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Up until 1861 , no ''King of Italy'' ruled on the whole Italian Peninsula . BARBARIAN KINGS ''See List Of Barbarian Kings Of Italy '' After the deposition of Romulus Augustus in 476 , Heruli leader Odoacer was appointed ''dux Italiae'' (ruler of Italy) by emperor Zeno . Later, he entitled himself ''rex Italiae'' (king of Italy), though he always presented himself as an officer of the eastern government. In 483 , Ostrogothic leader Theodoric The Great defeated Odoacer, and started A New Dynasty of kings of Italy. Ostrogothic rule ended with the death of Teias ( 552 ), when Italy was reconquered by the Byzantine Empire . Ostrogoth
Ostrogothic kingdom conquered by Byzantine Empire . Lombards Alboin led the Lombards into Italy in 568 and set up a barbarian state.
FRANKISH KINGS Pippin Of Italy , third son of Charlemagne , is crowned ''King of Italy'' by Pope Hadrian I in 781 . He reigned over Northern Italy, while Central Italy became the Papal States . Between 888 and 961, there were usually several claimants to the throne of Italy, and on occasion even several living crowned Emperors. KINGS UNDER THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE From 962 until 1806 , the kingdom of Italy was subsumed into the Holy Roman Empire , and the emperors were also kings of Italy. The one serious independent claimant during this period was Arduin. However, after the reign of Frederick Barbarossa ( 1152 - 1190 ), imperial authority in Italy was increasingly challenged by Italian city states and the Emperors had to base their rule on cooperation with some of these states. NAPOLEONIC ERA During the Napoleonic period, a Kingdom Of Italy was formed in Northern Italy. HOUSE OF SAVOY At the end of Italian Unification process, Vittorio Emmanuel II is crowned ''King of Italy''. |
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