Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta

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Tomislav II
King of Croatia
Reign	May 18, 1941 - October 12, 1943
Born	March 9, 1900
	Turin
Died	January 29, 1948 (aged 47)
	Buenos Aires
Consort	Irene of Greece and Denmark
Issue	Amadeo
Royal House	House of Savoy
Father	Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
Mother	Princess Hélène of Orléans

Aimone, King of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta (Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe di Torino)(9 March 1900 - 29 January 1948) , later King Tomislav II of Croatia and the 4th Duke of Aosta was a member of House of Savoy.

[edit] Biography

Aimone d'Aosta was born on in Turin. He was the second son of Prince Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta (son of Amadeus I of Spain and Princess Maria Vittoria) and Princess Hélène (daughter of Prince Philippe of Orléans and the Infanta Maria Isabel of Spain). His great grandfather was King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, making him a member of the House of Savoy.

On 22 September 1904 he was given the title Duke of Spoleto for life.

On 1 July 1939 Prince Aimone married Princess Irene the daughter of King Constantine I of Greece and Princess Sophie of Prussia, in Florence. They had a son, Prince Amadeo, 5th Duke of Aosta, on 27 September 1943.

On 18 May 1941, taking the name Tomislav II, he was proclaimed King of the Independent State of Croatia, a German/Italian state covering most of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Though he did have symbolic power, he never had any real power, and subsequently abandoned the crown on 12 October 1943, after the Italian withdrawal from the war. His full title as King was "King of Croatia, Prince of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Voivode of Dalmatia, Tuzla and Temun, Duke of Aosta (from 1942), Prince of Cisterna and of Belriguardo, Marquess of Voghera, and Count of Ponderano."

Prince Aimone became 4th Duke of Aosta on 3 March 1942, following the death of his elder brother Prince Amadeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta, in a British Prisoner of War camp in Tanganyika.

He died in Buenos Aires in 1948.

House of Savoy Born: 9 March 1900; Died: 29 January 1948
New Title	King of Croatia 18 May 1941–12 October 1943	Relinquished title
Preceded by: Amadeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta	Duke of Aosta 1942–1948	Succeeded by: Amadeo, 5th Duke of Aosta