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| | Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861) The figure who forged the Kingdom of Italy, designe d the constitutional structure of the unitary state and served as its first prime minister was the second son of an aristocratic Piedmontese family. |
 | | Whereas Gustavo, as the first son could expect a position in the administration or the diplomatic corps in Piedmont, Camillo, as the second son of a nobleman, was earmarked for a career in the army, even though his interests were more political than military. |
 | | Camillo resigned from the army at the end of 1831. |
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