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Article: kingdom of Sardinia
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kingdom of Sardinia name given to the possessions of the house of Savoy (see
Savoy, house of
) in 1720, when the island of Sardinia was awarded (by the Treaty of London) to Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy to compensate him for the loss of Sicily to Austria. Besides Sardinia, the kingdom included Savoy,
Piedmont
, and
Nice
;
Liguria
, including Genoa, was added by the Congress of Vienna in 1815. During the
Risorgimento
the kingdom expanded to include almost all Italy. Lombardy was added ...
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