Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Victor Emmanuel II
[[File:|210px|alt=|Victor Emmanuel in circa 1861.]]
Victor Emmanuel in circa 1861.
King of Italy (King of Italy
Reign	17 March 1861 – 9 January 1878
Predecessor	Napoleon (1814)
Successor	Umberto I
Prime Ministers	See list Camillo Cavour Bettino Ricasoli Urbano Rattazzi Luigi Carlo Farini Marco Minghetti Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora Luigi Federico Menabrea Giovanni Lanza Agostino Depretis
King of Sardinia and Duke of Savoy
Reign	23 March 1849 – 17 March 1861
Predecessor	Charles Albert
Prime Ministers	See list Agostino Chiodo Claudio Gabriele de Launay Massimo D'Azeglio Camillo Cavour Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
Born	14 March 1820 Palazzo Carignano, Turin, Kingdom of Sardinia
Died	9 January 1878(1878-01-09) (aged 57) Quirinal Palace, Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Spouse	Adelaide of Austria (m 12 April 1842 ) Rosa Vercellana (m 18 October 1869)
Issue	Maria Clotilde, Princess Napoléon Umberto I of Italy Amadeo I of Spain Oddone, Duke of Montferrat Maria Pia, Queen of Portugal
Full name
Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia
House	House of Savoy
Father	Charles Albert of Sardinia
Mother	Maria Theresa of Austria
Burial	Pantheon, Rome
Signature
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ({Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 17 March 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of an independent, united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878. Borrowing from the old Latin title Pater Patriae of the Roman emperors, the Italians gave him the epithet of Father of the Fatherland (Padre della Patria)

Issue

1. Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy (2 March 1843 – 25 June 1911) married Napoléon Jérôme, Prince Napoléon and had issue.
2. Umberto I of Italy (14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900) married Princess Margherita of Savoy and had issue.
3. Amadeo I of Spain (30 May 1845 – 18 January 1890) married Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo and later Princess Maria Letizia Bonaparte an had issue.
4. Prince Oddone, Duke of Montferrat (11 July 1846 – 22 January 1866) died unmarried.
5. Princess Maria Pia of Savoy (14 February 1847 – 5 July 1911) married King Luís I of Portugal and had issue.
6. Prince Carlo Alberto of Savoy (2 June 1851 – 22 June 1854) Duke of Chablais died in childhood.
7. Prince Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy (6 July 1852) died at birth.
8. Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Count of Genevois (18 January 1855 – 17 May 1855) died in childhood.

Titles and styles

• 14 March 1820 – 27 April 1831: His Royal Highness Prince Victor Emmanuel of Savoy. (Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia)
• 27 April 1831 – 23 March 1849: His Royal Highness The Prince of Piedmont.
• 23 March 1849 – 17 March 1861: His Majesty The King of Sardinia.
• 17 March 1861 – 9 January 1878: His Majesty The King of Italy.