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Camillo Benso, count di Cavour

Piedmontese statesman
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Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour
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Born:
August 10, 1810, Turin, Piedmont, French Empire
Died:
June 6, 1861, Turin, Italy (aged 50)
Title / Office:
prime minister (1861-1861), Italy
Role In:
Austro-French Piedmontese War
Risorgimento
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Camillo Benso, count di Cavour (born August 10, 1810, Turin, Piedmont, French Empire—died June 6, 1861, Turin, Italy) was a Piedmontese statesman, a conservative whose exploitation of international rivalries and of revolutionary movements brought about the unification of Italy (1861) under the House of Savoy, with himself as the first prime minister of the new kingdom. The Cavours were an ancient family that had served the House of Savoy as soldiers and officials since the 16th century. Genevan by birth and Calvinist by religion, his mother brought into the Cavour family the influence of Geneva, a city open to all ...(100 of 2830 words)

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