The 19 October 1896 Happened: Carriage and Escort of Princess Jelena

19/10/14

royal yacht Savoy with the escort of the torpedo rams Stromboli and Bausan leaves Brindisi for Antivari where he will arrive the next day to embark and bring to Italy the princess Jelena of Montenegro with her entourage, Vittorio Emanuele and admiral Tòmaso of Savoy.

The units will arrive at the 21 in Bari where the units of the 2a Division of the Active Team under command of rear-admiral Enrico Gualterio are moored.

In the Apulian capital, in the crypt of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas, Princess Jelena will abjure the Orthodox religion by converting to Catholicism and Italianizing the name into Elena. The 24 in Rome will be celebrated with a very subdued ceremony due to the recent defeat at Adua.

Source: Military Navy