Charles Albert of Sardinia
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Charles Albert was the King of Sardinia and ruler of the Savoyard state from 27 April 1831 until his abdication in 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Statuto Albertino
Portrait by Ferdinando Cavalleri, c. 1833, wearing the collar of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
Maria Christina of Saxony, mother of Charles Albert
Youthful portrait of Charles Albert
Maria Theresa of Tuscany Charles Albert's wife
The First Italian War of Independence, part of the Risorgimento or unification of Italy, was fought by the Kingdom of Sardinia and Italian volunteers against the Austrian Empire and other conservative
arrival of King Carlo Alberto at the Battle of Novara
Defenders of Venice during the siege in 1849, as painted by Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin (detail)
Daniele Manin carried in triumph following the liberation of Venice on 17 March 1848 (detail from a painting by Napoleone Nani, 1876)
General Josef Radetzky, commander of the Austrian army in Lombardy–Venetia, portrait by Georg Decker (1818–1894)