Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

Kingdom of Italy Regno d'Italia (Italian) Royaume d'Italie (French)
1805–1814
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The Kingdom of Italy in 1812
Status	Client state of the French Empire
Capital	Milan
Common languages	French Italian Lombard Venetian Emilian Romagnol Friulian
Religion	Catholic
Demonym(s)	Italian
Government	Unitary absolute monarchy
King
• 1805–1814	Napoleon I
Viceroy
• 1805–1814	Eugène de Beauharnais
Legislature	Consultant Senate
Historical era	Napoleonic Wars
• Proclamation	17 March 1805
• Constitution adopted	19 March 1805
• Coronation of Napoleon I	23 May 1805
• Peace of Pressburg	26 December 1805
• Battle of the Mincio River	8 February 1814
• Treaty of Fontainebleau	11 April 1814
• Treaty of Paris	30 May 1814
Currency	Italian lira
Preceded by Succeeded by First French Empire Italian Republic Venetian Province Papal States Republic of Noli Republic of Ragusa Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia Kingdom of Sardinia Duchy of Modena and Reggio Papal States Austrian Empire

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The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia; French: Royaume d'Italie) was a kingdom in Northern Italy (formerly the Italian Republic) that was a client state of Napoleon's French Empire. It was fully influenced by revolutionary France and ended with Napoleon's defeat and fall. Its government was assumed by Napoleon as King of Italy and the viceroyalty delegated to his stepson Eugène de Beauharnais. It covered some of Piedmont and the modern regions of Lombardy, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Trentino, South Tyrol, and Marche. Napoleon I also ruled the rest of northern and central Italy in the form of Nice, Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Umbria, and Lazio, but directly as part of the French Empire (as departments), rather than as part of a vassal state.