NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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The Pope
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
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Count Camillo di Cavour
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King Victor Emmanuel II
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Detailed explanation-1: -The final push for Italian unification came in 1859, led by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia (then the wealthiest and most liberal of the Italian states), and orchestrated by Piedmont-Sardinia’s Prime Minister, Count Camillo di Cavour. A skilled diplomat, Cavour secured an alliance with France.
Detailed explanation-2: -However, the unification turned out successful only after it was embraced by one of the Italian states, Piedmont-Sardinia, led by Prime Minister Cavour and King Victor Emmanuel II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Count Camillo de Cavour was Chief Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont state who led the movement to unify the regions of Italy. He was neither a revolutionary nor a democrat. Like many other wealthy and educated members of the Italian elite, he spoke French much better than he did Italian.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cavour, Count Camillo Benso di (1810-1861) The figure who forged the Kingdom of Italy, designe d the constitutional structure of the unitary state and served as its first prime minister was the second son of an aristocratic Piedmontese family.