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Born May 14, 1666 • Turin • Italy
Died October 31, 1732 (aged 66) • Moncalieri • Italy
Title / Office king (1720-1730), Sardinia • duke (1675-1730), Savoy
House / Dynasty House of Savoy

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Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
Camillo Benso, count di Cavour
Piedmontese statesman
Charles Albert of Sardinia-Piedmont
Charles Albert
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
Luigi Carlo Farini
Italian physician, historian, and statesman
Amadeus VI
Amadeus VI
count of Savoy
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II
king of Italy
Cesare, Count Balbo
prime minister of Sardinia-Piedmont
Amadeus VIII
antipope and duke of Savoy
La Marmora, detail of a lithograph by Masutti
Alfonso Ferrero La Marmora
Italian general and statesman
Massimo Taparelli, marquis d’Azeglio
Italian author and statesman
Charles Emmanuel I, detail of a lithograph
Charles Emmanuel I
duke of Savoy
Carlo Vincenzo Ferrero di Roasio, marchese d’Ormea
Piedmontese statesman
Manfredo Fanti
Italian general
Emmanuel Philibert, detail of a portrait by G. Vighi; in the Pinacoteca, Turin, Italy
Emmanuel Philibert
duke of Savoy
Giovanni Lanza
Italian statesman
Urbano Rattazzi
Italian lawyer and statesman
Charles Emmanuel III
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
Amadeus VII
count of Savoy
Charles Emmanuel IV
king of Sardinia-Piedmont
Charles Emmanuel II
duke of Savoy
Victor Amadeus I
duke of Savoy

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