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Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia

1666 - 1732

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Victor Amadeus II (Italian: Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 1666 – 31 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King of Sicily (1713–1720) and then as King of Sardinia (1720–1730). Among his other titles were Duke of Savoy, Duke of Montferrat, Prince of Piedmont, Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Maurienne and Nice. Louis XIV arranged his marriage in order to maintain French influence in Savoy, but Victor Amadeus soon broke away from the influence of France. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia is the 1,251st most popular politician (up from 1,275th in 2019), the 513th most popular biography from Italy (up from 517th in 2019) and the 83rd most popular Italian Politician.

Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia is most famous for his involvement in the War of Spanish Succession. He was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 1,251 out of 19,576. Before him are Jérôme Bonaparte, Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca, Mary, Queen of Hungary, Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Xiang Yu, and Andronikos II Palaiologos. After him are Mohammad Mosaddegh, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Constantine III, Peter II of Yugoslavia, Totila, and Philip III of Macedon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 1. After him are Ivan V of Russia, Guru Gobind Singh, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Stephen Gray, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau, Antonio Maria Valsalva, and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon. Among people deceased in 1732, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 1. After him are Emperor Reigen, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Louis Marchand, John Gay, André Charles Boulle, Woodes Rogers, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, and Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 513 out of 5,161. Before him are Renzo Piano (1937), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Cesare Beccaria (1738), Maria Anna of Savoy (1803), Tinto Brass (1933), and Pope Hilarius (415). After him are Antonio Meucci (1808), Totila (500), Pope Stephen VIII (900), Lucky Luciano (1897), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), and Zeuxis (-500).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 83. Before him are Ancus Marcius (-675), Charles I of Hungary (1288), Pietro Badoglio (1871), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), Tiberius Claudius Nero (-85), and Maria Anna of Savoy (1803). After him are Totila (500), Octavia the Younger (-69), Aurelia Cotta (-120), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Gaius Gracchus (-154), and Calpurnia (-77).

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