Kingdom of Italy
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[[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]]
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[[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]]