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Monarchy of Italy

Monarchy of Italy
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1890).svg
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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.

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:


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