Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy
Proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy | |
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Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia | |
Long title
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Citation | Law No. 4761 of 1861 |
Territorial extent | Whole of Italy |
Enacted by | Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia |
Enacted | 17 March 1861 |
Introduced by | Prime Minister of Italy Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour |
Status: In force |
The proclamation of the
History
Following the
On 18 February 1861, the new Parliament, already known as the Italian Parliament, met in Turin, at Palazzo Carignano, formerly the seat of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia, even though it was numbered as VIII, thus continuing the numbering of the legislatures of the Kingdom of Sardinia. The Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy also included parliamentarians elected in the "new provinces", while the Senate of the Kingdom of Italy, not elected but appointed by the king, had been integrated with appointments of senators from different parts of Italy.
The opening of the new legislature took place with the speech of the Crown pronounced by the King. The Senate in the reply voted on 26 February spoke explicitly of a new realm. The Chamber of Deputies in the response speech to
The suffrages of a whole people place the crown of Italy on your head blessed by Providence
Immediately after the start of the legislature, on 21 February, the then Prime Minister
The law
The royal decree read:
Art. 1. King Victor Emmanuel II assumes for himself and for his successors the title of King of Italy
In the Report Cavour recalled that
Parliament, on the solemn day of the royal session, with the enthusiasm of gratitude and affection, hailed Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy.
However, in the text approved by the Senate a second article also appears on the question of the heading of legislative acts. It was therefore established that:
Art. 2. The acts of the Government and any other act which must be titled in the name of the King will be headed with the following formula: (In the name of the King) By the Grace of God and the will of the Nation KING OF ITALY
The numeral of Victor Emmanuel of Savoy continued to be "second", not "first", as a sign of the continuity of the House of Savoy dynasty which had achieved Italian unification[4] and of the continuity of the Statuto Albertino.
Citations
- ^ Regno di Sardegna, Regno d'Italia, Repubblica Italiana
- ^ Carlo Belviglieri Storia d'Italia dal 1814 al 1866 vol 5 e 6 p.289
- ^ "Gazzetta n. 67 del 17 marzo 1861". Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Alfredo Oriani, La lotta politica in Italia 1892 in Tommaso Detti, Giovanni Gozzini, Ottocento, Pearson Paravia Bruno Mondadadori, 2000, p.184
External links
- "Proclamazione Regno d'Italia" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 August 2013.
- "Nascita Regno d'Italia" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 23 March 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- "La proclamazione del Regno d'Italia e la Valle d'Aosta" (PDF) (in Italian).
- "Regno di Sardegna, Regno d'Italia, Repubblica Italiana" (in Italian). 19 March 2013.