Kingdom of Italy (Napoleonic)

Kingdom of Italy
Regno d'Italia (Italian)
Royaume d'Italie (French)
1805–1814
The Kingdom of Italy in 1812
The Kingdom of Italy in 1812
StatusClient state of the French Empire
CapitalMilan
Common languages
Religion
Catholic
Demonym(s)Italian
GovernmentUnitary absolute monarchy
King 
• 1805–1814
Napoleon I
Viceroy 
• 1805–1814
Eugène de Beauharnais
LegislatureConsultant Senate
Historical eraNapoleonic Wars
17 March 1805
19 March 1805
23 May 1805
26 December 1805
8 February 1814
11 April 1814
30 May 1814
CurrencyItalian 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

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.