Editing Charles Albert of Sardinia (section)

==Legacy==
About Charles Albert, [[Friedrich Engels]] wrote:

{{blockquote|Among the indigenous princes, the number one enemy of Italian freedom was and is Charles Albert. Italians should bear in mind and repeat every hour the old saying: "God watch over my friends, so that I can watch over my enemies". From [[Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies|Ferdinand]] of the [[House of Bourbon]], there is nothing to fear; he has for a long time been discredited. Charles Albert, on the other hand, calls himself pompously the "liberator of Italy" while on the very people he is supposed to be liberating he imposes as a condition the yoke of his rule.<ref>(''[[Neue Rheinische Zeitung]]'', No. 73, 12 August 1848).</ref>}}

American historian [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]] described Charles Albert thusly:
{{blockquote|A strange pathetic being, at odds with himself and his time; compounded of monkish asceticism and soldierly courage; autocratic, but irresolute; holding his honor dearer than his life, yet pursued through life by accusations of dishonor: such was Charles Albert, to whom when he had passed beyond the reach of their praises or their blame, his countrymen gave the epithet 'magnanimous'.<ref>Thayer, 1:103</ref>}}