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Not who you're looking for? Others named Kingdom of Italy: (962 – 1801) constituent kingdom of the Holy Roman Empire · kingdom in Southern Europe between 476 and 493 · kingdom in southern Europe between 1805 and 1814
The Kingdom of Italy was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 2 June 1946, when civil discontent led to an institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italian Republic. The kingdom was established through the unification of several states over a decades-long process, called the Risorgimento. That process was influenced by the Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered Italy's legal predecessor state.
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