The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1878-01-24
VICTOR EMMANUEL.


King of IaIy-His Successor.
Vittorio Emmanuel Maria Alberto
Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso, better
known as Victor Emmanuel H., king of
Italy, was born in Turin, March IA,
1920, and was the Oldest son of Carlo
Alberto, of Sardinia and Theresa,
daughter of the Grand Duke Ferdinand,
of Tuscany. He received his early edu-
cation from the Jesuits. In 1842, being
then Duke of Savoy, he married the
Archduchess Adelaide, of Austria, and
six years later took the field with his
father in the war against his wife's kin.
dred. at the battle of Goito he was
wounded, and at Novara won great adj
miration by his gallantry. The latter
battle resulted disastrously to the
Italians and Charles Albert, believing
that his sons matrimonial alliance
would be of service in treating with the
conquering general, abdicated the
throne. Victor Emmanuel surrounded
himself at the beginning of his reign
with able ministers, including Cavour
and D'Azeglio, who gave him aid in his
diplomatic negotiations with other
sovereigns and in quelling the spirit of
insurrection that had begun to show
itself at home. He began his reign
under the most uufavorable auspices.
He had to overcome the consequences
of disastrous war with Austria, to SUBJ
due faction, and to preserve the consti-
tuition, to annul which, it was said,
Austria attempted to bribe him with the
offer of Parma, by which his troops
became the comrades of the allied
armies in the Crimea. The same year
he paid visit to the British court, and
received an enthusiastic reception from
the English people. His daughter,
the Princess Clothilde, was given in
marriage to Prince Napoleon, cousin of
the late Emperor Of the French. In
1859, after series of sanguinary battles
with Austria, in which the Austrians
were defeated by the allied French and
Sandman troops, Austrian power was
driven from Lombardy, which state
was annexed to the Sandman crown.
He concluded with England treaty of
commerce, and obtained a treaty of
peace from Austria upon comparatively
easy terms.
In 1856 his monarchy acquired addi-
tional consideration through the conven-
ton signed with England and France,
and other important states of the
italian peninsula voted for their annex
alton to the rest of Italy which acknowl-
edged the rule of the Sandman monarch.
After the annexation of these provinces
to his crown, Victor Emmanuel assumed
the title of King of Italy. In 1866,
after the "Seven weeks war, "Venice was
added to the italian dominions, and in
1870 the Papal States were incorpor-
ated in his dominions, thus bringing
about that unification of Italy, for
which the Italians had long struggled
for, and which we see to-day. In 1871
Victor Emmanuel moved his capital
from Florence to Rome, and took up
his residence in the Inomial palace.
The kings first wife dying in 1856 he
afterwards contracted a morgauatic
marriage with Rosa Vercellana, whom
he made Countess of Mirafore.
The reign of Victor Emmanuel was
very eventful. He possessed stubborn,
iron will, and was noted for his personal
bravery. He was regarded as man of
small mental capacity, however. He
had strong friends and equally strong
enemies. He leaves two sons and two
Ills CluSot Sui,
Prince of Piedmont. is his successor.
He was born in 1874, and is consequent
ly thirty-three years of age. He was
q major-general in the italian army, and
is regarded as a man of independent
mind. 1t is thought, by persons who
know his purposes best, that any modi-
fication of his fathers policy he may
make will be in the anti-clerical interest.
He was married April %, 1868, to
his cousin, Princess Margarita, OF
Genoa.
Prince Amadeus. Victor Emmanuel's
second son, was King of Spain from
December, 1870, till February, 1873,
and is now living in retirement in Italy.
Pia, the second daughter, is the present
Queen of Portugal.
Victor EmmanuePs fatal illness as
sumed form at first which caused nc
especial alarm. as he had often suffered
similar attacks and rallied speedily
His extreme corpulency made him 6
victim of many disorders which men oi
lesser habit escape. 1t was necessary
to bleed him freely at times, and his
fondness for hunting and other open
air sports were encouraged by his
physicians as necessity of his peculiar