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Victor Emmanuel II

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Victor Emmanuel II 1820-78, king of Sardinia (1849-61) and first king of united Italy (1861-78). He fought in the war of 1848-49 against Austrian rule in Lombardy-Venetia and ascended the throne when his father, Charles Albert , abdicated after the defeat at Novara. With the skillful collaboration of Cavour , whom he appointed premier in 1852, he became the symbol and the central figure of the Risorgimento , the movement for Italian unification. Popular in Sardinia because of his liberal reforms and his respect for the constitution, he increased Sardinian prestige abroad by engaging... Read more
Victor Emmanuel II
Encyclopedia of World Biography Victor Emmanuel II Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878 ... He worked to free Italy from ... Carignano, Victor Emmanuel was born at ... with Austria, Victor Emmanuel fought courageously ... and to give Victor Emmanuel more territory ... Read more
Victor Emmanuel III
A Dictionary of World History Victor Emmanuel III (1869–1947) King of Italy ... 1922 in order to forestall civil war, Victor Emmanuel lost all political power. However, during World War II, after the loss of Sicily to the Allies ... Mussolini and conclude an armistice. Victor Emmanuel abdicated in favour ... Read more

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