WI Prince Umberto of Italy is assassinated in 1929?

On 24 October 1929 there was an attempt on the life of Prince Umberto of Italy in Brussels , the day of the announcement of his betrothal to Princess Marie José. The Prince was about to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Belgian Unknown Soldier at the foot of the Colonne du Congress. With a cry of 'Down with Mussolini!' the culprit, Fernando de Rossa, fired a single shot that missed Umberto. De Rosa was arrested and under interrogation claimed to be a member of the Second International.
WI de Rossa's bullet found its target and Umberto died that day? How is this altering History? Does the right of succession falls to Umberto's sister Yolanda or Emmanuele Filiberto Duke of Aosta claims the throne? Could the assassination be used against Mussolini's regime? What happens next?
 
Is very simple.
In Italy women could not rise to the Throne (Legge Salica).
So the right of succession go to Amedeo di Savoia Aosta (1898-1942.
But Amedeo had two daughters,so the next is the son of his brother Aimone (1900-1948):
Amedeo di Aosta (1943-).
 
Is very simple.
In Italy women could not rise to the Throne (Legge Salica).
So the right of succession go to Amedeo di Savoia Aosta (1898-1942).
That could have interesting consequences. Amedeo was more or less the most competent person in the royal family; he studied in England and was considered a bit of an Anglophile. If he becomes the heir, he won't be sent to East Africa and won't die there, and as he was relatively popular in the armed forces and among the people (he even appeared in a wartime comic book - for propaganda purposes, but still!) this may turn the result of the 1946 referendum into a victory for the monarchists.

Amedeo might even put pressure on King Vittorio Emanuele to abdicate earlier, and good riddance to him; if he manages that, as king I guess he wouldn't abandon Rome, providing a clearer leadership against the Germans. This might make the liberation of Italy faster, and if the Nazis don't have time to set up the Gustav line the Allies could reach the Alps much earlier.

After the war, Amedeo as king could be a figure of continuity in the ever changing Italian governments, possibly bringing some stability.

As for Aimone, I don't really know. If he's the second in line after Amedeo, he probably won't be made king of the puppet state of Croatia.
 
In 1946 with Amedeo king, we have very good probability that the Monarchy win.
Remember that in OTL the republic won for very few votes.
Other possibility is a baby King (Amedeo son of Aimone) with a respectable Regent (Count Sforza,or Benedetto Croce or Luigi Einaudi).
Would win for sure (would have all Italian women votes).
 
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