Monarchy of Italy

Monarchy of Italy

Umberto II
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
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
# Portrait Name Portrait Name Reign start Reign end
1 King Vittorio Emanuele II
(1820–1878)
Re Vittorio Emanuele II		 17 March 1861
[1]		 9 January 1878 House of Savoy
2 King Umberto I
(1844–1900)
Re Umberto I		 Queen Margherita
(1851–1926)
Regina Margherita		 9 January 1878 29 July 1900 House of Savoy
3 King Vittorio Emanuele III
(1869–1947)
Re Vittorio Emanuele III		 Queen Elena
(1873–1952)
Regina Elena		 29 July 1900 9 May 1946
(Abdicated)		 House of Savoy
4 King Umberto II
(1904–1983)
Re Umberto II		 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
# Portrait Name Portrait Name Reign start Reign end
1 King Umberto II
(1904–1983)
Re Umberto II		 Queen Marie José
(1906–2001)
Regina Maria José		 18 June 1946 18 March 1983
2 Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
(1937–)
Vittorio Emanuele, Principe di Napoli		 Marina, Princess of Naples
(1935–)
Marina, Principessa di Napoli		 18 March 1983
3 (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

  1. ↑ King of Sardinia since 23 March 1849
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