Kingdom of Italy 306047 223598070 2008-07-04T20:28:18Z Srnec 494861 the pope may be infallible, but you are certainly not [[Image:Corona ferrea.png|thumb|right|[[Iron Crown of Lombardy]], used in Italian coronations from the Lombard era to the 19th century.]] There have been several distinct entities known as the '''Kingdom of Italy'''. Italy under the rule of [[Odoacer]] from 476 to 493 is often called the kingdom of Italy, since it encompassed the [[Italia (Roman Empire)|Roman province of Italy]] and Odoacer is periodically (though always unofficially) styled ''rex'' (king). The [[Ostrogothic Kingdom]] that replaced Odoacer's rule in Italy is also sometimes referred to as a "kingdom of Italy". The term ''rex Italiae'' (king of Italy) came into use with the Ostrogoths. The other kingdoms of Italy were more formal: *[[Kingdom of Italy (medieval)]] ::At first a [[Lombards|Lombard]] state established in 568. It was conquered by the [[Franks]] in 774 and formed a part of the [[Carolingian Empire]] and [[Middle Francia]], but always with its own kings. It enjoyed a period of independence from any higher authority after the fall of Carolingian Empire until [[Otto the Great]], already [[King of Germany]], inherited its throne, a formative moment in the history of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. Thereafter the kingdom was tethered to Germany as a part of the Empire, but its importance as a separate polity declined in the [[High Middle Ages]] and by the [[Renaissance]] it had ceased to function, though it had a nominal existence until the dissolution of the Empire in 1806. *[[Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)]] ::[[Napoleon Bonaparte]] established a French client state in Italy between 1805 and 1814. *[[Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)]] ::Following the ''[[Risorgimento]]'', or unification of Italy, under the leadership of [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]], the [[House of Savoy]], then represented by [[Victor Emmanuel II of Italy|Victor Emmanuel II]], was invited to hold the throne of a new independent kingdom in 1861. The state was often known as [[Fascist Italy]] during the regime of [[Benito Mussolini]] from 1922 to 1943. The kingdom was replaced by a [[Republic of Italy|Republic]] in 1946. ==See also== *[[History of Italy]] *[[King of Italy]] {{Disambig}} [[es:Reino de Italia]] [[fr:Royaume d'Italie]] [[ko:이탈리아 왕국]] [[hr:Kraljevina Italija (razdvojba)]] [[id:Kerajaan Italia]] [[it:Regno d'Italia]] [[nl:Koninkrijk Italië]] [[ja:イタリア王国]] [[no:Kongedømmet Italia]] [[pl:Królestwo Włoch]] [[pt:Reino de Itália]] [[ru:Королевство Италия]] [[sl:Kraljevina Italija (razločitev)]] [[sr:Краљевина Италија]] [[fi:Italian kuningaskunta]] [[vec:Regno d'Italia]]