During this war, also referred to as the Franco-Austrian War of 1859, an alliance was formed between the French, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the United Provinces of Central Italy to take up arms against Austria which controlled the regions of Lombardy and Tuscany and Venetia. The key leaders against Austria were Napoleon III, King Vittorio Emanuele II of Sardinia and Guiseppe Garibaldi. The outcome of this phase of the war was the Armistice of Villafranca which came into force on 11th July 1859. Guiseppe Garibaldi then launched his campaign against the Two Sicilies, followed by engagements with Neapolitan forces and the Papal States. The outcome was the establishment of the Kingdom of Italy (containing all of Italy except Venetia and the area around Rome) in March 1861 with Vittorio Emanuel proclaimed as king.