Editing Victor Emmanuel II (section)

==Family and children==
In 1842, Victor Emmanuel married his paternal first cousin (aunt's daughter) [[Adelaide of Austria]] (1822–1855). With her, he had eight children:<ref>Genealogical data from the [http://www.sardimpex.com/savoia/savoia-carignano.htm Savoia]{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} page of the [http://www.sardimpex.com/ Genealogie delle famiglie nobili italiane] website.</ref>
* [[Princess Maria Clotilde of Savoy|Maria Clotilde]] (1843–1911), who married [[Napoléon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte|Napoléon Joseph]] (''the Prince Napoléon''). Their grandson [[Prince Louis Napoléon]] was the Bonapartist pretender to the French imperial throne.

[[File:Monument to Victor Emmanuel II (Venice).jpg|thumb|[[Monument to Victor Emmanuel II]] in Venice]]
* [[Umberto I of Italy|Umberto]] (1844–1900), later [[King of Italy]]. He married his first cousin [[Margherita of Savoy]].
* [[Amadeo I of Spain|Amadeo]] (1845–1890), later [[King of Spain]]. He married [[Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo]] and later [[Maria Letizia Bonaparte]].
* [[Prince Oddone, Duke of Montferrat|Oddone Eugenio Maria]] (1846–1866), Duke of [[Montferrat]].
* [[Maria Pia of Savoy|Maria Pia]] (1847–1911), who married King [[Louis of Portugal]].
* Carlo Alberto (2 June 1851 – 28 June 1854), [[Duke of Chablais]], died in early childhood.
* Vittorio Emanuele (6 July 1852 – 6 July 1852) died in infancy.
* Vittorio Emanuele (18 January 1855 – 17 May 1855), Count of [[Geneva]], died in infancy.

In 1869 he married [[morganatically]] his principal mistress [[Rosa Vercellana]] (3 June 1833 – 26 December 1885). Popularly known in [[Piedmontese language|Piedmontese]] as "Bela Rosin", she was born a commoner but made Countess of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda in 1858. Their offspring were:
* Vittoria Guerrieri (2 December 1848 – 29 December 1905), married three times: to Giacomo Spinola, Luigi Spinola and Paolo DeSimone. 
* Emanuele Alberto Guerrieri (16 March 1851 – 24 December 1894), Count of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda.

[[File:Brooklyn Museum - Caricature of King Victor Emmanuel II - Thomas Nast - overall.jpg|thumb|140px|Caricature of King Victor Emmanuel II by [[Thomas Nast]], [[Brooklyn Museum]]]]

In addition to his morganatic second wife, Victor Emmanuel II had several other mistresses:

1) [[Laura Bon]] at Stupinigi, who bore him two children:
* Stillborn child (1852-1852).
* Emanuela of Roverbella (6 September 1853 – 1896).

2) Baroness Vittoria Duplesis who bore him another daughter:
* Maria Savoiarda Projetti (1854–1885/1888).

3) Unknown mistress at Mondovì,
mother of:
* Donato Etna (15 June 1858 – 11 December 1938) who became a soldier during the First World War.

4) Virginia Rho at Turin, mother of two children:
* Vittorio di Rho (1861 – [[Turin]], 10 October 1913). He became a notable photographer.
* Maria Pia di Rho (25 February 1866 – [[Vienna]], 19 April 1947). Married to count Alessandro Montecuccoli.

5) Rosalinda Incoronata De Domenicis (1846–1916), mother of one daughter:
* Vittoria De Domenicis (1869–1935) who married doctor Alberto Benedetti (1870–1920), with issue.

6) Angela Rosa De Filippo, mother of:
* Actor Domenico Scarpetta (1876–1952)