| − | '''King Vittorio Emanuele II''' (in English, ''Victor Emmanuel II'', 1820-1878) was a king of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia, and, from 1861, the first King of Italy. He led a revolution in northern Italy in the nineteenth century that helped unify the nation of [[Italy]]. He was assisted by his Prime Minister Count Cavour. | + | '''King Vittorio Emanuele II''' (in English, ''Victor Emmanuel II'', 1820-1878) was a king of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia, and, from 1861, the first King of [[Italy]]. He led a revolution in northern Italy in the nineteenth century that helped unify the nation of [[Italy]]. He was assisted by his Prime Minister Count Cavour. |