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Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia

1666 - 1732

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Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 1666 – 31 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King of Sicily (1713–1720) and then as King of Sardinia (1720–1730). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia has received more than 360,010 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia is the 1,756th most popular politician (down from 1,451st in 2019), the 650th most popular biography from Italy (down from 577th in 2019) and the 116th most popular Italian Politician.

Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia is most famous for his involvement in the War of Spanish Succession. He was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 1,756 out of 15,577. Before him are Kim Jong-un, Al-Musta'sim, Hyojong of Joseon, Aslan Maskhadov, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Albert I, Prince of Monaco. After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Urraca of León, Bảo Đại, Agathocles of Syracuse, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and Dorgon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1666, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 2. Before him is Ivan V of Russia. After him are Guru Gobind Singh, Sophia Dorothea of Celle, Stephen Gray, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Jean-Féry Rebel, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1732, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 1. After him are Emperor Reigen, André Charles Boulle, Louis Marchand, Woodes Rogers, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Marie Thérèse de Bourbon, and Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 650 out of 4,668. Before him are Lino Ventura (1919), Conrad of Montferrat (1146), Luca Signorelli (1450), Dario Argento (1940), Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (-229), and Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769). After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), John William Waterhouse (1849), Cassiodorus (487), Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Theano (-600), and Pope Sergius II (800).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 116. Before him are Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), Desiderius (710), Hiero II of Syracuse (-308), Publius Clodius Pulcher (-90), Conrad of Montferrat (1146), and Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1769). After him are Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy (1562), Agathocles of Syracuse (-361), Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749), Catherine Cornaro (1454), Marozia (890), and François Grimaldi (1201).

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