Monarchy of Italy
Monarchy of Italy | |
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Details | |
Style | His Majesty |
First monarch | Victor Emmanuel II |
Last monarch | Umberto II |
Formation | 1861 (Italian Unification) |
Abolition | 1946 (Italian constitutional referendum, 1946) |
Residence | Quirinal Palace, Rome |
Appointer | Hereditary |
Pretender(s) |
The Monarchy of Italy (the Italian Monarchy) was the system of government in which a hereditary monarch was the sovereign the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
History
The Monarch of Italy was created with the proclamation of King of Sardinia, Victor Emmanuel II, as "King of Italy" during the Italian unification, on 17 March 1861 in Turin.
The states unified under the new Kingdom were:
State | Date | Head |
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Kingdom of Sardinia | 12 February 1861 | King Victor Emmanuel II |
Kingdom of the Two Sicilies | 12 February 1861 | King Francis II |
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia | 12 October 1866 | King Franz Joseph I |
Papal States | 20 September 1870 | Pope Pius IX |
List of Italian monarchs
Monarch | Consort | Reign | Royal House | ||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Portrait | Name | Reign start | Reign end | |
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King Vittorio Emanuele II (1820–1878) Re Vittorio Emanuele II |
17 March 1861 [1] |
9 January 1878 | House of Savoy | ||
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King Umberto I (1844–1900) Re Umberto I |
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Queen Margherita (1851–1926) Regina Margherita |
9 January 1878 | 29 July 1900 | House of Savoy |
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King Vittorio Emanuele III (1869–1947) Re Vittorio Emanuele III |
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Queen Elena (1873–1952) Regina Elena |
29 July 1900 | 9 May 1946 (Abdicated) |
House of Savoy |
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King Umberto II (1904–1983) Re Umberto II |
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Queen Marie José (1906–2001) Regina Maria José |
9 May 1946 | 18 June 1946 (Deposed) |
House of Savoy |
Heads of the House of Savoy
Pretender | Consort | Reign | ||||
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# | Portrait | Name | Portrait | Name | Reign start | Reign end |
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King Umberto II (1904–1983) Re Umberto II |
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Queen Marie José (1906–2001) Regina Maria José |
18 June 1946 | 18 March 1983 |
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Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples (1937–) Vittorio Emanuele, Principe di Napoli |
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Marina, Princess of Naples (1935–) Marina, Principessa di Napoli |
18 March 1983 | |
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(Disputed) Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta (1943–) Principe Amedeo, Duca d'Aosta |
Silvia, Duchess of Aosta (1953–) Silvia, Duchessa d'Aosta |
7 July 2006 |
See also
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References
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