Was Sardinia a powerful kingdom and/or predecessor of Italy?

If you are interested in the history regarding the creation of such Kingdom by the Pope, let me know in the comment section below. read more

Indeed, the Kingdom of Sardinia was the first piece of the puzzle of peoples and States that was to became Italy, but the process of unification of Italy started from Piedmont and the contribution of Sardinia was mostly to provide many brave soldiers and a few officers to the Piedmontese Army. read more

The Kingdom of Sardinia was a state in Southern Europe which existed from the early 14th until the mid-19th century. It was the predecessor state of the Kingdom of Italy. Before it was acquired by the Duke of Savoy in 1720, it was a small Iberian state with weak institutions. read more