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Italy
 
[Kingdom of Italy National Flag
                                    and Civil Ensign 1861-1946]
18 Mar 1861 - 18 Jun 1946
[Kingdom of
                                  Italy Naval Ensign 1861-1946]
18 Mar 1861 - 18 Jun 1946 Naval Ensign
[Italy
                                    flag]
Adopted 18 Jun 1946
[Italy
                                  Naval Ensign from 1947]
Naval Ensign Adopted 9 Nov 1947

Map of Italy Hear National Anthem
"Il Canto degli Italiani"
(The Song of the Italians
[a.k.a."Inno di Mameli"
Mameli's Hymn) 
Text of  National Anthem
Adopted 12 Oct 1946
 (provisional to 23 Nov 2012)
 Constitution
   (1 Jan 1948)
Map of Administrative
Divisions
Former Royal Anthem
"Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza"
 (Royal March of Ordinance)
(17 Mar 1861-12 Jun 1946)
Former Fascist Anthem
"Giovinezza" (The Youth)
(1922-24 Jul 1943
Constitution
("Statuto")
(4 Mar 1848 - 2  Jun 1946)
Capital: Rome (Roma)
(Brindisi 10 Sep 1943-11 Feb
 1944, Salerno 12 Feb -
17 Jul 1944;
Florence 1865 -
 31 Dec 1870;
Turin 1861-1865;
 Milan 1802-1814)
(Italian Social Republic -
Saló 23 Sep 1943-28 Apr 1945)
Currency: Euro (EUR);
1862 - 1 Jan 2002 Lira (ITL);
1943-1945 Italy Allied
Military Lira (ITA); 1936-1944 Rinvestimento Lira (ITLR); 1865-1927 Union Latine Lira (XULL)
National Holiday: 2 Jun (1946) 
Festa della Repubblica
(Republic Day)

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Former Holidays
(1926-1943):
28 Oct (1922)
Anniversario della Marcia
 su Roma (Anniversary
of the March on Rome)

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(1895-1931):
20 Sep (1870)
Anniversario della Breccia
di Porta Pia (Anniversary of
the Breach of Porta Pia
[The Capture of Rome])
Population: 58,853,482 (2022)
45,387,000 (1942)
21,777,334 (1861)
GDP: $2.32 trillion (2017)
Exports: $496.3 billion (2017)
Imports: $432.9 billion (2017)
Ethnic groups: Italian 96%, North African Arab 0.9%,
Italo-Albanian 0.8%, Albanian 0.5%, German 0.4%,
Austrian 0.4%, Italo-Greek, French and other 1% (2000)
Total Active Armed Forces: 180,270 (2012)
U.S. Military Forces: 12,405 (2023)
Merchant marine: 1,405 ships (2018)
Religions: Christian 83.3% (overwhelmingly Roman Catholic
with very small groups of Jehovah's Witnesses and Protestants), Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated 12.4%, other 0.6% (2010)
International Organizations/Treaties: AC (observer), ACS (observer), ADB (nonregional), AfDB (nonregional), AG, AIIB (nonregional), ANT (consultative), APM, BIS, BSEC (observer), BTWC, CBSS (observer), CCM, CD, CDB (nonregional), CE, CEI, CERN, CFE, CPLP (associate observer), CTBT, CWC, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EITI, EMU, ENMOD, ESA, ESCR, EU, Euratom, Eutelsat, FAO, FATF, G- 7, G- 8, G-10, G-20, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, ICSID, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IGAD (partner), IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, IRENA, ISA, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, LAIA (observer), LU, MIGA, MTCR, NATO, NAM (guest), NEA, NPT, NSG, NTBT, OAS (observer), OECD, OPCW, OS, OSCE, OST, PA (observer), PAM, Paris Club, PCA, PIF (partner), SEGIB (associate observer), SELEC (observer), SICA (observer), UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC, UNFCC-KP, UNFCC-PA, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UNWTO, UPU, WA, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
Italy Index
Chronology
509 BC                     Roman Republic.
27 BC                      Roman Empire.
17 Jan 395                 Divided de jure into Eastern Roman Empire 
                             (Byzantium) and Western Roman Empire. 
 4 Sep 476                 Last Emperor in the West, Romulus Augustus,
                             is forced to abdicate by Odovacar (Odoacer).
 4 Sep 476 -  5 Mar 493    Odovacar rules as Italian king (see below).
 5 Mar 493                 Kingdom of Ostrogoths (Regnum Ostrogothorum/Reiki
                             Gutthiudos)(see below).
May 540 -  3 Sep 569       Part of Eastern Roman Empire.
 3 Sep 569                 Kingdom of the Lombards (Regnum Langobardorum/
                             Langabardanö Rikja)(see below).
 5 Jun 774                 Frankish kingdom of Italy (see below).
Jul 817                    Italian Kingdom (Regnum Italicum)(see below).
14 May 1004 - 10 May 1796  Italy definitively part of Holy Roman Empire, but
                             the style Rex Italia ("king of Italy") claimed,
                             but not included in imperial titulature
                             (see below).
26 Jun 1802                Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana)(in Lombardy
                             and Emilia-Romagna), with French First Consul
                             Napoléon Bonaparte as President (see Lombardy).
17 Mar 1805                Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia)(in Lombardy,
                             Emilia-Romagna, Venetia [and Dalmatia to 3 May 1810
                             and from 10 May 1810 Trento]), with Napoléon I,
                             Emperor of the French King of Italy (see Lombardy).
23 Apr 1814 - 12 Jun 1814  Allied occupation of Kingdom of Italy.
30 May 1814                Formal restoration of the independent states by the
                             Treaty of Paris.
18 Mar 1861                Kingdom of Italy (Regno d'Italia)(the king of
                             Sardinia assumed the title of the "King of Italy"
                             in accordance with a law promulgated on 17 Mar
                             1861 (effective upon publication on 18 Mar 1861).
20 Sep 1870                Rome is annexed from the Papal State.
 7 Jun 1929                State of Vatican City established.
 9 May 1936 - 19 May 1941  Ethiopia annexed.
 6 Apr 1939 -  3 Sep 1943  Albania in personal union (de facto annexation) with
                             Italy.
 8 Sep 1943 - 17 Sep 1947  Under Allied Commission administration (see below).
10 Sep 1943 -  2 May 1945  Northern Italy is occupied by Germany (in Naples to 1
                             Oct 1943, Rome to 13 Jun 1944, Milan 27 Apr 1945).
10 Sep 1943 -  2 May 1945  Trento, Bolzano, Belluno, Friuli, Gorizia, Trieste,
                             Laibach, Fiume, and Istria are administered by
                             Germany (see Trentino-Alto Adige and Trieste).
23 Sep 1943 -  1 May 1945  Italian Social Republic in opposition to kingdom. The
                             kingdom government moves to Bridisi, then Salerno
                              to 17 Jul 1944
10 Jun 1946                Provisional results of the referendum on the form
                             of government (monarchy vs. republic), confirming
                             the majority of votes 54% in favor of republic,
                             are certified at the meeting of the Supreme Court
                             of Cassation (final results certified at the
                             meeting of the Supreme Court of Cassation on
                             18 Jun 1946).
13 Jun 1946                Exercise of executive authority by the king is
                             discontinued by declaration of the Council of
                             Ministers transferring the functions of the head
                             of state to the President of the Council of
                             Ministers, pending the election of the
                             Provisional Head of State.
18 Jun 1946                Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana).
10 Feb 1947                Peace treaty cedes Fiume and Zadar to Yugoslavia; 
                             Tende, La Brigue, and other villages to France;
                             restores Sazan Island to Albania; and cedes
                             Trieste to the Allies. Italy regains full
                             sovereignty (effective 15 Sep 1947).
 1 Nov 1993                Part of European Union (1958-93 European Community).
27 Jun 2003                Republic of Italy (date of communication to United
                             Nations about change in English version; Italian
                             name unchanged). 
Italy 476-1004
Regions
States before 1861
A-N and P-V

Allied Military
Govt. (AMGOT)
 (1943-1947)
 Italian Social
Republic (Salo)
(1943-1945)
Partisan Republics
(1944)
Trieste
(1382-1954)
French
Establishments
Roman Empire
(27 BC-476 AD)
Historic Maps
of Italy
Maps of Italy
(c.1400) and
(1860-1924)
 

Kings¹
18 Mar 1861 -  9 Jan 1878  Vittorio Emanuele II               (b. 1820 - d. 1878)
 9 Jan 1878 - 29 Jul 1900  Umberto I                          (b. 1844 - d. 1900)
29 Jul 1900 -  9 May 1946  Vittorio Emanuele III              (b. 1869 - d. 1947) 
                             (at Brindisi 10 Sep 1943 - 11 Feb 1944,
                             then Salerno 12 Feb - 17 Jul 1944)
 5 Jul 1944 -  9 May 1946  Umberto di Savoia, principe        (b. 1904 - d. 1983)  Non-party
                             di Piemonte -Regent
                             (Lieutenant General of the Realm)
 9 May 1946 - 18 Jun 1946  Umberto II                         (s.a.)
                             (departs Italy on 13 Jun 1946)
Provisional Heads of State
13 Jun 1946 -  1 Jul 1946  Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (b. 1881 - d. 1954)  DC
                             (acting)
 1 Jul 1946 -  1 Jan 1948  Enrico De Nicola                   (b. 1877 - d. 1959)  PLI
Presidents
 1 Jan 1948 - 12 May 1948  Enrico De Nicola                   (s.a.)               PLI
12 May 1948 - 11 May 1955  Luigi Numa Lorenzo Einaudi         (b. 1874 - d. 1961)  PLI
11 May 1955 - 11 May 1962  Giovanni Gronchi                   (b. 1887 - d. 1978)  DC
11 May 1962 -  6 Dec 1964  Antonio Segni                      (b. 1891 - d. 1972)  DC
 6 Dec 1964 - 29 Dec 1964  Cesare Merzagora (acting)          (b. 1898 - d. 1991)  DC
29 Dec 1964 - 29 Dec 1971  Giuseppe Efisio Giovanni Saragat   (b. 1898 - d. 1988)  PSDI
29 Dec 1971 - 15 Jun 1978  Giovanni Leone                     (b. 1908 - d. 2001)  DC
15 Jun 1978 -  9 Jul 1978  Amintore Fanfani (acting)          (b. 1908 - d. 1999)  DC
 9 Jul 1978 - 29 Jun 1985  Alessandro "Sandro" Giuseppe       (b. 1896 - d. 1990)  PSI
                             Antonio Pertini
29 Jun 1985 - 28 Apr 1992  Francesco Maurizio Cossiga         (b. 1928 - d. 2010)  DC
                             (acting to 3 Jul 1985)
28 Apr 1992 - 28 May 1992  Giovanni Spadolini (acting)        (b. 1925 - d. 1994)  PRI
28 May 1992 - 15 May 1999  Oscar Luigi Scàlfaro               (b. 1918 - d. 2012) DC;1994 None
15 May 1999 - 18 May 1999  Nicola Mancino (acting)            (b. 1931)            DS
18 May 1999 - 15 May 2006  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi               (b. 1920 - d. 2016)  Non-party
15 May 2006 - 14 Jan 2015  Giorgio Napolitano                 (b. 1925 - d. 2023)  DS
14 Jan 2015 -  3 Feb 2015  Pietro "Piero" Grasso (acting)     (b. 1945)            PD
 3 Feb 2015 -              Sergio Mattarella                  (b. 1941)            PD
 
Prime ministers (presidents of the Council of Ministers)
17 Mar 1861 -  6 Jun 1861  Camillo Benso, conte di Cavour     (b. 1810 - d. 1861)  Des
                             (from 21 Jan 1860 prime minister of Sardinia)
 6 Jun 1861 - 12 Jun 1861  Marco Minghetti (1st time)(acting) (b. 1818 - d. 1886)  Des
12 Jun 1861 -  3 Mar 1862  Bettino Ricasoli, conte Brolio     (b. 1809 - d. 1880)  Des
                             (1st time) 
 3 Mar 1862 -  8 Dec 1862  Urbano Rattazzi (1st time)         (b. 1808 - d. 1873)  Sin
 8 Dec 1862 - 24 Mar 1863  Luigi Carlo Farini                 (b. 1812 - d. 1866)  Des
24 Mar 1863 - 28 Sep 1864  Marco Minghetti (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Des
28 Sep 1864 - 17 Jun 1866  Alfonso Ferrero della Marmora      (b. 1804 - d. 1878)  Des
17 Jun 1866 - 10 Apr 1867  Bettino Ricasoli, conte Brolio     (s.a.)               Des
                             (2nd time)
10 Apr 1867 - 27 Oct 1867  Urbano Rattazzi (2nd time)         (s.a.)               Sin
27 Oct 1867 - 14 Dec 1869  Luigi Federico, conte Menabrea     (b. 1809 - d. 1896)  Des
14 Dec 1869 - 10 Aug 1873  Giovanni Lanza                     (b. 1810 - d. 1882)  Sin
10 Aug 1873 - 25 Mar 1876  Marco Minghetti (3rd time)         (s.a.)               Des
25 Mar 1876 - 24 Mar 1878  Agostino Depretis (1st time)       (b. 1813 - d. 1887)  Sin
24 Mar 1878 - 19 Dec 1878  Benedetto Cairoli (1st time)       (b. 1825 - d. 1889)  Sin
19 Dec 1878 - 14 Jul 1879  Agostino Depretis (2nd  time)      (s.a.)               Sin
14 Jul 1879 - 29 May 1881  Benedetto Cairoli (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Sin
28 May 1881 - 29 Jul 1887  Agostino Depretis (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Sin
29 Jul 1887 -  9 Feb 1891  Francesco Crispi (1st time)        (b. 1819 - d. 1901)  Sin
                             (acting to 7 Aug 1887)
 9 Feb 1891 - 15 May 1892  Antonio Starabba, marchese         (b. 1839 - d. 1908)  Des
                             di Rudinì (1st time)
15 May 1892 - 15 Dec 1893  Giovanni Giolitti (1st time)       (b. 1842 - d. 1928)  Sin
15 Dec 1893 - 10 Mar 1896  Francesco Crispi (2nd time)        (s.a.)               Sin
10 Mar 1896 - 30 Jun 1898  Antonio Starabba, marchese         (s.a.)               Des
                             di Rudinì (2nd time)
30 Jun 1898 - 25 Jun 1900  Luigi Gerolamo Pelloux             (b. 1839 - d. 1924)  Des
25 Jun 1900 - 15 Feb 1901  Giuseppe Saracco                   (b. 1821 - d. 1907)  Des
15 Feb 1901 -  3 Nov 1903  Giuseppe Zanardelli                (b. 1826 - d. 1903)  Sin
 3 Nov 1903 - 16 Mar 1905  Giovanni Giolitti (2nd time)       (s.a.)               Sin
16 Mar 1905 - 28 Mar 1905  Tommaso Tittoni                    (b. 1855 - d. 1931)  Des
28 Mar 1905 -  8 Feb 1906  Alessandro Fortis                  (b. 1842 - d. 1909)  Sin
 8 Feb 1906 - 30 May 1906  Sidney, barone Sonnino (1st time)  (b. 1847 - d. 1922)  Des
30 May 1906 - 11 Dec 1909  Giovanni Giolitti (3rd time)       (s.a.)               Sin
11 Dec 1909 - 31 Mar 1910  Sidney, barone Sonnino (2nd time)  (s.a.)               Des
31 Mar 1910 - 30 Mar 1911  Luigi Luzzatti                     (b. 1841 - d. 1927)  Des
30 Mar 1911 - 21 Mar 1914  Giovanni Giolitti (4th time)       (s.a.)               Sin
21 Mar 1914 - 19 Jun 1916  Antonio Salandra                   (b. 1853 - d. 1931)  Des
19 Jun 1916 - 30 Oct 1917  Paolo Boselli                      (b. 1838 - d. 1932)  Des
30 Oct 1917 - 24 Jun 1919  Vittorio Emanuele Orlando          (b. 1860 - d. 1952)  Sin
24 Jun 1919 - 16 Jun 1920  Francesco Saverio Nitti            (b. 1868 - d. 1953)  Rad
16 Jun 1920 -  4 Jul 1921  Giovanni Giolitti (5th time)       (s.a.)               Sin
 4 Jul 1921 - 26 Feb 1922  Ivanoe Bonomi (1st time)           (b. 1873 - d. 1951)  PSRI
26 Feb 1922 - 30 Oct 1922  Luigi Facta                        (b. 1861 - d. 1930)  PLI
30 Oct 1922 -  3 Jan 1926  Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini   (b. 1883 - d. 1945)  PNF
                            (from 24 Dec 1925, personal style Il Duce ["the Leader"])
Head of Government - Prime Minister Secretary of State
 3 Jan 1926 - 25 Jul 1943  Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini   (s.a.)               PNF
                            (with the personal style "Il Duce")
Prime ministers
(presidents of the Council of Ministers)
25 Jul 1943 - 22 Jun 1944  Pietro Badoglio                    (b. 1871 - d. 1956)  Mil
                             (at Brindisi 10 Sep 1943 - 11 Feb 1944,
                             then Salerno from 12 Feb 1944)
22 Jun 1944 - 21 Jun 1945  Ivanoe Bonomi (2nd time)           (s.a.)               DL
                             (at Salerno to 17 Jul 1944)
21 Jun 1945 - 10 Dec 1945  Ferruccio Parri                    (b. 1890 - d. 1981)  PdA
10 Dec 1945 - 17 Aug 1953  Alcide Amedeo Francesco De Gasperi (s.a.)               DC
17 Aug 1953 - 19 Jan 1954  Giuseppe Pella                     (b. 1902 - d. 1981)  DC
19 Jan 1954 - 10 Feb 1954  Amintore Fanfani (1st time)        (s.a.)               DC
10 Feb 1954 -  6 Jul 1955  Mario Scelba                       (b. 1901 - d. 1991)  DC
 6 Jul 1955 - 20 May 1957  Antonio Segni (1st time)           (s.a.)               DC
20 May 1957 -  2 Jul 1958  Adone Zoli                         (b. 1887 - d. 1960)  DC
 2 Jul 1958 - 16 Feb 1959  Amintore Fanfani (2nd time)        (s.a.)               DC
16 Feb 1959 - 26 Mar 1960  Antonio Segni (2nd time)           (s.a.)               DC
26 Mar 1960 - 26 Jul 1960  Fernando Tambroni Armaroli         (b. 1901 - d. 1963)  DC
26 Jul 1960 - 22 Jun 1963  Amintore Fanfani (3rd time)        (s.a.)               DC
22 Jun 1963 -  5 Dec 1963  Giovanni Leone (1st time)          (s.a.)               DC
 5 Dec 1963 - 25 Jun 1968  Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (1st time)   (b. 1916 - d. 1978)  DC
25 Jun 1968 - 12 Dec 1968  Giovanni Leone (2nd time)          (s.a.)               DC
12 Dec 1968 -  6 Aug 1970  Mariano Rumor (1st time)           (b. 1915 - d. 1990)  DC
 6 Aug 1970 - 18 Feb 1972  Emilio Colombo                     (b. 1920 - d. 2013)  DC
18 Feb 1972 -  8 Jul 1973  Giulio Andreotti (1st time)        (b. 1919 - d. 2013)  DC
 8 Jul 1973 - 23 Nov 1974  Mariano Rumor (2nd time)           (s.a.)               DC
23 Nov 1974 - 29 Jul 1976  Aldo Romeo Luigi Moro (2nd time)   (s.a.)               DC
29 Jul 1976 -  4 Aug 1979  Giulio Andreotti (2nd time)        (s.a.)               DC
 4 Aug 1979 - 18 Oct 1980  Francesco Maurizio Cossiga         (s.a.)               DC
18 Oct 1980 - 28 Jun 1981  Arnaldo Forlani                    (b. 1925 - d. 2023)  DC
28 Jun 1981 -  1 Dec 1982  Giovanni Spadolini                 (s.a.)               PRI
 1 Dec 1982 -  4 Aug 1983  Amintore Fanfani (4th time)        (s.a.)               DC
 4 Aug 1983 - 17 Apr 1987  Benedetto "Bettino" Craxi          (b. 1934 - d. 2000)  PSI
18 Apr 1987 - 29 Jul 1987  Amintore Fanfani (5th time)        (s.a.)               DC
29 Jul 1987 - 13 Apr 1988  Giovanni Giuseppe Goria            (b. 1943 - d. 1994)  DC
13 Apr 1988 - 23 Jul 1989  Luigi Ciriaco De Mita              (b. 1928 - d. 2022)  DC
23 Jul 1989 - 28 Jun 1992  Giulio Andreotti (3rd time)        (s.a.)               DC
28 Jun 1992 - 29 Apr 1993  Giuliano Amato (1st time)          (b. 1938)            PSI
29 Apr 1993 - 11 May 1994  Carlo Azeglio Ciampi               (s.a.)               Non-party
11 May 1994 - 17 Jan 1995  Silvio Berlusconi (1st time)       (b. 1936 - d. 2023)  FI
17 Jan 1995 - 18 May 1996  Lamberto Dini                      (b. 1931)            Non-party
18 May 1996 - 21 Oct 1998  Romano Antonio Prodi (1st time)    (b. 1939)            OT
21 Oct 1998 - 26 Apr 2000  Massimo D'Alema                    (b. 1949)            DS
26 Apr 2000 - 11 Jun 2001  Giuliano Amato (2nd time)          (s.a.)               Non-party
11 Jun 2001 - 17 May 2006  Silvio Berlusconi (2nd time)       (s.a.)               FI
17 May 2006 -  8 May 2008  Romano Antonio Prodi (2nd time)    (s.a.)               LU
 8 May 2008 - 16 Nov 2011  Silvio Berlusconi (3rd time)       (s.a.)               FI;2009 PdL
16 Nov 2011 - 28 Apr 2013  Mario Monti                        (b. 1943)            Non-party
28 Apr 2013 - 22 Feb 2014  Enrico Letta                       (b. 1966)            PD
22 Feb 2014 - 12 Dec 2016  Matteo Renzi                       (b. 1975)            PD
12 Dec 2016 -  1 Jun 2018  Paolo Gentiloni Silveri            (b. 1954)            PD
 1 Jun 2018 - 13 Feb 2021  Giuseppe Conte                     (b. 1964)            Non-party
13 Feb 2021 - 22 Oct 2022  Mario Draghi                       (b. 1947)            Non-party
22 Oct 2022 -              Giorgia Meloni (f)                 (b. 1977)            FdI

 ¹Full style of the ruler:
(a) 18 Mar 1861 - 22 Apr 1861 and 10 May 1946 - 18 Jun 1946: Re d'Italia ("King of Italy");
(b) 22 Apr 1861 - 9 May 1936 and 8 Dec 1943 - 10 May 1946: Per Grazia di Dio e per volontà della Nazione Re d'Italia ("By the Grace of God and by the Will of the Nation King of Italy");
(c) 9 May 1936 - 19 Apr 1939: Per grazia di Dio e per volontà della Nazione Re d'Italia, Imperatore d'Etiopia ("by the Grace of God and by the Will of the Nation King of Italy, Emperor of Ethiopia");
(d) 19 Apr 1939 - 8 Dec 1943: Per grazia di Dio e per volontà della Nazione Re d'Italia e di Albania, Imperatore d'Etiopia ("By the Grace of God and by the Will of the Nation King of Italy and of Albania, Emperor of Ethiopia"); use of the titles Re di Albania and Imperatore d'Etiopia were informally discontinued after 23 Sep 1943, official change of the royal style was sanctioned by the decree of 27 Nov 1943 (period of application backdated to 8 Sep 1943; published in Italy Official Gazette, No. 4, 8 Dec 1943).

 ² the Ministry of Occupied Italy was responsible for the reconstruction of liberated Northern Italy and for the relations with the various resistance movements.

Noble titles: barone = baron; conte = count; marchese = marquis; principe = prince.

Territorial Dispute: Italy's long coastline and developed economy entices tens of thousands of illegal immigrants from southeastern Europe and northern Africa.

Party abbreviations: FdI = Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy, conservative, populist, Italian  (snationalist, split from PdL, est.17 Dec 2012); FI = Forza Italia (Forward Italy, center-right, liberal conservative, Silvio Berlusconi personalist, 18 Jan 1994-27 Mar 2009 named Movimento Politico Forza Italia, 2009 merged into PdL; restored 29 Nov 2013); PD = Partito Democratico (Democratic Party, social-democratic, center-left, est.14 Oct 2007); Mil = Military;
- Former parties: Des = Destra (Right, later referred to as Destra Storica [Historic Right], Italian nationalist, classical liberal, conservative, monarchist, 1849-1921); DC = Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy, christian democratic, centrist, 15 Dec 1943-16 Jan 1994, successor Partito Popolare Italiano); DL = Partito Democratico del Lavoro (Democratic Labor Party, social democratic, center-left, 9 Sep 1943-31 Jan 1948); DS = Democratici di Sinistra (Democrats of the Left, social-democratic, 3 Mar 1991-13 Mar 1998 as Partito Democratico della Sinistra [Democratic Party of the Left], former PCI, merged into PD, 13 Mar 1998-14 Oct 2007, merged into PD); LU = L'Unione (The Union, center-left coalition, OT successor, incl. DS, Rifondazione Comunista [Communist Refoundation], Popolari-UDEUR, Partito dei Comunisti Italiani [to 1998], Federazione dei Verdi [Green Federation], and Rosa nel Pugno [Rose in the Fist], 10 Feb 2005-8 Feb 2008); OT = L'Ulivo (The Olive Tree, center-left coalition, incl. Federazione dei Verdi [Green Federation], DS, Partito Popolare Italiano, PRI, Rinnovamento Italiano [Lista Dini], Unione Democratica, Party of the Left [main partner of the OT],
6 Mar 1995-10 Feb 2005, renamed LU); PCI = Partito Comunista Italiano (Italian Communist Party, communist, 1926-1943 banned, 21 Jan 1921-3 Jan 1991, merged into Partito Democratico della Sinistra/DS); PdA = Partito d'Azione (Action Party, center-left, liberal socialist, anti-monarchist, 14 Jun 1942-25 Apr 1947, merged into PSI); PdL = Popolo della Libertà (People of Freedom, center-right, liberal conservative, Silvio Berlusconi personalist, merger of FI and Alleanza Nazionale, 29 Mar 2009-16 Nov 2013, renamed FI); PLI = Partito Liberale Italiano (Italian Liberal Party, moderate conservative, center-right, merger of DS remnants and Sinistra Liberale, 8 Oct 1922-6 Feb 1994, re-est.5 Jul 1997); PNF = Partito Nazionale Fascista (National Fascist Party, Italian fascist, nationalist, authoritarian, 9 Nov 1921-27 Jul 1943 only legal party 7 Oct 1926-25 Jul 1943, successor at Italian Social Republic 13 Sep 1943 - 28 Apr 1945 Partito Fascista Repubblicano [Republican Fascist Party] PFR); PRI = Partito Repubblicano Italiano (Italian Republican Party, republican, social liberal, center-left, 1895-7 Oct 1926 and from 1943); PSDI = Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano (Italian Social Democratic Party, social–democratic, 11 Jan 1947-10 May 1998, merged into SDI); PSI = Italiano Socialista Partito (Italian Socialist Party, socialist from 1976, democratic socialist 1962-76, marxist to 1962, banned 1926-1943, 14 Aug 1892-13 Nov 1994, re-est.5 Oct 2007); PSRI = Partito Socialista Riformista Italiano (Italian Social Reform Party, social-democratic, split from PSI, later DL, 10 Jul 1912-7 Oct 1926); Rad = Partito Radicale Italiano (Italian Radical Party, radical, anti-capitalist, left-wing, split from Sin, 26 May 1877-26 Apr 1922, merged into Partito Democratico Sociale Italiano); Sin = Sinistra (Left, later referred to as Sinistra Storica [Historic Left], center-left, liberal, progressive, anti-clerical, monarchist, 1849-1921)



Allied Military Government of Italy 1943-1947

11 Jun 1943                Allied forces occupy Pantelleria Island, on 12 Jun 1943
                             Lampedusa, and on 13 Jun 1943 Linosa and Lampione Islands.
10 Jul 1943               
Allied forces begin the invasion of Sicily; Allied Military
                             Mission to Italy begins in Sicily (taking Syracuse 10 Jul 1943,
                             Catania 5 Aug 1943, Palermo 22 Jul 1943, and Messina 17 Aug 1943).

17 Aug 1943                Allied forces occupy Sicily.
 3 Sep 1943                Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories
(AMGOT) begins
                             on the Italian mainland
(the King's government takes over as
                             Allied forces move
up the peninsula).
 8 Sep 1943                Formal surrender of Italy by the King's government in Brindisi.
17 Sep 1943                Allied forces occupy Sardinia.
29 Sep 1943               
Allied Control Commission for Italy (ACC) established (effective
                             10 Nov 1943).
24 Oct 1943                AMGOT renamed Allied Military Government (AMG).
11 Feb 1944                Lucania, Calabria, Sardinia, Sicily (but not Pantelleria, Lampedusa,
                             and Linosa) and all of Italy south of the northern boundaries of
                             the provinces of Bari, Potenza, and Salerno are restored
to the
                             King's government in Brindisi.
10 Jul 1944                Provinces of Foggia, Campobasso, Benevento, Avellino and Naples
                             (with the exception of the port of Naples) are restored to the
                             Italian government, and on 17 Aug 1944 the provinces of Rome,
                             Frosinone, Littoria.
16 Oct 1944                Provinces of Teramo, L'Aquila, Pescara, and Chieti are restored to
                             the Italian government.
27 Oct 1944               
ACC renamed Allied Commission for Italy.
10 May 1945                Provinces of Macerata, Ascoli Piceno, Perugia, Terni, Pesaro,
                             Arezzo, Siena, Grosseto, and Ancona (less port of Ancona)
are
                             restored to the Italian government.
30 Sep 1945                Provinces of Liguria, Piemonte, Lombardia, Venezia Tridentina (less
                             Bolzano province) and Venezia Propria (less Udine province) are
                             restored to the Italian government.
31 Dec 1945               
Allied Military Government ends (except in Udine and Venezia-
                             Giulia provinces).
31 Jan 1947                Formal end of Allied Commission (Peace Treaty signed 10 Feb 1947,
                             effective 15 Sep 1947). Italy regains its full sovereignty.
17 Sep 1947                Allied Forces Headquarters dissolved.

Heads of the Allied Military Government (AMGOT) and (from 10 Nov 1943)
Presidents of the
Allied Control Commission for Italy
(also Supreme Allied Commanders, Mediterranean Theater [SACMED])
11 Jun 1943 -  8 Jan 1944  Dwight "Ike" D. Eisenhower (U.S.)  (b. 1890 - d. 1969)
                             (supreme commander-in-chief, supreme
                             headquarters, Allied expeditionary force)
 8 Jan 1944 - 27 Oct 1944  Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (U.K.)   (b. 1881 - d. 1964)
Heads of the Allied Military Government (AMGOT) and Presidents of the Allied
Allied Commission for Italy (also Supreme Allied Commanders, Mediterranean [SACMED])
27 Oct 1944 - 11 Dec 1944  Sir Henry Maitland Wilson (U.K.)   (s.a.)
12 Dec 1944 - 29 Sep 1945  Sir Harold Rupert Leofric George   (b. 1891 - d. 1969)
                             Alexander (U.K.) 
29 Sep 1945 - 23 Oct 1945  Joseph Taggart McNarney (U.S.)     (b. 1893 - d. 1972)
                             (acting)
23 Oct 1945 - 31 Jan 1947  Sir William Duthie Morgan (U.K.)   (b. 1891 - d. 1977)
31 Jan 1947 - 17 Sep 1947  John Clifford Hodges Lee (U.S.)    (b. 1887 - d. 1958)
                             (acting)
Acting Deputy Presidents of the Allied Control Commission for Italy
10 Nov 1943 - 16 Jan 1944  Kenyon Ashe Joyce (U.S.)           (b. 1879 - d. 1960)
                             (acting for the Supreme Allied Commander)
16 Jan 1944 - Jul 1944     Sir Frank Noel Mason-MacFarlane    (b. 1889 - d. 1953)
                             (acting for the Supreme Allied Commander)
Acting President of the
Allied Control
10 Nov 1944 - 17 Sep 1947  Maurice Harold Macmillan (U.K.)    (b. 1894 - d. 1986)
                             (acting for the Supreme Allied Commanders)


Chief Civil Affairs Officer, Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories
22 Jul 1943 - 10 Nov 1943  Francis James Rennell Rodd, Baron  (b. 1895 - d. 1978)
                             Rennell
(U.K.)
Chief Commissioners, Allied Control Commission for Italy

10 Nov 1943 - 16 Jul 1944  Ellery Wheeler Stone (U.S.)(acting)(b. 1894 - d. 1981)
                             (1st time)
16 Jan 1944 - Jul 1944     Sir Frank Noel Mason-MacFarlane    (s.a.)
                             (U.K.)

Jul 1944 - 26 Oct 1944     Ellery Wheeler Stone (U.S.)        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
Chief Commissioner of the Allied Commission for Italy and
Chief Civil Affairs Officer, Allied Military Government in Italy

27 Oct 1944 - 17 Sep 1947  Ellery Wheeler Stone (U.S.)        (s.a.)

Allied Military Governors of Occupied Territories
10 Jul 1943 - 11 Dec 1944  S
ir Harold Rupert Leofric George   (s.a.)
                             Alexander (U.K.) 
12 Dec 1944 -  5 Jul 1945  Mark Wayne Clark (U.S.)            (b. 1896 – d. 1984)


Counter Government at Saló: Italian Social Republic

[Italian Social
                          Republic Civil Flag 1943-1945]
23 Sep 1943 - 28 Apr 1945 State flag
[Italian Social Republic War Flag
                          1944-1945]
28 Jan 1944 - 28 Apr 1945 War flag
Map of Italian Social
Republic

Hear National Anthem
"Giovinezza"
(The Youth) 
Text of National Anthem
(23 Sep 1943-28 Apr 1945)
Draft Constitution
(1943; in Italian)
Capital: Saló4 Currency: Italian Lira (ITL)
(1943-1945)
National Holiday:
28 Oct (1922)
Anniversario della Marcia
 su Roma (Anniversary
of the March on Rome)

Population: 30,000,000 (1943 est.)
(area under the Republic)
GDP: $N/A Exports: $N/A
Imports: $N/A
Ethnic groups: Italian, German, Slovene, Croat
Total Armed Forces: 150,000 (1944)
German Forces: 332,000 (1945)
Merchant marine: N/A
Religions: Roman Catholic, Protestant, Jewish

12 Sep 1943                German forces rescue Mussolini from prison at Gran Sasso.
15 Sep 1943                Mussolini arrives at Saló.
23 Sep 1943                National Republican State of Italy (Stato Nazionale Repubblicano
                             d'Italia) formed in German occupied northern and central Italy.
 1 Dec 1943                Renamed Italian Social Republic (Repubblica Sociale Italiana).
28 Apr 1945                Collapse of Axis forces and end of the Italian Social Republic.
 2 May 1945                German forces formally surrender.

Duce5
23 Sep 1943 - 28 Apr 1945  Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (b. 1883 - d. 1945)  PFR
                             (in hiding from 25 Apr 1945)
25 Apr 1945 - 28 Apr 1945  Piero Pisenti                    (b. 1887 - d. 1980)  PFR
                             (delegate for current affairs of government)

German Plenipotentiary (de facto ruler)
23 Sep 1943 - 28 Apr 1945  Rudolf Rahn                      (b. 1900 - d. 1975)  NSDAP

Commanders-in-chief of the Southwest (Oberbefehlshaber Südwest)(German Army in Italy)
 8 Sep 1943 - 20 Nov 1943  Erwin Rommel                     (b. 1891 - d. 1944)  Mil
21 Nov 1943 - 26 Oct 1944  Albert Kesselring (1st time)     (b. 1885 - d. 1960)  Mil
26 Oct 1944 - 15 Jan 1945  Heinrich Gottfried von           (b. 1887 - d. 1952)  Mil
                             Vietinghoff-Scheel (1st time)
15 Jan 1945 - 10 Mar 1945  Albert Kesselring (2nd time)     (s.a.)               Mil
15 Jan 1945 - 10 Mar 1945  Karl Wolff                       (b. 1900 - d. 1984)  Mil
                             (acting for Kesselring)
10 Mar 1945 - 30 Apr 1945  Heinrich Gottfried von           (s.a.)              
Mil
                             Vietinghoff-Scheel (2nd time) 
30 Apr 1945 -  1 May 1945  Friedrich "Fritz" Schulz         (b. 1897 - d. 1976)  Mil
 
1 May 1945 -  2 May 1945  Hans Röttiger (acting)           (b. 1896 - d. 1960)  Mil

Chiefs of the Military Administration in Northern Italy
(Chef der Militärverwaltung beim Bevollmächtigten Deutschen General in Norditalien)
 5 Nov 1943 - Feb 1944     Paul Ernst Kanstein              (b. 1899 - d. 1981)  NSDAP
Feb 1944 - Sep 1944        Friedrich Walter Landfried       (b. 1884 - d. 1952)  NSDAP
 2 Sep 1944 - 26 Feb 1945  Otto Gustav Wächter              (b. 1901 - d. 1949)  Mil

 4The de jure capital was Rome, but Saló was the de facto seat of government and location of the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Interior, and Popular Culture; other ministries were scattered throughout northern Italy -the ministry of Defense in Soiano; ministry of Justice in Cremona, later Brescia; ministry of Finance in Brescia; ministry of Corporate Economy in Bergamo, later Milan; ministry of Agriculture in Treviso; ministry of National Education in Padova; ministry of Public Jobs in Venice; ministry of Communications in Verona; ministry of Labor in Milan; and offices of the House and Senate in Venice.

 5Full style of ruler:
(a) 23 Sep 1943 - 1 Dec 1943: Duce dello Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia
("Leader of the Republican National State of Italy"); in legislation: Duce del Fascismo, Capo dello Stato Nazionale Repubblicano d'Italia (Leader of Fascism, Head of the Republican National State of Italy);
(b) 1 Dec 1943 - 28 Apr 1945: Duce della Repubblica Sociale Italiana ("Leader of the Italian Social Republic").

Party abbreviations: PFR = Partito Fascista Repubblicano (Republican Fascist Party, Italian fascist, nationalist, republican, former Partito Nazionale Fascista [National Fascist Party], only legal party of RSI, 13 Sep 1943-28 Apr 1945); NSDAP = Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi fascist, xenophobic, German nationalist, 20 Feb 1920-10 Oct 1945); Mil = Military



Partisan Resistance 

[Committee of National
                    Liberation flag 1943-1945 (Italy)]

Note: In Sep 1943, delegates of non-Fascist parties assembled in Rome and founded the Fronte Antifascista unito libertà (United Anti-Fascist Freedom Front), renamed Comitato di Liberazione Nationale (Committee of National Liberation)(CLN) after the German occupation of Italy. Similar committees were also set up in most other cities. In the course of the following months they regrouped into three regional committees, acting independently of the Italian government. In Feb 1946, the CLNAI is absorbed by the central CLN; on 21 Jun 1946, the entire organization is dissolved with the agreement of all the adhering political parties.

President of the Central Committee of National Liberation (CCLN)
(Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Centrale)
 9 Sep 1943 - 11 Jun 1944  Ivanoe Bonomi                      (s.a.)               PDL
President of the Committee of National Liberation of Tuscany (CTLN)
(Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale della Toscana)

 9 Sep 1943 - 11 Aug 1944  Carlo Ludovico Ragghianti          (b. 1910 - d. 1987)  PdA
Presidents of the Committee for National Liberation of Upper Italy (CLNAI)
(Comitato di Liberazione Nazionale Alta Italia)
 9 Sep 1943 - 27 Apr 1945  Alfredo Pizzoni ("Longhi")         (b. 1894 - d. 1958)  Non-party
27 Apr 1945 - Feb 1946     Rodolfo Morandi                    (b. 1902 - d. 1955)  PSI

Party abbreviations:
PDL = Partito Democratico del Lavoro (Democratic Labor Party, anti-fascist, social democratic, 8 Sep 1943-31 Jan 1948, merged into Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano); PdA = Partito d'Azione (Action Party, center-left, liberal socialist, anti-monarchist, 14 Jun 1942-25 Apr 1947, merged into PSI); PSI = Italiano Socialista Partito (Italian Socialist Party, socialist from 1976, democratic socialist 1962-76, marxist to 1962, banned 1926-1943, 14 Aug 1892-13 Nov 1994, re-est.5 Oct 2007)


Italian Partisan Republics of 1944

Note: In 1944, the Committee of National Liberation of Upper Italy (CLNAI)(s.a.) staged a revolt that resulted in the establishment of a number of "partisan republics." Within the same year, however, they were reconquered by the occupying Germans. They were: Alto Monferrato (Sep - 2 Dec), Alto Tortonese6 (Sep-Dec), Bobbio e Torriglia6 (7 Jul - 27 Aug), Cansiglio (Jul-Sep), Carnia (Jul-Oct), Friuli Orientale (30 Jun - Sep), Imperia (Aug-Oct), Langhe (Sep-Nov), Montefiorino (17 Jun - 1 Aug), Ossola (10 Sep - 23 Oct), Val Ceno (10 Jun - 11 Jul), Val d'Enza e Val Parma (Jun-Jul), Val Maira e Val Varaita (Jun - 21 Aug), Val Taro (15 Jun - 24 Jul), Valli di Lanzo (25 Jun - Sep), Valsesia (11 Jun - 10 Jul), and Varzi6 (Sep - 29 Nov). Ossola was the only republic which received some recognition both by Swiss officials and by local Allied representatives.

Ossola (Domodossola) 

[Free Republic
                      of Ossola flag 1944 (Italy)]

10 Sep 1944                Italian partisans establish Free Republic of Ossola (Libera
                            
Repubblica dell'Ossola) in Val d'Ossola on the shore of Lake
                             Maggiore (incl. Cannoba, Intra, Verbania, Omegna, and Domodossola)
                             comprised 35 municipalities situated along the Swiss frontier.
23 Oct 1944                Germans re-occupy the area, end of the partisan republic.

President of the Provisional Junta of Government of Ossola
10 Sep 1944 - 23 Oct 1944  Ettore Tibaldi                   (b. 1887 - d. 1968)  PSI

 6The partisan republics of Alto Tortonese, Bobbio e Torriglia and Varzi were adjacent, forming in this way one vast liberated territory.

Party abbreviation: PSI = Italiano Socialista Partito (Italian Socialist Party, socialist from 1976, democratic socialist 1962-76, marxist to 1962, banned 1926-1943, 14 Aug 1892-13 Nov 1994, re-est.5 Oct 2007)



Trieste

[Austrian Flag of
                          Trieste 1813-1918]
1813 - 3 Nov 1918 City Flag
[Free Territory of Trieste flag
                          1947-1954 (Italy)]
10 Feb 1947 - 25 Oct 1954
Map of Trieste Zone 1947-54 Hear Unofficial Anthem
"L'inno di San Giusto"
(Hymn of Saint Justus)
Text of Trieste Anthem
(1947-1954; Unoffical)
Permanent Statute
 (10 Feb 1947 - 25 Oct 1954)
Capital: Trieste (Zone A);
Koper (Capodistria)(Zone B)
Currency: Zone A: 1945-54
Italian Lira (ITL)
; Zone B:
 
29 Oct 1945 - Jul 1949 Trieste  Lira (Yugoslav Lira), 1949-54 Yugoslav Fed. Dinar (YUF) 
National Holiday
(Zone A): 3 Nov (293)
Festa di San Giusto
(Festival of Saint Justus)
(unofficial) 
 Population: 310,000
 (1949, Zone A)

Zone A: 297,000 (1953)
Zone B: 67,461 (1945)
217,790 (1910)
21,000 (1802)
GDP: N/A Exports: 9.5 billion Italian Liras (1951, Zone A,
excluding trade with Italy)

Imports
: 29.9 billion Italian Liras (1951, Zone A,
excluding trade with Italy)
Ethnic groups: (Zone A): Italian 239,000; Slovene 63,000; others 8,000  (1949);
(Zone B): Slav 30,789; Italian 29,672; other 7,000 (1945)
Total Zone A Police: 4,337 (1950)
(Venezia-Giulia Police Force)

Allied Military Forces: 5,000 (US);
5,000 (UK); 5,000 (Yugoslavia) (1950)
Defense was Responsibility of the United Nations
Merchant marine: N/A
Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, Jewish 3%,
Protestant 1%, other 1% (1900)

International Organizations/Treaties (Zone A): OEEC, UPU

178 BC - 476 AD            Part of Roman Empire (named Tergeste).
476 - 493                  Part of Odovacar's (Odovacer) Italian kingdom.
493 - 539                  Part of Ostrogoths kingdom.
539 - 752                  Part of Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.
752 - 774                  Part of the Kingdom of the Lombards.
788                        Under Frankish rule (part of March of Istria [marca Istrica]);
                             claimed by the Byzantines to 812.
c.850                      Under the Bishops of Trieste - first as barons (c.850-933), then
                             as counts/imperial princes (948-1077).
c.890                      Part of March of Verona and Aquileia (Marca Veronensis et
                             Aquileiensis)
 7 Aug 952                 Part of Holy Roman Empire (within March of Verona and Aquileia).
1070 - 1077                Part of March of Istria (restored).
11 Jun 1077                Part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia (Patriarchatus Aquileiensis).
1202 - 1236                Made a tributary of Venetian Republic.
1236                       Trieste purchases the baronial rights of archbishop for his
                             lifetime and in 1275 buys out the arch bishops rights in
                             perpetuity (Comune di Trieste).
1279 - 1287                Occupied by Venetian Republic.
1291 - 1368                Part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
1368 - 1372                Trieste part of Venetian Republic (by peace treaty on 30 Oct 1370).
31 Aug 1369                Trieste places itself under lordship of the Duke of Austria, who is
                             forced to renounce it on 12 Nov 1370 in favor of Venice.
1372 - 1377                Part of the Patriarchate of Aquileia.
1377                       Restored to Venetian Republic.
26 Jun 1380 - 1381         Occupied by Republic of Genoa.
24 Jun 1381                Trieste recognized as independent by Venice and the Patriarch by
                             peace of Turin.
Oct 1382                   Trieste's agreement cessation to Austria signed; Reichsunmittelbare
                             Stadt Triest (Free Imperial City of Trieste).
Aug 1467 - 14 Aug 1469     Trieste briefly overthrows Austrian rule.
 6 May 1508 -  3 Jun 1509  Occupied by the Venetian Republic.
18 Mar 1719 –  1 Jul 1891  Made a free port within the Austrian Empire.
28 Apr 1747 - 20 Oct 1776  Administration of the Austrian Littoral (including Austrian Istria
                             and Fiume) united under an Intendancy in Trieste (dependent on
                             the Consilium Commerciale Aulicum
[Commercial Council of the
                             Court] in Vienna).
27 Apr 1769                Empress Maria Theresa confirms Trieste independence within the
                             crown territories of Austria.
20 Oct 1776                Administration of the two main ports divided, Trieste assigned
                             as the port for the Austrian "hereditary lands" and Fiume for
                             the Kingdom of Hungary.
23 Mar 1797 - 24 May 1797  French occupation.
19 Nov 1805 -  4 Mar 1806  French occupation.
 1 May 1806                Istria annexed to Kingdom of Italy (département of Istrie).
 9 Apr 1809 - 16 May 1809  Austrian retakes Trieste.
17 May 1809                French re-occupation.
14 Oct 1809                Trieste annexed to France, as part of Illyrian Provinces
                             (province de Trieste).
15 Apr 1811                Province fused with Gorz to from the intendance of Istrie.
30 Jun 1811 - 18 Sep 1811  Division between two military subdivisions: Capo-d'Istria
                             and Rovigno.
12 Oct 1813 - 29 Oct 1813  Trieste under siege by Anglo-Austrian forces.
29 Oct 1813                Austrian occupation.
30 May 1814                Formally restored to Austria (remains within Illyria).
25 Dec 1814                Re-incorporated into Austria, as Kreisamt zu Triest (within
                             Illyria).
 3 Aug 1816                Component of the Austrian Illyrian Kingdom (Königreich Illyrien) as
                             Triester Kreis within the Landesgubernium in dem Königreiche
                             Illyrien zu Triest
(see Austrian Crownlands).
 2 Oct 1849                City and Land of Trieste (Stadt und Gebiet Triest), a separate and
                             immediate city with the status of an Austrian crownland.
15 Nov 1849
                Görz and Gradisca combined with Istria and subordinated to Triest
                             (by decree of 18 Oct 1849) as one crownland which is called
                             Österreichisches Küstenland (Austrian Littoral), with the
                             governor residing in Triest
(see Austrian Crownlands).
12 Apr 1850                Reichsunmittelbare Stadt Triest mit ihrem Gebiet/Città Imperiale di
                             Trieste e Dintorni (Imperial Free City of Trieste and its Lands).
21 Dec 1867                Part of the "Austrian" half of the Austro-Hungarian 
                             Monarchy (i.e. of the "kingdoms and Lands Represented in
                             the Imperial Diet").
May 1915 - 30 Oct 1918     Municipal government dissolved by Austria.
 3 Nov 1918                Occupied by Italy.
10 Sep 1919                Trieste formally ceded to Italy by Austria.
17 Oct 1922                Province of Trieste (Provincia di Trieste), within Italy.
10 Sep 1943 -  2 May 1945  German occupation (part of Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland;
                             a German civil administration over Friuli, Gorizia, Trieste,
                             Istria, Fiume, and Laibach, with headquarters in Trieste).
23 Sep 1943 - 28 Apr 1945  Nominally part of the Italian Social Republic.
 1 May 1945 - 12 Jun 1945  Yugoslav military forces occupy the city and its surroundings.
 2 May 1945                Joint Anglo-American occupation begun (Allied Military
                             Government of Venezia Giulia)(formal division 12 Jun 1945).
15 Sep 1947                Free Territory of Trieste (Territorio libero di Trieste/Serbo-
                             Croatian: Slobodna Teritorija Trsta/Slovene: Svobodno tržaško
                             ozemlje
); Anglo-American occupation of Zone A (including Pola
                             exclave), and Zone B is occupied by Yugoslavia
                             (created by Paris Treaty of Peace with Italy of 10 Feb 1947).
11 May 1952                Italian civil administration restored in Zone A.
26 Oct 1954                Divided between Italy (Zone A) and Yugoslavia (Zone B).
10 Nov 1975                Treaty of Osimo formally ends Italy claim to former Zone B
                             (ratified 11 Oct 1977).

Lords (title Herr zu Triest)
Oct 1382 - 14 Oct 1809     the archdukes of Austria
30 May 1814 - 11 Nov 1918  the archdukes of Austria
Mayors (podestà di Trieste)
1368                       Marin Zeno       
1368 - 1369                Marco Morosini       
1369 - 1370                Saraceno Dandolo (1st time)       
1370 - 1372                Paolo Loredani       
1372 - 137.                Leonardo Contarini (1st time)       
1374 - 137.                Giovanni Dandolo       
1377 - 1378                Giacomo Delfino       
1378 - 1379                Saraceno Dandolo (2nd time)       
1379 - 1380                Leonardo Contarini (2nd time)       
1380 - 1381                Donato Tron
17 Jun 1381                Simone di Prampero
                             (Simon von Pramperg)
Mar 1382 - 1382             Nicolò di Collalto
                             (Niklas von Collalto)
Sep 1382 - 1382            Johanne Cechovar
Captains (
Capitani in luogo di Podestà/Hauptmann zu Triest)
Nov 1382 - 1390/91         Hugo von Tybein                         (d. 1390/91)
                            
(Ugone di Duino)
1382 - 1383                Popolin von Wisenstein
                             (Popolin de Wisenstein )
                             (vice-capitano acting with
Duino in Treviso)
 1 May 1394 - 1401         Rudolf von Walsee                       (b. c.1343 - d. 1405)
                             (Rodolfo di Valsa)
15 Jun 1401 - 1405         Jacob von Trapp (1st time)
                             (Giacomo de Trapp)
 1 Mar 1405 - 1405         Conrad von Lünz (1st time)
                             (Corrado de Lunz)
13 Jul 1405 - 1410         Jacob von Trapp (2nd time)
                             (Giacomo de Trapp)
11 May 1410 - 1410         Johann von Trottenberg
                             (Giovanni de Trottenberg)
20 Nov 1410 - 1412         Ulrich Senef von Ostrovich
                             (Ulrico Senck/Schenck de Ostrovich)
1412 - 1415                Conrad von Lünz (2nd time)
                             (Corrado de Lunz)
28 Aug 1415 - 1416         Pancraz Burggraf von Lünz
                             (Pancrazio Burgravio de Lunz)
                             (1st time)
15 Jan 1416 - 21 Feb 1420  Conrad von Lünz (3rd time)
                             (Corrado de Lunz)
Feb 1420 - 1427            Pancraz Burggraf von Lünz
                             (Pancrazio Burgravio de Lunz)
                             (2nd time)
12 Jan 1427 - 30 Apr 1429  Conrad von Lünz (4th time)
                             (Corrado de Lunz)
 5 May 1429 - 1436         Johann von Welsegger
                             (Giovanni de Velsegger)
1435 - 1436                Johann Bluscher von B
luschemberg
                             (Giovanni Bluscher de Bluschemberg)
Jan 1436 - 1439            Franz von Strassoldo (1st time)
                             (Francesco di Strassoldo)
Jul 1439 - Sep 1439        Johann Felsecher
                             (Giovanni Felsecher)
Sep 1439 - 1443            Franz von Strassoldo (2nd time)
                             (Francesco di Strassoldo)
 7 Dec 1443 - 1449         Bernhard Taystainer
                             (Bernardo Taystainer)
1449                       Franz von Strassoldo (3rd time)
1449                       Kaspar von Montefalcone
                             (Gaspare di Montefalcone)
1449 - 1452                Johann Breda
                             (Giovanni Breda)
Jun 1452 - Jul 1452        G
eorg Herberstein (1st time)
                             (Giorgio di Herberstein)
Jul 1452 - 1454            Kaspar von Lamberg (1st time)
                             (
Gaspare barone Lamberg)
Jul 1454 - 1461            Sigismund Spauer
                             (Sigismondo Spauer)
Jul 1459 - 1459            G
eorg Herberstein
                             (Giorgio di Herberstein)
                             (acting for Spauer)
1461
- Apr 1461            Georg Herberstein (2nd time)
                             (Giorgio di Herberstein)
                             (acting)
Apr 1461 - 1461            Kaspar Tschbernembl
                             (Gaspare Tschbernembl)

Jun 1461 - 1463            Georg Herberstein (3rd time)
                             (
Giorgio di Herberstein)
Aug 1463 - 1464            Kaspar von Lamberg (2nd time)
                             (Gaspare barone Lamberg)
Mar 1464 - 1464            Ludwig Cosiacher (1st time)
                             (Ludovico Cosiacher)
Jun 1464 - 1464            Georg Herberstein (4th time)
                             (Giorgio di Herberstein)
Dec 1464 - 1467            Ludwig Cosiacher (2nd time)
                             (Ludovico Cosiacher)

Nov 1467 - 1470            Niklas von Lueger
                             (Nicolo di Luogar)
20 May 1470 - 1477         Georg von Tschernembl                   (d. 1480)
                             (Giorgio di Tschbernembl)
Jun 1477 - 1483            Nikolaus Rauber
                             (Nicolò Rauber)
May 1483 - 1486            Kaspar Rauber (1st time)
                             (Gasparo
Rauber)
Nov 1486 - 1493            Balthasar von D
ürer (1st time)
                             (Baldassare de Durer)

Aug 1489 - Oct 1489        Georg Ellacher
                             (Giorgio Ellacher)
                             (acting for Dürer)
1490 (months)              Simon von Ungerspach
                             (Simone Ungerspach)
                             (acting for Dürer)
1493 - 1497                Kaspar Rauber (2nd time)
                             (Gasparo Rauber)
1497 - 1498                Balthasar von Dürer (2nd time)
                             (Baldassare de Durer)
1498 - 1499               
Kaspar Rauber (3rd time)
                             (Gasparo Rauber)
Jan 1499 - Jun 1499        Erasmus Brasca
(1st time)               (b. c.1445 - d. 1502)
                             (Erasmo Brasca)

Jun 1499 - 1500           
Kaspar Rauber (4th time)
                             (Gasparo Rauber)
c.Feb 1500 - 1501          E
rasmus Brasca (2nd time)               (s.a.)
Dec 1501 -  6 May 1508     Georg Moyses (Moisevic)
                             (Giorgio Moisesso)
13 Apr 1505 - Jul 1505     Georg Sainhost
(acting for Moyses)
                             (
Giovanni Sainhost)
 6 May 1508 - 12 May 1508  Bartolomeo Liviano -Venetian general
13 May 1508 - Apr 1509     Francesco Capello -P
rovveditore
                             (appointed by Venice)
Apr 1509 -  3 Jun 1509     Geremia di Leo
-Provveditore
                             (appointed by Venice)
 4 Jun 1509 -  6 Jun 1509  Johann Neuhauser
                             (Giovanni Neuhauser)
Jun 1509 - Jan 1521        Nicolaus Rauber (1st time)
                             (Nicolò Rauber)
 4 Jan 1521 - 1522         Johann Baptist Tiziono,
                             Graf von Deciana (1st time)
                            (Giovanni Bartolomeo Tiziono,
                             conte della Desana)
Aug 1522 - 1523            Nicolaus Rauber Freiherr von
                             Plannckenstein/Plankenstein
                             (Nicolò Rauber, barone in Plankenstein)
1523                       Johann Baptist Tiziono,
                             Graf von Deciana (2nd time)
                            (Giovanni Bartolomeo Tiziono,
                             conte della Desana)

end 1523 - end 1536        Nikolaus Rauber (2nd time)
                             (Nicolò Rauber)
1537 - 1546                Leonhard Graf von Nogarola
                             (
Leonardo, conte Nogarola)
1546 - Apr? 1558           Johann von Hoyos
                             (Juan de Hoyos/Giovanni de Hoyos)
1558 - 21 Sep 1569         Anton Freiherr von Thurn und zu Creutz (d. 1569)
                             (Antonio, barone della Torre e Croce)
Feb 1570 - 1576            Christoph Siegmund Römer von Marez
                             (Cristoforo Sigismondo Roemer de Marez)
1576 - 1591                Veit Baron von Dornberg                (b. 1529 - d. 1591)
                             (Vito, barone de Dorimbergo)
Mar 1591 - 1610            Georg Graf von Nogarola                (d. 1610)
                             (Giorgio, conte Nogarola)
1610 - end 1617            Ascanio Graf Balmarana
                             (Ascanio, conte di Valmarana)
end 1617 - 1618            Kaspar Franz Brenner, Freiherr von Luech
                             (Gaspare Francesco Brenner, barone Luech)
1618 - 1630                Franz Phöbus Graf della Torre
                             (Francesco Febo, conte della Torre)
1630 - 1636                Benvenuto Petazzi Freiherr von
                             Schwarzenegg, Castellnuovo und San Servolo
                             (Benvenuto barone Petazzi)
1636                       Johann Georg Graf Barbo, Freiherr von
                             Waxenstein und Pässberg
                             (Giovanni Giorgio Barone Barbo)
Dec 1636                   Georg von Herberstein
                             (Giovanni Giorgio, barone Herberstein)
1652 -  5 Nov 1659         Franz Kaspar von Brenner               (d. 1659)
                             (Francesco Gaspare de Brenner)
Dec 1659 - 1664            Nikolaus Graf Petazzi
                             (Nicolò, conte Petazzi)
1664 - Dec 1664            Pietro dell'Argento (acting)
1665 - Feb 1666            Johann Jakob Baron von Raunicher       (d. 1666)
                             (Giovanni Giacomo, barone de Raunicher)
Apr 1666 - Dec 1666        Karl Graf von della Torre Popaita
                             (Carlo, conte della Torre Popaita)
Dec 1666 - Jan 1674        Johann Vincenz Freiherr Coronini
                             (Giovanni Vincenzo, conte Coronini)
Jan 1674 - 1698            Johann Philipp II Graf Cobenzl         (b. 1635 - d. 1702)
                             (Giovanni Filippo, barone Cobenzl)
Jan 1698 - 1706            Veit Graf von Strassoldo               (b. 1646 - d. 1732)
                             (Vito, conte Strassoldo)
1706 - 1723                Martinus von Strassoldo                (b. 1663 - d. 1732)
                             (Marzio, conte Strassoldo)
1723 - 1736                Andreas Freiherr de Fin (substitute)
                             (Andrea, barone de Fin)
1736 - 1740                Franz (Franciscus) Graf von Firmian  
                             (Francesco, conte de Firmian)
1740 - 1741                Sigismund Freiherr von Gallenberg      (b. 1707 - d. 1773)
                             (Sigismondo, barone de Gallenberg)
 3 Jul 1741 - 1746         Johann Siegfried Graf von Herberstein  (b. 1706 - d. 1771)
                             (Giovanni Sigifredo, conte Herberstein)
1746 - 1748                Antonio Rudolfo de Marenzi de          (d. 1771)
                             Mahrenzenfeld (substitute)
                             (Antonio, barone Marenzi)
Presidents of Imperial Intendancy for the Commercial Direction of the Littoral in Trieste
(Kayserl. Königl. Commercial-Intendenza in dem gesamten Littorali Austriaco zu Triest/Cesarea Regia Suprema Intendenza Commerciale per la Provincia Mercantile del Litorale  in Trieste)
1748 - 1749                Christoph Freiherr von Flachenfeld
                             (Cristoforo, barone di Flachenfeld)
                             (capitan, acting)
1749 - 1750                Franz Reichsfreiherr von Wiesenhütten  (b. 1720 - d. 1786)
                             (Francesco, barone de Wiesenhutten)
1750 - 1764                Nikolaus Graf von Hamilton             (b. 1715 - d. 1769)
                             (Nicolò, conte Hamilton)
1764 - 1765                Johann Karl Graf Lichnowsky            (b. 1730 - d. 1788)
                             (Giovanni Carlo, conte Lichnowsky)
1765 - 1766                Heinrich Graf von Auersperg            (b. 1721 - d. 1773)
                             (Enrico, conte de Auersberg)
1766 - 1773                Giuseppe, barone Ceschi di Santa Croce
31 Dec 1769 - Sep? 1770    Franz Xaver Freiherr von Königsbrunn   (b. 1728 - d. 1794)
                             (acting for Santa Croce)
24 Apr 1773 -  5 Nov 1773  Johann Adolf Graf von Wagensperg       (b. 1724 - d. 1773)
                             (Adolfo, conte de Wagensberg)
1773 - 1774                Franz Xaver Freiherr von Königsbrunn   (s.a.)
                             (acting)
1774 - 1776                Franz Adam Graf Lamberg zu Stein       (b. 1730 - d. 1803)
                             (Francesco Adamo, conte Lamberg)
Governors
13 Jun 1776 - 1782         Karl Johann Christian Graf von         (b. 1739 - d. 1813) 
                             Zinzendorf
1782 - 23 Mar 1797         Pompeo Graf von Brigido und Bresowitz  (b. 1729 - d. 1811)
                             (1st time)(departs Trieste 20 Mar 1797)
23 Mar 1797 - 10 Apr 1797  Charles François Dugua                 (b. 1744 - d. 1802)
                             (French commander)
23 Mar 1797 - 24 May 1797  Antoine Bréchet
                             (French commander of Trieste city, castle and port
                             [commandant militaire de la Ville, château et port de Trieste])
10 Apr 1797 - 24 May 1797  Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte               (b. 1763 - d. 1844)
                             (French commander)
24 May 1797 - 1803         Pompeo Graf von Brigido und Bresowitz  (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
May 1797 - Nov 1801        Raimund Reichsgraf von Thurn-          (b. 1747 - d. 1817)
                             Valsassina und Hofer 
                             (commissioner plenipotentiary
                             for Istria, Dalmatia and Albania)
Nov 1801 -  6 Mar 1804     Francesco Maria, barone di Carnea      (b. 1759 - d. 1825)
                             Steffaneo (commissioner plenipotentiary
                             for Istria, Dalmatia and Albania)
Mar 1804 - 25 Aug 1808     Sigismund von Lovász de Eötvenes
Mar 1804 -  3 Apr 1804     Franz Philipp von Roth                 (b. 17.. - d. 1804)
                             (in charge of Istria ex-veneta)
Apr 1804 - Jun 1804        Alexander Németh (1st time)
                             (in charge of Istria ex-veneta)
Jun 1804 - 1805?           Giuseppe Maria, conte Castiglioni      (d. 1820)
                             (in charge of Istria ex-veneta)
                             (provincial captain)
1805 - Nov 1805            Franz Josef Hannibal Graf von          (b. 1771 - d. 1844)
                             Hohenwart
                             (acting for conte Castiglioni)
                             (vice-provincial captain)
29 Aug 1808 - 11 Apr 1809  Peter Graf von Goëss                   (b. 1774 - d. 1846)
11 Apr 1809 - 18? May 1809 Bernhard Anton Maria Vincenz           (b. 1756 - d. 1817)
                            
Freiherr von Rossetti zu Roseneck
                             (Rosenegg)
(1st time)

                             (civil governor)

 9 Apr 1806 - 16 May 1809  Anton Freiherr von Zach                (b. 1747 - d. 1826)
                             (miliary commander)
 9 Apr 1809 - 16 May 1809  Alexander Németh (2nd time)

French Military governors
19 Nov 1805 -  2 Dec 1805  Jean-Baptiste Solignac                 (b. 1773 - d. 1850)
 2/6 Dec 1805 - Jan 1806   Jean-Mathieu Séras                     (b. 1765 - d. 1815)
Heads of Provisional government
 2 Dec 1805 -  5 Dec 1805  Ignazio, cavaliere de Capuano          (b. 1749 - d. 1839)
                             (president of the municipality 1805-1809)
 6 Dec 1805 - 29 Apr 1806  Angelo Calafati                        (b. 1765 - d. 1822)

 
1 May 1806 - 27 May 1809  part of département Istrie
Intendants of Trieste

27 May 1809 - 26 Nov 1809  Louis Joubert                          (b. 1762 - d. 1812)
26 Nov 1809 -  3 May 1813  Lucien Émile Arnault                   (b. 1787 - d. 1863)
 
5 May 1813 -  5 Oct 1813  Angelo Calafati                        (s.a.)
Austrian Provisional Civil and Military Governor of Illyria
13 Oct 1813 - 18 Mar 1815  Christoph Freiherr von Lattermann      (b. 1753 - d. 1835)
Kreishauptmann in Triest
1813 - 1816               
Karl Graf Chotek von Chotkow und       (b. 1783 - d. 1868)
                             Wognin
Landes-Gouverneure in dem Königreiche Illyrien zu Triest

 3 Aug 1816
- 14 Nov 1849  the Landes-Gouverneure in dem
                           Königreiche
Illyrien

Militär- und Civil-Gouverneur von Triest, Statthalter im Küstenlande
(from 14 Jan 1856,
Statthalter im Küstenland, Gouverneur von Triest)
15 Nov 1849 -
24 May 1859  the Statthalter of Küstenland
Statthalter (in Triest und im Küstenlande)
24 May 1859 - 30 Oct 1918  the Statthalter of Küstenland (s.a.)
Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety of Trieste
30 Oct 1918 -  3 Nov 1918  Alfonso Valerio                        (b. 1852 - d. 1942)
Italian Military Governor

 3 Nov 1918 - 31 Jul 1919  Carlo Petitti di Roreto                (b. 1862 - d. 1933)  Mil
General Civil Commissioners for Venezia Giulia
31 Jul 1919 -  3 Dec 1919  Augusto Ciuffelli                      (b. 1856 - d. 1921)  Non-party
 8 Dec 1919 - 31 Oct 1922  Antonio Mosconi                        (b. 1866 - d. 1955)  Non-party
Prefects of the Province of Trieste

 1 Nov 1922 - 18 Jun 1924  Francesco Crispo Moncada               (b. 1867 - d. 1952)  Non-party
22 Jun 1924 - 11 Dec 1925  Amadeo Moroni                          (b. 1876 - d. 1926)  Non-party
11 Dec 1925 - 15 Dec 1926  Giovanni Gasti                         (b. 1852 - d. 1927)  Non-party
16 Dec 1926 - 16 Jul 1929  Bruno Fornaciari                       (b. 1881 - d. 1959)  PNF 
16 Jul 1929 - 16 Jan 1933  Ettore Porro                           (b. 1874 - d. 1947)  PNF 
16 Jan 1933 -  1 Aug 1936  Carlo Tiengo                           (b. 1892 - d. 1945)  PNF 
 1 Aug 1936 - 21 Aug 1939  Eolo Rebua                             (b. 1878 - d. 1959)  PNF 
21 Aug 1939 -  7 Jun 1941  Dino Borri                             (b. 1885 - d. 1970)  PNF 
 7 Jun 1941 -  1 Aug 1943  Tullio Tamburini (1st time)            (b. 1892 - d. 1957)  PNF 
 1 Aug 1943 - 11 Sep 1943  Giuseppe Cocuzza                       (b. 1882 - d. 1974)  PNF 
12 Sep 1943 -  1 Oct 1943  Tullio Tamburini (2nd time)            (s.a.)               PFR 
22 Oct 1943 - 28 Apr 1945  Bruno Coceani                          (b. 1893 - d. 1978)  PFR
28 Apr 1945 -  1 May 1945  Antonio De Berti                       (b. 1889 - d. 1952)  PDL
German Supreme Commissioner for Operationszone Adriatisches Küstenland
29 Sep 1943 -  2 May 1945  Friedrich Rainer                       (b. 1903 - d. 1947)  NSDAP
Sep 1943 - May 1945        Ferdinand Wolsegger                    (b. 1880 - d. 1959)  NSDAP
                             (permanent representative for mostly absent Rainer)
Allied Military governors
7

- Zone A (British-U.S.) -
 2 May 1945 - Jun 1945     Bernard Cyril Freyberg (New Zealand)   (b. 1889 - d. 1963)  Mil
Jun 1945                   Nelson Wicks Monfort (U.S.)            (b. 1891 - d. 1976)  Mil
Jun 1945 - 27 Jun 1947     Alfred Connor Bowman (U.S.)            (b. 1904 - d. 1982)  Mil
27 Jun 1947 - 15 Sep 1947  James Jewett Carnes (U.S.)             (b. 1899 - d. 1986)  Mil
15 Sep 1947 - 31 Mar 1951  Sir Terence Sydney Airey (U.K.)        (b. 1900 - d. 1983   Mil
 1 Apr 1951 - 26 Oct 1954  Sir Thomas Willoughby Winterton (U.K.) (b. 1898 - d. 1987)  Mil
- Zone A directors-general, Civil Affairs -
Oct 1947 - Jun 1949        Ridgely Gaither (U.S.)                 (b. 1903 - d. 1992)  Mil
Jun 1949 - Nov 1950        Clyde Davis Eddleman (U.S.)            (b. 1902 - d. 1992)  Mil
- Zone B (Yugoslav) -

 1 May 1945 - Sep 1947     Dušan Kveder                           (b. 1915 - d. 1966)  Mil
15 Sep 1947 - Mar 1951     Mirko Lenac                            (b. 1919 - d. 1956)  Mil
Mar 1951 - 25 Oct 1954     Miloš Stamatović                       (b. 1914 - d. 1988)  Mil


Mayors (Podestà)
19 Nov 1850 - 20 Apr 1861  Muzio Giuseppe Spirito,                (b. 1794 - d. 1879)
                             cavaliere de Tommasini     
20 Apr 1861 -  2 Jun 1863  Stefano Giovanni Pietro de Conti       (b. 1810 - d. 1872)       
 2 Jun 1863 - 13 May 1869  Carlo, cavaliere Porenta               (b. 1814 - d. 1898)    
13 May 1869 - 27 May 1879  Massimiliano D'Angeli                  (b. 1815 - d. 1881)  LN 
27 May 1879 - 27 Dec 1890  Riccardo Bazzoni                       (b. 1826 - d. 1891)  LN 
1890 - 1891                Moisé Luzzatto (acting)                (b. 1824 - d. 1915)
Jan 1891 - Apr 1897        Ferdinando Pitteri                     (b. 1829 - d. 1915)  LN
Apr 1897 - 1900            Carlo Dompieri                         (b. 1842 - d. 1925) 
1900 - 1909                Luigi Scipione Ritter von Sandrinelli  (b. 1846 - d. 1922)  NLP
1909 - May 1915            Alfonso Valerio (1st time)             (s.a.)               LN
May 1915 - 30 Oct 1918     Post abolished
Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety of Trieste
30 Oct 1918 -  3 Nov 1918  Alfonso Valerio                        (s.a.)
Mayor (Sindaco) of Trieste
 3 Nov 1918 - 17 Jul 1919  Alfonso Valerio (2nd time)             (s.a.)
Mayor (Podestà) of Trieste
Oct 1943 - 30 Apr 1945     Cesare Pagnini
                        (b. 1899 - d. 1989)  PFR
Mayors (Sindaco) of Trieste city
Aug 1945 - Jul 1949        Michele Miani                          (b. 1884 - d. 1980)  PRI+CLN 
                            
(president of the Commune of Trieste)
18 Jul 1949 - 17 Sep 1957  Gianni Bartoli                         (b. 1900 - d. 1973)  DC

Presidents of the Province of Tr
ieste (Italian self-government in Zone A)
Sep 1947 - May 1951        Giovanni Tanasco                       (b. 1889 - d. 1971)  DC
May 1951 - c.1953          Giulio Cleva                                                Ind

 7the provisional military administration was continued 1947 to 1954 because of the inability
of the United Nations Security Council to agree upon the selection of a civil governor. 

Party abbreviations: CLN = Comitato di Liberazione Nazionle di Trieste (Committee for the National Liberation of Trieste, left-wing, pro-Italian, anti-fascist, 1943-1955); DC = Democrazia Cristiana (Christian Democracy, christian democratic, centrist, 15 Dec 1943-16 Jan 1994, successor Partito Popolare Italiano); Ind = Indipendente (Independent); LN = Lega Nazionale (National League, supported union of Italian lands within Austria, 1891-1915); NLP = Nationalliberale Partei (National Liberal Party, Austrian conservative, 1867-1918); NSDAP = Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German Workers' Party, Nazi fascist, xenophobic, German nationalist, 20 Feb 1920-10 Oct 1945); PDL = Partito Democratico del Lavoro (Democratic Labor Party, anti-fascist, social democratic, 8 Sep 1943-31 Jan 1948, merged into Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano); PFR = Partito Fascista Repubblicano (Republican Fascist Party, Italian fascist, nationalist, republican, former Partito Nazionale Fascista [National Fascist Party], only legal party of RSI at Salo, 13 Sep 1943-28 Apr 1945); PRI = Partito Repubblicano Italiano (Italian Republican Party, liberal, banned 1926-1943, est.21 Apr 1895)



Pious Establishments of France in Rome

[France]

Map of Pious Establishments
of France in Rome

Headquarters:
Ville Bonaparte, Rome

Règlement pour
l'administration des
Pieux Établissements

(25 Aug 1956)

31 Dec 1494                After his occupation of Rome, the French king Charles VII confirms
                             the establishment of a convent of French Minims and on 21 Feb
                             1495 Pope Alexander VI also confirms the rights of the convent,
                             overlooking the Piazza di Spagna (Église et abbaye de la
                             Trinité-des-Monts)(Church and Abbey of the Trinity of the
                             Mount).
 2 Apr 1478                Pope Sixtus IV confirms the possession of the church and refuge
                             for pilgrims to France, replacing another ancient site, between
                             the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona (Église Saint-Louis-des-
                             Français)(Church of Saint Louis of the French).
16 Sep 1455                Pope Calixtus III grants a concession for the building of a
                             church and a refuge for pilgrims from the Duchy of Brittany
                             (later passes to France), near the Piazza Navona (Église
                            
Saint-Yves-des-Bretons)(Church of Saint Yves of the Bretons).
23 Aug 1500                French national churches and charitable institutions in Rome are
                             organized as self-governing communities under the protection of
                             the King of France represented by his ambassador as the Pious
                             Establishments of France in Rome
                             (Les Pieux-Etablissements de la France à Rome).
23 Aug 1615                French Cardinal de Joyeuse bequests a chapel he has financed at
                             Loreto to the King of France (Chapellenie nationale de France à
                             Lorette)(National Chaplaincy of France in Loreto).
16 Oct 1622                Holy See grants a concession for the building of a church and a
                             refuge for pilgrims from the Duchy of Lorraine (later passes to
                             France), right next to the Piazza Navona (Église Saint-
                             Nicolas-des-Lorrains
)(Church of Saint Nicolas of the Lorrains).
 7 May 1652                Holy See grants a concession for the building of a church and a
                             refuge for pilgrims from Franch-Comté, between the Palazzo
                             Montecitorio and the Piazza di Spagna (Église Saint-Claude-
                             
des-Francs-Comtois de Bourgogne)(Church of Saint Claude of
                             Franch-Comté in Burgundy).
19 Feb 1797                French Republic cedes the Pious Establishments to the Papal State.
                             The Pope uses the possessions and wealth to restore his own
                             finances. Some buildings are demolished, priests are dispersed.
15 Jul 1801                Papal-French Concordat, the Pious Establishments are restored to
                             France; again administered by French ambassador to Holy See.
 2 Feb 1808 - 17 May 1809  French occupation of Rome.
17 May 1809 - 24 Mar 1814  Annexation of the Papal States to France.
1815                       Following the return of the Pope, the French ambassador resumes
                             authority over the Establishments.
15 Jan 1843                Règlement pour l'admission et le service religieux des Pieux
                             Établissements Français dans les États Pontificaux ("Regulations
                             for the Admission and Religious Service of Pious French
                             Establishments in the Papal States") of 1842 is promulgated by
                             Ambassador de La Tour-Maubourg.
 9 Oct 1870                Papal States are annexed by Italy.
Jul 1904 - May 1921        Rupture of diplomatic relations between France and the Holy See;
                             The Establishments are administered by an agent of the French
                             ministry of Foreign affairs.
10 Jun 1940 - Jul 1943     Fascist Italy attempts to confiscate the Establishments, the
                             French Ambassador is confined inside Vatican City.
10 Jul 1940 - 24 Aug 1944  Ambassador loyal to "Vichy" France.
May 1943 - 1945            Establishments are 'neutralized' and placed under administration
                             of a commission of three members appointed by the Holy See.
25 Aug 1944 - 1945         Delegation loyal to the "Free" French.
 8 Sep 1956                Pope Pius XII approves the last Franco-Papal settlement regarding
                             the Establishments (by regulation of 25 Aug 1956).
Creation of
                             the
Foundation of the Pious Establishments of France in Rome and
                             in Lorette (
Fondation de la Pieux Établissements de la France
                             à Rome et à Lorette
).

 
Ambassadors of France to the Holy See
1654 - 1657                Hugues de Lionne                       (b. 1611 - d. 1671)
1658 - 1659                Millet (chargé d'une mission)
1659 - 1660                Francesco Cardinal Barberini           (b. 1597 - d. 1679)
                             (chargé d'une mission)
12 Oct 1660 - 1661
        Charles Colbert de Vandière            (b. 1629 - d. 1696)
                             (chargé d'une mission)
1661 - Jun 1662            d'Aubeville
(chargé d'une mission)     (b. 1610 - d. 1687)
1662 - 1665                Charles de Blanchefort, duc de Créquy  (b. 1623 - d. 1687)
1666 - 1668                Charles d'Albert, duc de Chaulnes      (b. 1625 - d. 1698)
                             (1st time)
1668 - 1671                Abbé de Bourlemont (chargé d'affaires)
1671 - 12 Jan 1687         François Annibal II, duc d'Estrées     (b. 1623 - d. 1687)
                            
(chargé d'affaires)
Jan 1687 - Feb 1687
       César d'Estrées (acting)               (b. 1629 - d. 1714)
1687 - 1688                Henri III Charles de Beaumanoir,       (b. 1644 - d. 1701)
                             marquis de Lavardin
1688 - 1689                Jules Louis Bolé, marquis de Chamlay   (b. 1650 - d. 1719)
1689 - 1690                Charles d'Albert, duc de Chaulnes      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
1690 - 1691                A
bbé David (
chargé d'une mission)
1691 - 1699                Emmanuel Cardinal de Bouillon          (b. 1643 - d. 1715)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
1699 - 1700                Louis Grimaldi, prince de Monaco       (b. 1642 - d. 1701)

1700 - 1706                Toussaint Cardinal de Janson           (b. 1631 - d. 1713)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
1706 -  8 Jan 1720         Joseph Emmanuel Cardinal de La
        (b. 1659 - d. 1720)
                             Trémoille (chargé d'affaires)
1708 - Feb 1709            René de Froulay, comte de Tessé        (b. 1651 - d. 1725)
Jan 1715 - Sep 1715        Michel Amelot, marquis de Gournay      (b. 1655 - d. 1724)
                            
(chargé d'une mission)
1720 - 1721                Père Laffiteau
(chargé d'affaires)
1721 - 1722               
Armand Gaston Maximilien Cardinal      (b. 1674 - d. 1749)
                             de Rohan 
(chargé d'une mission)
1722 - 1725                Paul Pierre Guérin de Tencin           (b. 1679 - d. 1758)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
1725 - 1730                Melchior Cardinal de Polignac          (b. 1661 - d. 1741)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
Nov 1730 - 12 Sep 1740     Paul Hippolyte de Beauvilliers,
       (b. 1684 - d. 1776)
                             duc de Saint-Aignan          
1740 - 1742                Pierre Guérin Cardinal de Tencin       (b. 1680 - d. 1758)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
Sep 1742 - Jun 1745        François Claude de Montboissier,       (b. 1699 - d. 1761)
                             abbé de Canillac
(1st time)
                             (chargé d'affaires)

1745 - Dec 1747            Frédéric Jérôme Cardinal de La         (b. 1701 - d. 1757)
                             Rochefoucauld
1748 - 1749                François Claude de Montboissier,       (s.a.)
                             abbé de Canillac
(2nd time)
                             (chargé d'affaires)

1749 - 1752                Louis Jules Mancini, duc de Nivernais  (b. 1716 - d. 1789)
1752 - 1754                Charles Antoine Leclerc de La Bruère   (b. 1716 - d. 1754)
                             (chargé d'affaires)

1754 - 1757                Étienne François, comte de Stainville  (b. 1719 - d. 1785)
1757                       Boyer
(chargé d'affaires)
1757                       Abbé de Myère (chargé d'affaires)
1757 - 1758                Abbé de Delvincourt (chargé d'affaires)
1758 - Apr 1762            Jean-François Joseph Cardinal de
      (b. 1708 - d. 1777)
                             Rochechouart
24 Apr 1762 - 12 Dec 1763 
Matthieu de Basquiat, seigneur de      (b. 1724 - d. 1793)
                            
la Houze et de Bonnegarde
                            
(
chargé d'affaires)
1763 - 1769                Henri Joseph Bouchard d'Esparbès de    (b. 1714 - d. 1788)
                             Lussan, marquis d'Aubeterre
1769 - 1792                François-Joachim de Pierre Cardinal    (b. 1715 - d. 1794)
                             de Bernis, comte de Lyonnais

1792 - 1793                Louis-Philippe, comte de Ségur         (b. 1753 - d. 1830)

1793 - 1797                
François Cacault (resident minister)   (b. 1742 - d. 1805)
                             (2nd time)
1793 -  3 Nov 1794         François-Joachim de Pierre Cardinal    (s.a.)
                             de Bernis, comte de Lyonnais
                            (Apostolic Visitor to all the French Establishments
                             and to the Foundation of Cardinal de Joyeuse  
                            
at the Marian Sanctuary of Lorette)
                            (appointed by Pope Pius VI)
31 Aug 1797 - 29 Dec 1797  Joseph Bonaparte                       (b. 1768 - d. 1844)
1797 - 1799                Vacant
1799 - 1800                Commissioners of the Directory
                           - Pierre Claude François Daunou        (b. 1761 - d. 1840)

                           - Guiot de Saint-Florent, dit          (b. 1735 - d. 1834)
                              Florent-Guyot

                           - Gaspard Monge                        (b. 1746 - d. 1818)
1800 - 1801                Antoine René Constant B
ertholio        (b. 1741 - d. 1812)
 6 Apr 1801 - 1803         François Cacault (2nd time)            (s.a.)
 2 Jun 1803 - 1805         Joseph Cardinal Fesch (1st time)       (b. 1763 - d. 1839)
                             (minister plenipotentiary)
1805 - 1806                Alexis François Artaud de Montor       (b. 1772 - d. 1849)
                            
(chargé d'affaires)
1806                       Joseph Cardinal Fesch (2nd time)       (s.a.)
1806                       Joseph Balthazard Siméon               (b. 1781 - d. 1846)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
10 Apr 1806 - Feb 1808     Charles Jean Marie Alquier             (b. 1752 - d. 1826)
Feb 1808 - Apr 1808        Pierre Edouard Lefebvre                (b. 1769 - d. 1828)
                             (chargé d'affaires)

1808 - 1814                Post abolished
Aug 1814 - Apr 1816        Gabriel Courtois de Pressigny          (b. 1745 - d. 1822)
                             (extraordinary ambassador)
22 Apr 1816 - 1822         Pierre Louis de Blacas d'Aulps,  
     (b. 1771 - d. 1839)
                             prince-duc de Blacas  
21 Jul 1822 - May 1828     Prince Adrien de Montmorency,          (b. 1768 - d. 1837)
                             duc de Laval              
30 May 1828 - 1829         François René, vicomte de              (b. 1768 - d. 1848)
                             Chateaubriand          
 
7 Oct 1829 - 1830         Pierre Louis Auguste Ferron,           (b. 1777 - d. 1842)
                             comte de La Ferronnays    
1830 - 1831                Louis Bellocq (chargé d'affaires)      (b. 1785 - d. 1853) 
 3 Mar 1831 - 1832         Louis de Beaupoil, comte de
            (b. 1778 - d. 1854)
                             Sainte-Aulaire          
23 Dec 1832 - 23 May 1837  Florimond, marquis La Tour-Maubourg    (b. 1781 - d. 1837)
23 May 1837 - 1838         Alexandre Louis Thomas, comte de Lurde (b. 1800 - d. 1872)
                             (
chargé d'affaires)
25 Mar 1838 - Feb 1845     Charles Armand Septime de Faÿ,
         (b. 1801 - d. 1845)
                             comte Septime de La Tour-Maubourg
14 Feb 1845 - 30 Mar 1848  Pellegrino, comte Rossi                (b. 1787 - d. 1848)
                             (extraordinary envoy to 14 May 1846)   
 1 Apr 1848 - 1848  
      Charles Théodore Alexandre Palamède,   (b. 1783 - d. 1849)
                             comte de Forbin-Janson

                             (
chargé d'affaires)
21 Jun 1848 - 12 Sep 1849  Eugène, duc d'Harcourt                 (b. 1786 - d. 1865)
                             (extraordinary envoy)  
 1 Aug 1849 - Aug 1849     Claude François Philibert Francisque 
 (b. 1802 - d. 1892)
                            
Tirguy de Corcelle (1st time)
                             (
extraordinary envoy)  
 6 Aug 1849 - Apr 1850     Achille Baraguey d'Hilliers            (b. 1795 - d. 1878)
                             (extraordinary envoy)  
17 Apr 1850 - 1857         Alphonse, comte de Rayneval            
(b. 1813 - d. 1858)
                             (extraordinary envoy to 26 Mar 1851)
16 Aug 1857 - 1861         Agénor, duc de Gramont                 (b. 1819 - d. 1880)
28 Aug 1861 - 1862         Charles, marquis de La Valette         (b. 1806 - d. 1880)
17 Oct 1862 - 1863         Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne,           (b. 1823 - d. 1871)
                             prince de Lauraguais      
 3 Oct 1863 - 1868         Étienne Gilbert Eugène, vicomte de     (b. 1809 - d. 1893)
                             Sartiges
18 Aug 1868 - 1870         Gaston Robert Morin, marquis de
       (b. 1818 - d. 1881)
                             Banneville
1870 - 1871               
Édouard Alphonse, comte Lefebvre-      (b. 1829 - d. 1897)
                             Pigneaux de Béhaine (1st time)    
                             (chargé d'affaires)
30 Mar 1871 - 1872        
Bernard, comte d'Harcourt              (b. 1842 - d. 1914)
 
1 May 1872 - 1873         Jean François Guillaume, comte de      (b. 1821 - d. 1882)
                             Bourgoing  comte de Bourgoing
10 Jan 1873 - 1876         Claude François Philibert Francisque   (s.a.)
                            
Tirguy de Corcelle (2nd time)

20 Oct 1876 - 1878         Georges Napoléon, baron Baude          (b. 1831 - d. 1887)
20 Mar 1878 - 1880         Joseph François de Cadoine,            (b. 1830 - d. 1903)
                             marquis de Gabriac
23 Jan 1880 - 30 Oct 1882  Ferdinand Henry de Navenne             (b. 1853 - d. 1936)
30 Oct 1882 - 1896         Édouard Alphonse, comte Lefebvre-      (s.a.)
                             Pigneaux de Béhaine (2nd time)    
1897 - Dec 1898            Eugène-René Poubelle                   (b. 1831 - d. 1907)
23 Dec 1898 - 24 Dec 1904  Armand Nisard                          (b. 1841 - d. 1925)
                             (recalled to Paris 21 May 1904)
1905 - 1920                Achille Raffray                        (b. 1844 - d. 1923)
                             (minister plenipotentiary)
10 May 1920                Gabriel Albert Auguste Hanotaux        (b. 1853 - d. 1944)
                             (extraordinary ambassador for
canonization of Jeanne d'Arc)
Mar 1920 - May 1921        Jean-Marie-Augustin Doulcet (1st time) (b. 1865 - d. 1928)
                             (plenipotentiary)
28 May 1921 - 1923         Charles Jonnart                        (b. 1857 - d. 1927)
17 Dec 1923 - 12 Feb 1928  Jean-Marie-Augustin Doulcet (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (chargé d'affaires)

 2 May 1928 - 1932         Louis de Fontenay                      (b. 1864 - d. 1946)
27 Jul 1932 - 1940         François Charles-Roux                  (b. 1879 - d. 1961)
 9 Jun 1940 - Oct 1940
    Comte Wladimir Le Fèvre d'Ormesson     (b. 1888 - d. 1973)
                             (1st time)
 9 Dec 1940 - 24 Aug 1944  Léon Bérard
                           (b. 1876 - d. 1960)
                             (in refuge inside Vatican City)  
25 Aug 1944 - 1945         Quirin Marie Hubert Guerin -Delegate   (b. 1896 - d. 1986)
                             (delegate of French Committee of National
                             Liberation to the Holy See)
10 May 1945 - 1948         Jacques Maritain                       (b. 1882 - d. 1973)
29 Sep 1948 - 1956         Comte Wladimir Le Fèvre d'Ormesson     (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
11 Oct 1956 - 1959         Roland Jacquin de Margerie             (b. 1899 - d. 1990)
 7 Oct 1959 - 1964         Baron Guy Le Roy de la Tournelle       (b. 1898 - d. 1982)
24 Jan 1964 - 1974         René Brouillet                         (b. 1909 - d. 1992)
26 Sep 1974 - 1976         Gérard Amanrich                        (b. 1921 - d. 1977)
30 Sep 1976 - 1979         Georges Galichon                       (b. 1915 - d. 2003)
1979 - 1983                Louis Dauge                            (b. 1918 - d. 2016)
1983 - 1985                Xavier Daufresne de La Chevalerie      (b. 1920 - d. 2004)
1985 - 1988                Bertrand Dufourcq                      (b. 1933 - d. 2019)
1988 - 1991                Jean-Bernard Raimond                   (b. 1926 - d. 2016)
1991 - 1993                René Ala                               (b. 1934)
1993 - 1995                Alain Marie Pierret                    (b. 1930)
1995 - 1998                Jean-Louis Marie Lucet                 (b. 1933)
1998 - 2000                Jean
François Guéguinou                (b. 1941 - d. 2021)
10 Jun 2000 - 2001         Alain Dejammet                         (b. 1936)
2001 - 2005                Pierre Morel                           (b. 1944)
19 Dec 2005 - 19 Dec 2007  Bernard Kessedjian                     (b. 1943 - d. 2007)
19 Dec 2007 - 2008         Pierre Cochard
(chargé d'affaires)     (b. 1962)
10 Sep 2008 - 19 Jan 2009  Alexandre Morois (chargé d'affaires)   (b. 1974)
19 Jan 2009 -  9 Mar 2012  Stanislas François Jean Lefebvre de    (b. 1946)
                             Laboulaye
 9 Mar 2012 -  1 Mar 2015  Bruno Joubert                          (b. 1950)
 1 Mar 2015 - 12 May 2016  Fran
çois-Xavier Marie Tilliette        (b. 1955)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
12 May 2016 -  4 Jul 2018  Philippe André François Zeller         (b. 1952)
 4 Jul 2018 - 10 Apr 2019  Yves Teyssier d'Orfeuil                (b. 1968)
                             (chargé d'affaires)
10 Apr 2019 -  2 Jan 2022  Élisabeth Beton-Delègue (f)            (b. 1955)
 2 Jan 2022 - 28 Mar 2022  Max-Olivier Gonnet (chargé d'affaires) (b. 1976)
28 Mar 2022 -              Florence Mangin (f)                    (b. 1958)
 


Administrators of the Foundation of the Pious Establishments of France in Rome and in Lorette
(A
dministrateurs de la Fondation de la Pieux Établissements de la France à Rome et à Lorette)
 8 Nov 1956 - 1988         Monseigneur Jean-Fran
çois Arrighi      (b. 1915 - d. 1998)
15 Dec 1988 - 2005         Monseigneur Max Cloupet                (b. 1930 - d. 2005)
15 Apr 2005 - 31 Dec 2018  Révérend Père Bernard Ardura           (b. 1948)
 1 Jan 2019 - 17 Jun 2021  Père Michel Kubler                     (b. 1955)
17 Jun 2021 - 28 Feb 2023 
Monseigneur Philippe Bordeyne          (b. 1959)
 1 Mar 2023 -             
Père Renaud Escande                    (b. 1971)


Managing Directors of the Pious Establishments of France in Rome and in Lorette
(Administrateur délégué [until ... Administrateur-Gérant
(
Business manager)]
des Pieux Établissements de la France à Rome et à Lorette
)
1863 - 1867                Ernest, comte Armand (administratior)  (b. 1829 - d. 1898)
19 Jan 1872 - c.1888       C. Deshorties de Beaulieu
              (b. 1827 - d. 1897)
c.1888 - 1940              ....
.... - ....                Louis-Jean Dop                         (b. 1866 - d. 1935)
1940 - 1944                François de Vial (acting)              (b. 1904 - d. 1984)
                             (
attaché de l'ambassade de France)
1944 - 19..                ....
19.. - 1995                Louis Hubert Regnault de la Mothe      (b. 1919 - d. 2008)
1995 - 2006                Pierre Mercier                         (b. 1929 - d. 2007)
 1 Jul 2006 - 2009         François-Charles Uginet                (b. 1942) 
2009 -                     ....



Italy 476-1004

508 BC                     Part of the Roman Republic.
27 BC                      Part of the Roman Empire.
17 Jan 395                 Divided de jure into Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium)                              and Western Roman Empire (Rome). 
24-27 Aug 410              Visigoths led by Alareiks (Alaric I) sack Rome.
 2-16 Jun 455              Vandals and Alani led by
Genseric (Gaiseric) sack Rome.
 
4 Sep 476                 Last Emperor in the West, Romulus Augustus (b. c.460 - d. c.480),
                             is forced to abdicate by Odovacar.
 4 Sep 476 - 15 Mar 493    Odovacar (Odovacer), head of the Germanic foederati in Roman pay,
                             becomes Italian king (regnum Italicum); capital Ravenna. 
 
5 Mar 493                 Theodoric king of the Ostrogoths enters Ravenna.
15 Mar 493 - May 540       Realm of the Ostrogoths (Regnum Ostrogothorum/Reiki Gutthiudos),
                             capital Ravenna, replaces Odovacar's kingdom. Theodoric slays
                             Odovacar on 15 May 493.
May 540 -  3 Sep 569       Most of the Italian Peninsula part of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine)
                             Empire.

 3 Sep 569 -  5 Jun 774    Realm of the Lombards (
Regnum Langobardorum/Langabardanö Rikja),
                             capital Pavia.

 5 Jun 774                 Frankish rule.
Jul 817                    Italian Kingdom (Regnum Italicum), capital at Pavia.
14 May 1004                Italy definitively part of Holy Roman Empire, but the style Rex
                             Italia ("king of Italy") is not included in imperial titulature.
1500                       Italy omitted from the structure and the constitutional order of
                             the Holy Roman Empire by the Imperial Reforms, but the suzerainty
                             of the Emperors, or at least the claims, continue over northern
                             Italy (so-called "Imperial Italy").
24 Feb 1530                Holy Roman Emperor Karl V (b. 1500 - d. 1558)(rules 1519-1556) is
                             the last Emperor to be crowned the king of Italy (subsequent
                             Emperors claimed, but did not use the title).
10 May 1796                Most of northern Italy falls under French domination and is
                             reorganized into French satellite states.
18 Oct 1797                By Treaty of Campo Formio, Austria formally recognizes French rule
                             in northern Italy; end of the Holy Roman Empire's claim to Italy
                             (confirmed by Treaty of Lunéville 9 Feb 1801).

King (Rex)               
 4 Sep 476 - 15 Mar 493    Flavius Odovacar (Audwakr)         (b. c.433 - d. 493)
Kings of the Ostrogoths (title Rex Ostrogothorum/Reik Gutthiudos)
(Latin with Gothic names in parentheses)
15 Mar 493 - 30 Aug 526    Theodoric (Thiuderik)              (b. c.451 - d. 526)
                             (king outside Italy from c.489)
30 Aug 526 -  2 Oct 534    Athalaric (Athalarik)              (b. 516 - d. 534)
30 Aug 526 -  2 Oct 534    Amalasuintha (f) -Regent           (b. c.493 - d. 535)
                             (Amalaswintha)
 2 Oct 534 - Dec 534       Amalasuintha -Queen (Amalaswintha) (s.a.)
Nov 534 - Dec 536          Theodahat (Thiudahad)              (b. 47. - d. 536)
                             (co-ruler to Dec 534)
Dec 536 - May 540          Witigis                            (b. 49. - d. 542)
May 540 -  3 Sep 569       rule by Eastern Roman Empire  
May 540 - May 541          Hildibad (in opposition)           (b. 50. - d. 541)
May 541 - Sep 541          Erarius (Erahari)(in opposition)   (b. 51. - d. 541)
Sep 541 - Jul 552          Badwila (Totila)(in opposition)    (b. 52. - d. 552)
Jul 552 - Oct 552          Theia (Theia)(in opposition)       (b. 52. - d. 552)
Kings of the Lombards (title Rex Langobardorum/Langabardan
ö Kuningaz)
(Latin with Lombard names in parentheses until 774)
 3 Sep 569 - 28 Jun 572    Alboin (Albwin)                    (b. 52. - d. 572)
28 Jun 572 - Sep 572       .... (acting)              
Sep 572 - Mar 574          Cleph (Klef)                       (b. c.532 - d. 574)
Mar 574 - 584              Vacant (rule by local dux [dukes])                  
584 -  5 Sep 590           Flavius Authari (Authhari)         (b. 55. - d. 590)
 5 Sep 590 - Dec? 615      Agilulf                            (b. c.558 - d. 616)
Jul 604 - 626              Adaloald (Adalwald)                (b. 602 - d. 626)
                             (co-ruler to Dec? 615)     
Dec? 615 - 620             Theodolinda (f) -Regent            (b. c.570 - d. 627)
                             (Theudelinda)
626 - 636                  Arioald (Hariwald)                 (b. 59. - d. 636)
636 - 652                  Rothari (Hrothhari)                (b. c.606 - d. 652)
652 - 653                  Rodoald (Hrothwald)                (b. c.630 - d. 653)
653 - 661                  Aripert I (Hariperht I)            (b. 61. - d. 661)
661 - 662                  Perctarit (Berhthari) (in Milan)   (b. 64. - d. 688)
661 - 662                  Godipert (Godiperht) (in Pavia)    (b. 64. - d. 662)
662 - 671                  Grimoald (Grimwald)                (b. 60. - d. 671)
671                        Garipald                           (b. c.663 - d. af.671)
671 - 688                  Perctarit (Berhthari)              (b. 64. - d. 688)
679 - 700                  Cunincpert (Kuningperht)           (b. c.660 - d. 700)
                             (co-ruler to 688)
688 - Jan 689              Alahis (Alagisil)(in rebellion)    (b. 64. - d. 689)
700 - 701                  Luitpert (Liutperht)               (b. c.689 - d. 703)
700 - 701                  Ansprand -Regent                   (b. c.661 - d. 712) 
701                        Raginpert (Raginperht)             (b. c.660 - d. 701)
701 - Mar 712              Aripert II (Hariperht II)          (b. 68. - d. 712)
                             (co-ruler to ... 701)
701 - 701                  Rothari II (Hrothhari II)          (b. 66. - d. 702)
                             (in rebellion)
Mar 712 - 13 Jun 712       Ansprand                           (s.a.)
10 Jun 712 - 28 Jan 744    Liutprand (co-ruler to 13 Jun 712) (b. 68. - d. 744)
736 - Sep 744              Hildeprand (co-ruler to 28 Jan 744)(b. 70. - d. 744)
Sep 744 -  4 Jul 749       Ratchis (Ratgisil)(1st time)       (b. 70. - d. af.757)
 4 Jul 749 - Dec 756       Aistulf (Haistulf)                 (b. 71. - d. 756)
Dec 756 -  3 Mar 757       Ratch
is (Ratgisil)(2nd time)       (s.a.)
 3 Mar 757 -  5 Jun 774    Desiderius                         (b. 72. - d. af.786)
Aug 759 -  5 Jun 774       Adalghis (Adalgisil) -Co-ruler     (b. 74. - d. af.788)
 5 Jun 774 - 15 Apr 781    Karl I "magnus" (Charlemagne)      (b. 747 - d. 814)
Jul 774 - 15 Apr 781       Arichis,
dux de Benevent           (b. c.736 - d. 787)
                             (Harigisil)(summus dux)(acting) 
15 Apr 781 -  8 Jul 810    Pippin (Karlmann)                  (b. 777 - d. 810)
15 Apr 781 - 791           Adalhard de Corbie -Regent         (b. c.751 - d. 826)
 8 Jul 810 - Sep 813       Wala (Walahoh)(acting)             (b. c.773 - d. 836)
Sep 813 - Dec 817          Bernhard                           (b. c.797 - d. 818)
Sep 813 - 814              Adalhard de Corbie -Regent         (s.a.)

Kings of Italy (title Rex Italiae)
Jul 817 - 15 Jun 844       Hlothar I (Lothair I)              (b. 795 - d. 855) 
15 Jun 844 - 12 Aug 875    Hludwig II (Louis II)              (b. c.825 - d. 875)   
                             (Holy Roman Emperor from 6 Apr 850)
12 Aug 875 -  1 Oct 877    the king of the Franks       
 1 Oct 877 - Nov 879       Karlmann (Carloman)                (b. 829 - d. 880)
Dec 877 - Nov 879          Berengar, marchio de Friulia       (b. c.843 - d. 924)
                             (Berengar, margrave of Friuli)
                             (1st time)
Nov 879 - 13 Jan 888       Karl II (Charles II)               (b. 839 - d. 888)   
                             (Holy Roman Emperor from 12 Feb 881)
Nov 879 -  7 Apr 924       Berengar I, marchio de Friulia     (s.a.)
                             (acting to Jan? 888)(2nd time)
16 Feb 889 - 12 Dec 894    Wido, dux de Spoleto (in rebellion)(b. c.855 - d. 894)    
                             (Guido, duke of Spoleto)
                             (Holy Roman Emperor from 21 Feb 891)
May 891 - 12 Dec 894       Lambert (Landberht) -Co-ruler      (b. c.876 - d. 898)
                             (in rebellion)
                             (Holy Roman Emperor from Apr 892)
12 Dec 894 - 15 Oct 898    Lambert, dux de Spoleto (Landberht)(s.a.)
                             (in rebellion)
 5 Oct 900 - Jun? 902      Hludwig III, rex de Burgundia      (b. c.880 - d. 928)   
                             (Louis III, king of Burgundy)
                             (Holy Roman Emperor from 15/22 Feb 901)
May 905 - Jul? 905         Hludwig III, rex de Burgundia      (s.a.)
                             (in rebellion)
 7 Apr 924 - May 926       Ruodolf II, rex de Burgundia       (b. c.883 - d. 937)
                             (in rebellion from 2 Jan 922)
May 926 -  9 Jul 926       Teudald (Theodald)(acting)    
 9 Jul 926 - 10 Apr 947    Hugo, rex de Burgundia             (b. c.880 - d. 947)    
                             (Hugh, king of Burgundy)
17 Apr 931 - 22 Nov 950    Hlothar II (Lothair II)            (b. c.927 - d. 950)
                             (co-ruler to 10 Apr 947)
22 Nov 950 - Oct 951       Berengar II, marchio de Ivrea      (b. c.900 - d. 966)
                             (Berengar II, margrave of Ivrea)
                             (acting to 15 Dec 950)(1st time)  
15 Dec 950 - Oct 951       Adalberht (Adalbert) -Co-ruler     (b. c.936 - d. 971)
                             (1st time)
Oct 951 -  7 Aug 952       the emperor of Holy Roman Empire
 7 Aug 952 - Oct 961       Berengar II, marchio de Ivrea      (b. c.900 - d. 966)  
 7 Aug 952 - Oct 961       Adalberht -Co-ruler (2nd time)     (s.a.)
Oct 961 - 15 Feb 1002      the emperors of Holy Roman Empire
Oct 961 -  2 Dec 963       Berengar II, marchio de Ivrea      (s.a.)
                             (in rebellion) 
15 Feb 1002 - 14 May 1004  Arduin (Hartwin), marchio de Ivrea (b. c.955 - d. 1015) 
14 May 1004 - 10 May 1796  the emperors of Holy Roman Empire

Imperial Plenipotentiaries for Italy (Plenipotenziario Imperiale)
(in Milan 1747-1757;
in Pisa 1766-1775; in Florence 1757-1766; from 1775 in Pavia)
Mar 1715 -  3 Jul 1734     Carlo Borromeo-Arese, conte        (b. 1657 - d. 1734)
                             di Arona
1731 - Dec 1751            Carlo Francesco, conte Stampa      (d. 1751)
                             (acting to 1734, commission interrupted 1740-1745)
1752 - 29 Dec 1774         Antonio Ottone, marchese Botta     (b. 1688 - d. 1774)
                             d'Adorno
1775 - 1782                Johann Sigismund Fürst von         (b. 1732 - d. 1801)
                             Khevenhüller-Metsch 
1782 - 20 Jun 1782         Karl Joseph Graf von Firmian       (b. 1716 - d. 1782)
29 Jul 1782 -  9 May 1796  Johann Joseph Graf von Wilczek     (b. 1738 - d. 1819)





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