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Humber (Chief of the Huns defeated)

chief of the Huns, defeated by Locrin, King of England, and drowned HUMBOLDT in the river Abus, ever since called the Humber.

HUMBERT I., Italian UMBERTO (öm-ber'tō), King of Italy; born in Turin, March 14, 1844. He was the eldest son of Victor Emmanuel. In the war of 1866, in which Italy joined Prussia against Austria, he took the field in command of a division, and distinguished himself by his bravery in the disastrous battle of Custozza. In 1868 he married his cousin, Margherita, daughter of Duke Ferdinand of Genoa. He succeeded his father Jan. 9, 1878, and was assassinated in Monza, near Milan, July 29, 1900.