The Revolution of 1821

In March of 1821, the conspirators hatched a scheme whereby the revolutionaries would mobilize under arms and surround the royal palace in Torino. The idea here was to force the king, in this case Victor Emmanuel I, to adopt a constitution. Most of the revolutionaries fled into exile, as did for example the carbonari general Guillermo Pepe. But Charles Albert remained loyal to the new King Charles Felix under an absolutist regime that allowed an Austrian garrison to remain in the country until 1823.