Politician

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

1820 - 1878

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Victor Emmanuel II of Italy was a politician born in 1820 in , which is now part of modern day Palazzo Carignano, Italy. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy died at 58 years old in NaN.

His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 76 in 2024). Victor Emmanuel II of Italy is the 224th most popular politician (up from 271st in 2024), the 111th most popular biography from Italy (up from 114th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular Italian Politician.

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy was most famous for being the first king of Italy. He was the son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria. He became King of Sardinia in 1849 and King of Italy in 1861.

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Among Politicians

Among politicians, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 224 out of 19,576Before him are Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, Mehmed III, Joanna of Castile, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Richard Nixon. After him are Deng Xiaoping, Charles X of France, Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Mithridates VI of Pontus, and Murad IV.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1820, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 3Before him are Friedrich Engels, and Florence Nightingale. After him are Herbert Spencer, Nadar, William John Macquorn Rankine, Anne Brontë, Harriet Tubman, Henri, Count of Chambord, Edmond Becquerel, Henri Vieuxtemps, and Multatuli. Among people deceased in 1878, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 2Before him is Pope Pius IX. After him are Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Claude Bernard, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Elias Magnus Fries, George V of Hanover, and Ernst Heinrich Weber.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 111 out of 5,161Before him are Pope Clement XII (1652), Benedict of Nursia (480), Pope Sixtus V (1520), Pope Gregory I (540), Pope Sylvester I (300), and Pope Innocent X (1574). After him are Pope Gregory XV (1554), Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Sonia Gandhi (1946), Federico Fellini (1920), Pope Pius IV (1499), and Pope Gregory XII (1335).

Among Politicians In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 23Before him are Lorenzo de' Medici (1449), Titus (41), Mark Antony (-83), Vespasian (9), Domitian (51), and Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600). After him are Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194), Sonia Gandhi (1946), Lucius Verus (130), Antoninus Pius (86), Numa Pompilius (-753), and Cardinal Mazarin (1602).