1820 - 1878
Victor Emmanuel II (Italian: Vittorio Emanuele II; full name: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando Tommaso di Savoia; 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 17 March 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy and became the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century, a title he held until his death in 1878. Borrowing from the old Latin title Pater Patriae of the Roman emperors, the Italians gave him the epithet of Father of the Fatherland (Italian: Padre della Patria). Born in Turin as the eldest son of Charles Albert, Prince of Carignano, and Maria Theresa of Austria, he fought in the First Italian War of Independence (1848–49) before being made King of Piedmont-Sardinia following his father's abdication. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Victor Emmanuel II of Italy has received more than 1,246,122 page views. His biography is available in 69 different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Emmanuel II of Italy is the 289th most popular politician (down from 203rd in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 101st in 2019) and the 25th most popular Italian Politician.
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy was most famous for being the first king of Italy. He was the son of King Charles Albert of Sardinia and Maria Theresa of Austria. He became King of Sardinia in 1849 and King of Italy in 1861.
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Among politicians, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 289 out of 15,710. Before him are Herod Antipas, Jacques Chirac, Charles VIII of France, Eva Perón, Xi Jinping, and Alexander II of Russia. After him are Nerva, Croesus, Sejong the Great, Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor, Cardinal Mazarin, and Konstantin Chernenko.
20 BC - 39
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 283
1932 - 2019
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 284
1470 - 1498
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 285
1919 - 1952
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 286
1953 - Present
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 287
1818 - 1881
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 288
1820 - 1878
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 289
30 - 98
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 290
596 BC - 546 BC
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 291
1397 - 1450
HPI: 81.55
Rank: 292
1552 - 1612
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 293
1602 - 1661
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 294
1911 - 1985
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 295
Among people born in 1820, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Engels, Florence Nightingale, and Herbert Spencer. After him are Nadar, Anne Brontë, Henri, Count of Chambord, Harriet Tubman, Jenny Lind, William John Macquorn Rankine, Multatuli, and Henri Vieuxtemps. Among people deceased in 1878, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 2. Before him is Pope Pius IX. After him are Archduke Franz Karl of Austria, Claude Bernard, Princess Alice of the United Kingdom, Joseph Henry, Julius von Mayer, Charles-François Daubigny, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, George V of Hanover, Ernst Heinrich Weber, and Antoine César Becquerel.
1820 - 1895
HPI: 87.10
Rank: 1
1820 - 1910
HPI: 85.64
Rank: 2
1820 - 1903
HPI: 82.40
Rank: 3
1820 - 1878
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 4
1820 - 1910
HPI: 77.89
Rank: 5
1820 - 1849
HPI: 77.17
Rank: 6
1820 - 1883
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 8
1820 - 1887
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 9
1820 - 1872
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 10
1820 - 1887
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 11
1820 - 1881
HPI: 72.12
Rank: 12
1792 - 1878
HPI: 83.46
Rank: 1
1820 - 1878
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 2
1802 - 1878
HPI: 77.77
Rank: 3
1813 - 1878
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 4
1843 - 1878
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 5
1797 - 1878
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 6
1814 - 1878
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 7
1817 - 1878
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 8
1806 - 1878
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 9
1819 - 1878
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 10
1795 - 1878
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 11
1788 - 1878
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 12
Among people born in Italy, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 133 out of 4,088. Before him are Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Pope Urban VIII (1568), Pope Urban VII (1521), Pope Pius V (1504), Plautus (-254), and Clare of Assisi (1193). After him are Nerva (30), Donato Bramante (1443), Sergio Leone (1929), Cardinal Mazarin (1602), Pope Sylvester I (300), and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463).
1671 - 1751
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 127
1568 - 1644
HPI: 81.65
Rank: 128
1521 - 1590
HPI: 81.64
Rank: 129
1504 - 1572
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 130
254 BC - 184 BC
HPI: 81.63
Rank: 131
1193 - 1253
HPI: 81.58
Rank: 132
1820 - 1878
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 133
30 - 98
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 134
1443 - 1514
HPI: 81.56
Rank: 135
1929 - 1989
HPI: 81.54
Rank: 136
1602 - 1661
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 137
300 - 335
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 138
1463 - 1494
HPI: 81.48
Rank: 139
Among politicians born in Italy, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy ranks 25. Before him are Silvio Berlusconi (1936), Scipio Africanus (-235), Antoninus Pius (86), Lucius Tarquinius Superbus (-600), Sulla (-138), and Pompey (-106). After him are Nerva (30), Cardinal Mazarin (1602), Galba (-3), Numa Pompilius (-753), Lucius Verus (130), and Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869).
1936 - Present
HPI: 82.89
Rank: 19
235 BC - 183 BC
HPI: 82.69
Rank: 20
86 - 161
HPI: 82.65
Rank: 21
600 BC - 495 BC
HPI: 82.54
Rank: 22
138 BC - 78 BC
HPI: 82.42
Rank: 23
106 BC - 48 BC
HPI: 81.82
Rank: 24
1820 - 1878
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 25
30 - 98
HPI: 81.57
Rank: 26
1602 - 1661
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 27
3 BC - 69
HPI: 81.38
Rank: 28
753 BC - 673 BC
HPI: 80.89
Rank: 29
130 - 169
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 30
1869 - 1947
HPI: 80.82
Rank: 31