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Victor Emmanuel II ( Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia (also known as Piedmont-Sardinia) from 23 March 1849 until 17 March 1861, [a] when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independ...
Jun 7, 2024 · Victor Emmanuel II was the king of Sardinia–Piedmont who became the first king of a united Italy. Brought up in the court of his father, Charles Albert, and given a conventional monarchical education emphasizing religious and military training, he was married to his cousin Maria Adelaide, daughter.
The monument celebrates the unification of Italy and honors Victor Emmanuel II, who was for many years a leader of the movement toward a united Italy and in 1871 became the first king of the fully reunified Italy.
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy was a King of Sardinia-Piedmont who played a major role in Risorgimento, the Italian unification movement and became the first King of unified Italy since the 6th century. Check out this biography to know more about him.
Jun 11, 2018 · Victor Emmanuel II (1820-1878) was king of Sardinia from 1849 to 1861 and then the first king of Italy until 1878. He worked to free Italy from foreign control and became a central figure of the movement for Italian unification.
Victor Emmanuel II. Alinari/Art Resource, New York. (1820–1878) was the first king of a united Italy. He was born in Turin. During the reign of his father, Charles Albert (1798–1849), the island kingdom of Sardinia was united with the kingdom of Piedmont on the Italian mainland.
The Victor Emmanuel II National Monument (Italian: Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II), also known as the Vittoriano or Altare della Patria ("Altar of the Fatherland"), is a large national monument built between 1885 and 1935 to honour Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, in Rome, Italy.
