Editing Victor Emmanuel III (section)

==Early years==
[[File:Montabone, Luigi (18..-1877) - Vittorio Emanuele III da ragazzo.jpg|thumb|150px|Victor Emmanuel as a teenager, 1886]]
[[File:Brogi, Carlo (1850-1925) - Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia.jpg|150px|thumb|Victor Emmanuel by photographer Carlo Brogi (son of [[Giacomo Brogi]]), 1895]]
[[File:Victor Emmanuel III.jpg|150px|thumb|Victor Emmanuel, caricature by [[Liborio Prosperi]] in ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', 1902]]

Victor Emmanuel III was born in [[Naples]] in the [[Kingdom of Italy]] to King [[Umberto I]] and [[Margherita of Savoy]], the [[Queen consort]]. He was named after his grandfather, [[Victor Emmanuel II]], [[King of Sardinia]] and later [[King of Italy]]. Unlike his paternal first cousin's son, the {{height|metres=1.98}} tall [[Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta]], Victor Emmanuel was short of stature even by 19th-century standards, to the point that today he would appear diminutive. From birth until his accession, Victor Emmanuel was known as "'''The Prince of Naples'''". On 24 October 1896, he married Princess [[Elena of Montenegro]].[[File:Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia, Elena di Savoia by unknown (1896) - Archivio Storico Ricordi ICON010933.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Vittorio Emanuele III di Savoia, Elena di Savoia, sovereign, 1896.]]