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| | Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | CAVOUR, CAMILLO BENSO, CONTE DI [Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di], 1810-61, Italian statesman, premier (1852-59, 1860-61) of the Kingdom of Sardinia. |
 | | The active force behind King Victor Emmanuel II, he was responsible more than any other man for the unification of Italy under the house of Savoy (see Risorgimento). |
 | | Conscious of the failures of the 1848-49 revolution, Cavour probably did not believe that the creation of a unified Italy was feasible within his lifetime; until at least 1859 he strove rather for an aggrandized N Italian kingdom under the house of Savoy. |
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