Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour

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Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour was a leading 19th-century Italian statesman and key architect of Italian unification who became the first prime minister of a unified Italy.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian statesman
architect of Italian unification
human
liberal
nobleman
politician
prime minister
burialPlace Santena
causeOfDeath malaria
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sardinia
dateOfBirth 1810-08-10
dateOfDeath 1861-06-06
era 19th century
familyName Benso
fullName Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Count of Cavour
givenName Camillo
headOfGovernmentOf Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
honouredIn numerous Italian place names
ideology constitutional monarchism
liberalism
keyFigureIn Italian unification
knownFor alliance with France against Austria
diplomatic strategy in Italian unification
modernization of the Kingdom of Sardinia
memberOf Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Sardinia
monarchDuringTerm Victor Emmanuel II
movement Risorgimento
nativeLanguage Italian
nobleTitle Count of Cavour
notableWork political speeches and correspondence
participatedIn Crimean War diplomacy
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Sardinia NERFINISHED
Turin
placeOfDeath Kingdom of Italy NERFINISHED
Turin
positionHeld Minister of Finance of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Sardinia
President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Italy
President of the Council of Ministers of the Kingdom of Sardinia
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Italy
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia
region Piedmont
religion Roman Catholicism
signature signature of Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour
workedOn economic modernization
railway development in Piedmont-Sardinia
secularization of church property


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