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Aug 23, 2024 · Cierra Tolentino | Latest Updates | August 31, 2024. The Italian royal family was exiled in 1946 and returned with little fanfare in 2002. Their lives as monarchs may have ended, but the legacy of the House of Savoy persists.
3 days ago · Charles Albert abdicated in favour of his son, Victor Emmanuel II, and Piedmontese ambitions to unite Italy or conquer Lombardy were, for the moment, brought to an end. The war ended with a treaty signed on 9 August.
Aug 16, 2024 · A liberal revolution in 1821 forced Victor Emmanuel I to abdicate in favour of his brother, Charles Felix. On the death of the latter in 1831, Charles Albert, of the Carignano branch of the family, obtained the throne.
2 days ago · Pope Pius IX (Italian: Pio IX, Pio Nono; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; [a] 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878. His reign of 32 years is the longest of any pope in history. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican Council in 1868 and for permanently losing control of the Papal States ...
Aug 14, 2024 · 25th Birthday of H. M. Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy - Diplomatic incident between the General Consulate and the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
6 days ago · King Victor Emmanuel II at first aimed at a peaceful conquest of the city and proposed sending troops into Rome, under the guise of offering protection to the pope. When the pope refused, Italy declared war on 10 September 1870, and the Italian Army, commanded by General Raffaele Cadorna , crossed the frontier of the papal territory on ...
2 days ago · Victor Emmanuel II. In Piedmont Victor Emmanuel II governed with a parliament whose democratic majority refused to ratify the peace treaty with Austria. This was an exception to the general course of reaction. The skillfully worded Proclamation of Moncalieri (November 20, 1849) favourably contrasted Victor Emmanuel’s policies with those of ...
