HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Victor Emmanuel Iii Of Italy, Guglielmo Pepe, Italian Unification
Document Summary
In 1848, revolutionary riots broke out in numerous places of italy, as well in many other parts of. Charles albert in piedmont and leopold ii in the grand duchy of tuscany had been forced to make concessions to the democrats. When vienna was also in revolt, both milan and. Venice, the main cities of the kingdom of lombardy-venetia under austrian rule, revolted. Charles ii of bourbon also was compelled to leave the duchy of parma. The kingdom of sardinia decided to exploit the apparently favourable moment, and declared war on austria, with the alliance of the papal states and the kingdom of the two sicilies. The piedmontese army was composed of two corps and a reserve division, for a total of 12,000 troops. On march 21 the grand duke of tuscany also declared his entrance in the war against austria, with a contingent of 6,700 men. Army had a similar sized force, backed by numerous volunteers.
