Monarchy of Italy | |
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Umberto II
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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.
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: