Sardinia , also Piedmont Sardinia or Called Sardinia-Piedmont , Kingdom of the House of Savoy from 1720, centered on the areas of Piedmont (north-western Italy) and Sardinia. In 1718 by the Treaty of London among major powers, Victor Amadeus II. , Duke of Savoy and ruler of Piedmont, was forced to cede Sicily to the Austrian Habsburgs and received Sardinia (until then Spanish possession) in return. Two years later, on August 24, 1720, he officially took possession; From that time until 1861 he and his successors were known as the kings of Sardinia, although their seat of power and wealth and their usual residence was in Piedmont. March 1848 announced King Charles Albert a new constitution for Piedmont-Sardinia, the Statuto Albertino ( see there ), which became the basis for the constitution of the new kingdom of Italy became proclaimed by the first Italian Parliament on March 17, 1861. Charles Albert's son, Victor Emmanuel II. , Became the first king of unified Italy. See also Savoie, House of .
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