Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-01-18
kin!s Victor Emamncl.

Victor Emanuel IL, King II Sardinia
frcm lSi9 and pf Italy from lS6l to his
death Jan, 10Th, Mas horn IN Turin, the
capital ~ his earlier realm, III lSGo his
father being Charles Albert and his
mother daughter ot the grand duke of
Tuscany His title ~ heir apparent
was Duke ot Savoy, under which name
he distinguished himself for gallaNtry
III tho irld III the wan ~ ISIS With
Austria, Whom tive series vt wars, insur-
recuons aud mtrlGues begun chat near
IL twenty years aAer expelled the last
Austrian from lnh ml made u ono
uatjru under his rule ihr disastrous
end ~ the tirSt outbreak compelled
the abdivaUou II his father IN lSl9,
when the Young Victor Emmanuel he
came KING ot Sardinia. lite negotiated
Il successful peace with Austria and ut
once cntcred upou u career If Internal
reform. aided hv his minister Count
Cavour under whose enlightened and
progressive influence he remained M.
Ill the htter'S death, and 10 whom the
great results which have since been
accomplished are first ot all due. ThCS,
earlier schemes included the rcorgani
1aton of the finances and the army
the curiailment ol clerical privileges,
especially in the monopoly over edu
cation and the scculariMtion of church
property. The king was cNcommuni-
Gated hy the pope on account OF these
proceedings. me foreign policy of
Cavour WAS NO less Ear seeing and pro
ductive of great results To his sovereign
than That NJ home, 1t first developed
III an alliance with France and England
i'll the CrimCan VAR, which raised Sai-
linia materially III rank among Euro
pean powers. The nCNt stop MAS the
war OF Italian independence in 1850, in
which Sardinia and France joined
against Austria, AND in which the king
took personal part and gained general
renoNn for gallantrN in the field AZ
the battle of Sotcrino lie WAS personally
opposed to the famous Austrian field
marshal BeuCdcE, whom hc defeated
dccisively. The peace ct Nlllofmcn
gave him lomhardN. France, how
over demanded Savoy and Nice is Il
reward for his aid, The uoNt year,
| lS60, he annexed the northern ducmeS
most &c the Papal States, ami the two
Sicilics. all ot those having rcNolted
against their rulers, the latter through
tic efforts Of Gnrlbaldi lii March,
1 ls6l, Victor Emmanuel assumed thr
title Of king or Italy, and ~ ls6a rc-
moved his capital from Turin 10 Flor
onve. In 1856 his last accession ~
territory from Austria was gained in
thc annexation of Ncneta after the
seven weeks MAR in alliance Win prus.
sla, and in 1870 the fallof Louis Napo-
leon gave him the long coveted oppol-
tnnity to remove his capital 10 Rome.
Since that time his tllorts have becn
mainly directed 10 reforms Of the IN
tcrnaI affairs Of the Kingdom which
have been less prosperous since the
death of Cayour The kings first wilc
was the Arehdnchcss Adelaide oi
Austria, who died IN lS15. Ills present
morgauatlc wife is Rosa Nercellaua,
whom hc has made countess Of Mira
fore, and whom, with her children, aro
doubtless the persons euuhcmialcAlly
alluded to as those who were 30.
customcd to be near him. The best
known Of his royal children nro Prime,
4 lmmhctt who succeeds INN as king
and Prince Amadeus, who was lor 4
short time king of Spain.