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. Italian: Vittorio Emanuele Maria Alberto Eugenio Ferdinando TommasoĮnglish: Victor Emmanuel Mario Albert Eugene Ferdinand Thomas
