NATIONALISM IN EUROPE
UNIFICATION OF ITALY AND GERMANY
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Question
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Victor Emmanuel II
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Victor Emmanuel III
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Emmanuel Victor II
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Napoleon III
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Orbán Viktor
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Detailed explanation-1: -Victor Emmanuel II, (born March 14, 1820, Turin, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia-died January 9, 1878, Rome, Italy), king of Sardinia–Piedmont who became the first king of a united Italy.
Detailed explanation-2: -VICTOR EMMANUEL II (1820-1878) First king (1861-1878) of united Italy and last king of Piedmont-Sardinia (1849-1861).
Detailed explanation-3: -Victor Emmanuel II’s political goal was Italy’s unification. So, when Italy was finally unified, in 1861, and he came to be the first king. When he died in 1878, he was buried in the Pantheon.
Detailed explanation-4: -On that date, he took the title King of Italy to become the first king of a united Italy since the 6th century. He held that title until his death in 1878. The Italians called him “Father of the Homeland” (Italian: Padre della Patria). Victor Emmanuel was born at the Palazzo Carignano in Turin.