Question

Victor Emmanuel II was the first king of what nation?
A. Austria
B. Italy
C. Germany
D. Switzerland

Answer 1

Hint: When his father abdicated the throne in 1849 after was defeated by the Austrians at the Battle of Novara, he became King of Sardinia-Piedmont. Victor Emmanuel was able to quickly secure a favourable armistice with Radetzky, the Austrian imperial army commander, at Vignale.

Complete answer:
Victor Emmanuel II was Monarch of Sardinia from 1849 to 17 March 1861, when he became the first king of a unified Italy since the 6th century, a position he retained until his death in 1878. The kingdom of united Italy was declared on March 17, 1861, in Turin, Piedmont-capital, Sardinia's by a national parliament made up of deputies elected from all across the peninsula, and the 1848 Statuto was extended to all of Italy. The new country's first king was Victor Emmanuel. He persisted in keeping his dynastic designation of Victor Emmanuel II rather than becoming Victor Emmanuel I of Italy, much to the dismay of many.

Additional information:
- Francis, I was the first king of Austria.
- Wilhelm of Prussia was named the first German Emperor in 1871, according to the archive. Prussia, led by Wilhelm I and Otto von Bismarck, succeeded in unifying the loosely confederated nations of northern and southern Germany and forming the German Empire in 1871, after conducting three wars in seven years.
- Death of Emperor Rudolf I of Habsburg on August 1, 1291, the cantons of Uri, Schwyz, and Unterwalden allied to protect the peace, creating the core of the Old Swiss Confederacy.

The correct option is B.Victor Emmanuel II was the first king of Italy.

Note: Victor Emmanuel backed Giuseppe Garibaldi's Thousand Expedition (1860–1861), which ended in the swift fall of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies in southern Italy. When Garibaldi appeared set to invade Rome, which was still under the Papal States' protection, Victor Emmanuel intervened.