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There have been several distinct entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. Italy under the rule of Odoacer
Odoacer

Odoacer , also known as Odovacar , was a Germanic general and the first non-Roman King of Italy after 476. He deposed the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, that year, but continued to rule first as a nominal client of Julius Nepos and, after Nepos' death in AD 480, as a client of the Eastern Roman Emperor....
 from 476 to 493 is often called the kingdom of Italy, since it encompassed the Roman province of Italy and Odoacer is periodically (though always unofficially) styled rex (king).






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There have been several distinct entities known as the Kingdom of Italy. Italy under the rule of Odoacer
Odoacer

Odoacer , also known as Odovacar , was a Germanic general and the first non-Roman King of Italy after 476. He deposed the last Western Roman Emperor, Romulus Augustus, that year, but continued to rule first as a nominal client of Julius Nepos and, after Nepos' death in AD 480, as a client of the Eastern Roman Emperor....
 from 476 to 493 is often called the kingdom of Italy, since it encompassed the Roman province of Italy and Odoacer is periodically (though always unofficially) styled rex (king). The Ostrogothic Kingdom
Ostrogothic Kingdom

The Ostrogothic Kingdom established by the Ostrogoths in Italian peninsula and neighbouring areas lasted from 493 to 553. In Italy the Ostrogoths replaced Odoacer, the de facto ruler of Italy who had deposed the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire in 476....
 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)
    Kingdom of Italy (medieval)

    The Kingdom of Italy was a creation of the Lombards who invaded the Italian peninsula, following the destruction of the Ostrogothic Kingdom, in 568....
At first a Lombard
Lombards

The Lombards were a Germanic peoples originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italian peninsula in 568 under the leadership of Alboin....
 state established in 568. It was conquered by the Franks
Franks

The Franks or Frankish people were a West Germanic ethnic group first identified in the 3rd century as living north and east of the Lower Rhine River....
 in 774 and formed a part of the Carolingian Empire
Carolingian Empire

Carolingian Empire is a historiography term sometimes used to refer to the Francia under the Carolingian dynasty. This dynasty is seen as the founders of France and Germany....
 and Middle Francia
Middle Francia

Middle Francia designates the short-lived realm created for Holy Roman Emperor Lothair I wedged between East Francia and West Francia. A natural outcome of the Franks tradition of treating the res publica as private property, it was created in the partition of Louis the Pious' legacy that was embodied in the 843 Treaty of Verdun....
, 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
Holy Roman Empire

The Holy Roman Empire was a union of territories in Central Europe during the Middle Ages and the Early modern Europe under a Holy Roman Emperor....
. 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
High Middle Ages

The High Middle Ages was the periodization of history of Europe in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries . The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500....
 and by the Renaissance
Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
 it had ceased to function, though it had a nominal existence until the dissolution of the Empire in 1806.
  • Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)
    Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

    The Kingdom of Italy was founded in Northern Italy by Napoleon I of France, and ended with his defeat and fall.The Kingdom of Italy was born on 17 March 1805 when the Italian Republic , whose president was Napoleon, became Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King of Italy and Eug?ne de Beauharnais viceroy....
Napoleon Bonaparte established a French client state in Italy between 1805 and 1814.
  • Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
    Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

    The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the Italian unification under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia; it existed until 1946 when the Italians opted for a republican constitution....
Following the Risorgimento (or "unification of Italy") under the leadership of Giuseppe Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi

Giuseppe Garibaldi was an Italians military and political figure. In his twenties, he joined the Carbonari Italian patriot revolutionaries, and had to flee Italy after a failed insurrection....
, the House of Savoy
House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early eleventh century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy until the end of the Second World War....
, then represented by Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy , was the Monarch of Piedmont, Savoy, and Sardinia from 1849 to 1861. On February 18, 1861, he assumed the title King of Italy to become the first king of a Italian unification, a title he held until his death in 1878....
, was invited to hold the throne of a new independent kingdom in 1861. The state was often known as Fascist Italy
Fascist Italy

Fascist Italy may refer to two different states:*Kingdom of Italy *Italian Social Republic It may also refer to* Italian fascism, the political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943, or...
 during the regime of Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, Order of the Bath Sovereign Military Order of Malta Order of the Tower and Sword was an Italy politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
 from 1922 to 1943. The kingdom was replaced by a Republic in 1946.

See also

  • History of Italy
    History of Italy

    Italy, united in 1861, has significantly contributed to the culture and social development of the entire Mediterranean Sea area. Important cultures and civilizations have existed there since prehistoric times....
  • King of Italy
    King of Italy

    King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire. Until 1870, however, no ?King of Italy? ruled the whole peninsula, though some pretended to such authority....