Mathilde was only 18 when she died and was going to marry the King of Italy, Umberto I. Instead, Umberto found himself a less-immolated bride, and their son grew up to be King Victor Emmanuel III, the spineless and ineffectual monarch who installed Mussolini as dictator.
TLDR: If vaping was around in the 1860s, it might have prevented the rise of fascism.
Brotherdodge OP t1_j2crzpu wrote
Reply to comment by musical_fanatic in TIL Archduchess Mathilde of Austria accidentally set her dress alight and immolated herself while trying to hide a cigarette from her father by Brotherdodge
Apparently, yeah! Just looked it up and that's a very cool story. https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/king-umberto-double/