Victor Emmanuel II
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Victor Emmanuel II was King of Sardinia from 23 March 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 centu
Formal portrait, c. 1861
Maria Theresa with her two sons, Victor Emmanuel and Ferdinand, 1832
Victor Emmanuel II in 1850
Portrait of Victor Emmanuel, with a battle in the background (1848)
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