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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 379,440 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 48 in 2019). Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia is the 1,275th most popular politician (up from 1,750th in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from Italy (up from 648th in 2019) and the 75th 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 1,275 out of 19,576. Before him are Ferdinand I of Romania, Emmanuel Macron, Emperor Wen of Sui, Charles II, Archduke of Austria, Lucius Caesar, and Valdemar I of Denmark. After him are Antiochus I Soter, Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, Andronikos I Komnenos, John VI Kantakouzenos, Güyük Khan, and Frederick IV of Denmark.

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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, Marie Anne de Bourbon, Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Antonio Maria Valsalva, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Jean-Féry Rebel, Nevşehirli Damat Ibrahim Pasha, and Princess Henriëtte Amalia of Anhalt-Dessau. Among people deceased in 1732, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 1. After him are Emperor Reigen, Woodes Rogers, Louis Marchand, André Charles Boulle, John Gay, Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Durlach, Joseph Johann Adam, Prince of Liechtenstein, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Theodore Eustace, Count Palatine of Sulzbach, Frederick II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Marie Thérèse de Bourbon.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 517 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Conon (630), Salvatore Adamo (1943), Pope Hilarius (415), Pope Callixtus I (180), Pope Stephen IV (770), and Lucius Caesar (-17). After him are Giuseppe Peano (1858), Trebonianus Gallus (206), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Alberto Ascari (1918), Pope Stephen III (720), and Pietro Aretino (1492).

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Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia ranks 75. Before him are Gaius Gracchus (-154), Queen Paola of Belgium (1937), Francesco I Sforza (1401), Berengar I of Italy (850), Totila (500), and Lucius Caesar (-17). After him are Trebonianus Gallus (206), Alcide De Gasperi (1881), Conrad IV of Germany (1228), Lucullus (-118), Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (1416), and Giulio Andreotti (1919).

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