Umberto II of Italy Umberto II of Italy Umberto II (; 15 September 190418 March 1983) was the last King of Italy. He reigned for 34 days, from 9 May 1946 to 12 June 1946, although he had been "de facto" head of state since 1944, and was nicknamed the May King (). Umberto was the only son of the five children of King Victor Emmanuel III and Queen Elena. In an effort to repair the monarchy's image after the fall of Benito Mussolini's regime, Victor Emmanuel transferred his powers to Umberto in 1944 while retaining the title of king. As a referendum was
Anthony May and Guildenstern are Dead", "The Launderette", "A Last Belch for the Great Auk" and "The Nuns", which he also directed at the Roundhouse. He was the voice of the King of the Dead in "". In 2011 he played Bootstrap Bill in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" video game, Thompson in the "Tin Tin" video game and Dickson in "Xenoblade Chronicles". He recently played the Queen Elizabeth Hall reading the poetry of Rumi, and appeared as a nobleman in the 2014 fantasy film "Maleficent" starring Angelina Jolie. Anthony May Anthony May (born 23 May 1946) is an English stage, television