he fled his headquarters at Addis Ababa, he wrote a note for the British to thank them in advance for protecting the cities women and children.