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Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01) |
 | | Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia from 1849–1861. |
 | | Charles Albert went to war in 1848 against the Austrian Empire (which ruled most of northern Italy), but was defeated at the Battle of Novara the following year. |
 | | Charles Albert abdicated and Victor Emmanuel became king of Sardinia–Piedmont on March 24, 1849. |
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