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King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers of the Italian peninsula after the fall of the Roman Empire...

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881

2.12.881

Pope John VIII crowns Charles the Fat, the King of Italy: Emperor

1805

5.23.1805

Napoleon Bonaparte is crowned King of Italy with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Cathedral of Milan.

5.26.1805

Napoléon Bonaparte assumes the title of King of Italy and is crowned with the Iron Crown of Lombardy in the Duomo di Milano, the gothic cathedral in Milan.

1861

2.18.1861

With the Italian unification almost complete, Victor Emmanuel II of Piedmont, Savoy and Sardinia assumes the title of King of Italy.