Post-abdication and Legacy
Completely disgusted, the ex-monarch left Spain and returned to Italy, where he resumed the title of Duke of Aosta.
After the death of his first wife, he married his French niece, Princess Maria Letizia Bonaparte (20 November 1866 – 25 October 1926), daughter of his sister Maria Clotilde and of Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte, a nephew of Napoleon I. They had one child, Umberto (1889–1918), who died of the flu during WWI.
Amadeo remained in Turin, Italy until his death on 18 January 1890, less than two years after marrying his second wife. Puccini composed Crisantemi, an elegy for string quartet, in his memory.
Lake Amadeus in central Australia is named for him.
The first Spanish Republic lasted less than one year, and in November 1874 Alfonso XII, the son of Isabella II, was proclaimed King, with Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, Spanish intermittent prime minister from 1873 until his assassination in 1893, briefly serving as regent.
The Philippine municipality of Amadeo, Cavite is named after him.
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