Cavour, Camillo Benso, count di
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born Aug. 10, 1810, Turin, Piedmont, French Empire
died June 6, 1861, Turin, Italy
Influenced by revolutionary ideas from an early age, he traveled to Paris and London and in 1847 founded the liberal newspaper
Il Risorgimento, and he helped persuade
Charles Albert to grant a liberal constitution. Elected to Parliament in 1848, Cavour held several cabinet posts before becoming prime minister of Piedmont (1852–59, 1860–61). His exploitation of international rivalries and of revolutionary movements brought about the unification of Italy under the house of
Savoy, with himself as the first prime minister of the new kingdom (1861).
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