Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso (Savoia) di Savoia (1820 - 1878)

Born 14 Mar 1820 in Palazzo Carignano, Torino, Regno di Sardegna

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Died 9 Jan 1878 at age 57 in Roma, Lazio, Italia

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Re Vittorio Emanuele II Savoia was a member of the aristocracy in Europe.

Biography

Vittorio Emanuele II (Savoia) di Savoia is Notable.

King of Sardinia, 23 Mar 1849 – 17 Mar 1861. King of Italy, 17 Mar 1861 – 9 Jan 1878.

Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia (known in English as King Victor Emanuel II), was born on 14 March 1820 at Palazzo Carignano, Torino (Turin), Kingdom of Sardinia. He was king of Sardinia from 1849 until, on 17 March 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878. The Italian royal dynasty is styled Di Savoia, and not Di Savoia-Carignano, the cadet branch of the House of Savoia, to which Vittorio Emanuele's immediate direct forefathers belonged. The Italians call Vittorio Emanuele by the epithet Padre della Patria (Father of the Fatherland).

Vittorio Emanuele was the son of Carlo di Savoia-Carignano and Marie von Habsburg-Lothringen.

Vittorio Emanuele II, king of Italy.

In 1842 Vittorio Emanuele wed his first cousin once removed Adelheid Franziska Marie Rainera Elisabeth Clotilde von Habsburg-Lothringen (Adelaide of Austria, 1822–1855), daughter of Archduke Rainier Joseph von Österreich and his wife Princess Maria Francesca Elisabetta Carlotta Giuseppina di Savoia. Vittorio and Adelheid had the following issue:

1. Maria Clotilde (1843–1911), wed to Prince Napoléon Joseph;
2. Umberto I (1844–1900), later King of Italy;
3. Amedeo (1845–1890), later King of Spain;
4. Oddone Eugenio Maria (1846–1866), Duke of Montferrat;.
5. Maria Pia (1847–1911), wed to King Louis of Portugal;
6. Carlo Alberto (2 Jun 1851– 28 June 1854), Duke of Chablais;
7. Vittorio Emanuele (6 Jul 1852 – 6 July 1852).
8. Vittorio Emanuele (18 Jan 1855 – 17 May 1855), Count of Geneva;

Drawing of the Family of Vittorio Emanuele II in 1854

Vittorio Emanuele wed morganatically Rosa Vercellana, who bore him two children. Victor Emmanuel had several other mistresses who bore him children as well.

King Vittorio Emanuele II died on 9 January 1878 and was buried in the Pantheon, Roma, Italy. Vittorio Emanuele's successor to the throne of Italy was his son by Queen Adelheid (Adelaide), Umberto I.

Sources

• Wikipedia, article in english Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
• Wikipedia, articolo in Italiano Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia

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