Name

Victor Emmanuel II

Original name

Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia

Main activity

Ruler

Secondary activity

Title

King of Sardinia, King of Italy

Name variations

Vittorio Emanuele II di Savoia"

Education place

Education institution

Activity place

Activity institution

Activity start date

1849

Activity end date

1878

Place of birth

Turin

Date of birth

1820

Place of death

Rome

Date of death

1878

Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/tags/Vittorio%20Emanuele%20II/library

Descriptive card

He 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. In 1869 the Italian typographer, active in Cairo, Mosè Castelli, donated to him copies of his published Arabic editions, together with a small group of Arabic manuscripts, that the King donated to the Biblioteca Nazionale in Florence, at that time capital of the Kingdom of Italy.

Entry author

Sara Fani