Victor Emmanuel II was the King of Sardinia who became the
first king of a united Italy until his death in 18798. He was a brave soldier
but an indifferent general who commanded the Piedmontese corps in person and
many other wars. He was known as the Father of the Fatherland.
Count di Cavour, Camillo Benso was a Piedmontese statesman.
He was a conservative whose exploitation of internation rivalries and
revolutionary movements brought about a united Italy. He was the first prime
minister of the new kingdom.
Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italian patriot and soldier of the
Risorgimento. He was a republican who contributed to the unification of Italy
under the royal House of Savoy with the help of his guerrilla Redshirts.
