Amadeo I (Italian
Amedeo, sometimes anglicized as
Amadeus) (30 May 1845 – 18 January 1890) was the only
King of Spain from the
House of Savoy. He was the second son of
King Vittorio Emanuele II of Italy and was known for most of his life as the
Duke of Aosta, but reigned briefly as King of Spain from 1870 to 1873.