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Sooo I'm currently reading about the opera that was the process of Italian Unification in the 19th century and had a pretty simple plausibility question regarding the possible destiny of Garibaldi if he decided to attack Victor Emmanual's Piedmontese Army after capturing Naples at the Battle of Volturno?

In a nutshell the PoD is that he decides to attack (instead of meeting with Emmanuel), betraying his conviction that Victor is the king-to-be of a unified Italia for a chance at marching on Rome, capturing it and annihilating the Papacy. (His most desired goal)

If he is then successful, is it plausible that with exponentially more massive popular appeal most likely gained from these ATL successes(and of course with Victor disenfranchised), could we see him (or his supporters) declare himself King of Italy?
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