Victor Emmanuel was born in Turin. During the reign of his father, Charles Albert, the kingdoms of Sardinia and Piedmont were united. Charles Albert went to war in 1848 aganist 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.
In 1842 he was married to a cousin, Maria Adelaide of Habsburg and had children including:
Marie Clotilde 1843-1911, who married Napoleon Joseph 1822-1891 (the Prince Napoleon). Their grandson Louis was the pretender of Bonaparte.
Rosa Theresa Vercellona Guerrieri (nicknamed La Rosina) was once Victor Emmanuel's mistress. The Count of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda was probably their (illegitimate) son.
VittorioEmanuele, Prince of Naples (VittorioEmanuele Alberto Carlo Teodoro Umberto Bonifacio Amadeo Damiano Bernardino Gennaro Maria di Savoia) (born February 12, 1937) was the last Crown Prince of Italy and is considered to be a pretender to the defunct Italian throne.
VittorioEmanuele lobbied the Parliament of Italy over the years in which the law prohibiting his return was in force to be allowed to return to his homeland after 56 years in exile.
In Naples, where VittorioEmanuele was born, and from where his family sailed into exile in 1946, noisy demonstrations were staged by two traditionally opposing factions: anti-monarchists on one hand, and supporters of the Bourbon Kings of the Two Sicilies, whose family was deposed when Italy was united in 1861 under the House of Savoy.
Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy (Italian: VittorioEmanueleII; March 14, 1820 – January 9, 1878) was the King of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849–1861.
Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy became Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.
Victor Emmanuel II was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church after the Italian army attacked Rome in 1870 and forced Pope Pius IX to retreat into Vatican City, a moment that marked the end of temporal papal power.
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