Munharaunda yangu mune mugwagwa unonzi Victor Emmanuel II Uye nekuti ini ndinoda kuziva uye ndinonyatsoda iyo nyaya, ini ndanga ndichiongorora kuti ndiani mutakuri wezita iro uye nei akakodzera mugwagwa. Chokwadi ndechekuti Victor Manuel aive wekupedzisira Mambo weSardinia uye iyo mambo wekutanga weItari. Aive mwanakomana waMaría Teresa de Habsburgo-Lorena naCarlos Alberto I, mambo wePiedmont-Sardinia, uye akazvarwa munaKurume 14, 1820 muguta reTurin.
Baba vake vakabatanidza humambo hwePiedmont neSardinia uye yaive nguva yake yekuenda kunorwa nevaAustria muna 1848, vaive vatongi vekuchamhembe kweItari. Akarasikirwa, asi gore rakatevera akagadzwa korona yekuva mambo baba vake pavakaramba. Pasi pekutonga kwake, Humambo hwePiedmont hwakakura kusvika panoda kutora zvese muItari uye nenzira iyi kumirirwa kwenguva refu uye kushuvira-kwekubatana mudunhu rimwe chete kwakaitika. Nekudaro, Victor Manuel II akazove mambo wekutanga weItari. Pakati pezvinangwa zvehurumende yake kwaive kudzora simba reChechi yeKaturike, saka akazopedzisira arwisa Roma uye achimanikidza Pope Pius IX kupotera muVictoria City. Akapinda muhondo yeCrimea kudivi reFrance neEngland uye achirwisa Russia kuti awane rutsigiro rwenyika mbiri uye akabudirira, achipa Nice naSavoy kuFrance chero France ichimutsigira kukunda Lombardy neVeneto.
Asi zvinhu hazvife zvakapera zvakanaka uye nekuda kwezvinhu izvo zvematongerwo enyika uye zvakavanzika, Victor Manuel akagara neLombardy asi nzvimbo yeVeneto yakaramba iri mumaoko eAustria kwechinguva. Italy yakabatana pakati pa1861 na1870: kuchamhembe naVictor Manuel uye maodzanyemba neGaribaldi. Muna 1871 Roma yakava guta guru uye nzira yekubatanidza yakasvika kumagumo. Victor Manuel aive nevana vana nehama yake, vasikana vaviri nevakomana vaviri. Mumwe aive Mambokadzi wePortugal uye mumwe mudzimai waJosé Napoleón, uye wevana mumwe aive Mambo weItari uye mumwe Mambo weSpain kwemakore matatu mapfupi.