Victor Emmanuel II

American  

noun

1. 1820–78, king of Sardinia 1849–78; first king of Italy 1861–78.

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Victor Emmanuel II British  

noun

1. 1820–78, king of Sardinia-Piedmont (1849–78) and first king of Italy from 1861

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Example Sentences

A monument to Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of Italy, stands regally before the hotel.

From Washington Times

A 20th-century monument to Victor Emmanuel II, the first king of a unified Italy, which speaks—loudly—for itself.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the 1860s, he apprenticed with the master fireworker to King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy; three decades later, he moved to New Jersey and opened his own factory, now called Garden State Fireworks.

From Washington Post

Born in 1807, Giuseppe Garibaldi commanded several military campaigns in the mid-19th century that eventually resulted in the unification of Italy - for centuries divided into independent states and often dominated by outside powers - under King Victor Emmanuel II.

From BBC

He was buried in the Pantheon in Rome, by the side of Victor Emmanuel II., on the 9th of August 1900.

From Project Gutenberg