Ruler · 1820 – 1878

Victor Emmanuel II

Lived 1820 – 1878; monarch. Head of state of Kingdom of Italy, 1861 – 1878; also in the line of Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861).

Wikidata's English label: Victor Emmanuel II of Italy.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1820 – 1878; 58 years
In office: 22 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: died in office; Wikidata's manner of death

Head of state

Kingdom of Italy · the 3rd of 46 dated reigns · 1861 – 1946

Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour1861

Bettino Ricasoli1861 – 1862

Victor Emmanuel II1861 – 1878

Urbano Rattazzi1862

Luigi Carlo Farini1862 – 1863

Marco Minghetti1863 – 1864

40 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1861 – 1878 · 17 years · came to it aged 41

Left it: died in officeWikidata's manner of death: natural causes; disease

Also in the line of Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) (8th of 8).

Open in the atlas

Victor Emmanuel II in the atlas: the article, every line they sat in, and the map in their years.
Analyse the succession of Kingdom of Italy: every reign, how each ended, and the numbers over them.
States of Europe, and every state with a page.

Wikidata Q168691 (CC0) · the reigns from Wikidata's P39 terms, the rulers' own articles read by grammar (sentences quoted above, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Kokkonen & Sundell where they code the line · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.