Monarchy of Italy
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| Monarchia d'Italia | |
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| Style | His Majesty |
| First monarch | Victor Emmanuel II |
| Last monarch | Umberto II |
| Formation | 17 March 1861 |
| Abolition | 12 June 1946 |
| Residence | Royal Palace, Turin Royal Palace, Milan Quirinal Palace, Rome |
| Appointer | Hereditary |
| Pretender(s) | Disputed: |
The monarchy of Italy (Italian: Monarchia d'Italia) was the system of government in which a hereditary constitutional monarch was the sovereign of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
History
After the
Theoderic the Great killed Odoacer, and set up a new dynasty of kings of Italy. Ostrogothic rule ended when Italy was reconquered by the Byzantine Empire
in 552.
In 568, the
Otto I added Italy to the Holy Roman Empire and continued the use of the title Rex Italicorum. The last to use this title was Henry II (1004–1024). Subsequent emperors used the title "king of Italy" until Charles V. At first they were crowned in Pavia, later Milan, and Charles was crowned in Bologna
.
In 1805,
constitutional referendum was held on 2 June 1946 after World War II.[2] The Italian monarchy formally ended on 12 June of that year, and Umberto II
left the country.
Full title
Up until the dissolution of the monarchy in 1946, the full title of the Kings of Italy (1861–1946) was:
[Name], Pollenzo, Roccabruna, Tricerro, Bairo, Ozegna, delle Apertole, Baron of Vaud and of Faucigni, Lord of Vercelli, Pinerolo, of Lomellina, of Valle Sesia, of the Marquisate of Ceva, Overlord of Monaco, Roccabruna and eleven-twelfths of Menton, Noble Patrician of Venice, Patrician of Ferrara.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monarchs of Italy.
- List of Italian monarchs
- List of heads of state of Italy
- List of heirs to the Italian throne
References
- ^ Bury, History, vol. 1 p. 406
- ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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