The first man who called himself king of Italy was the German Odoacer who
is most famous for the deposing of the last West Roman emperor 476.The
kingdom he created was conquered by the Ostrogoths 493 whom in their turn
lost it to East Rome which lost it to the Lombards and so on...
Carlomagno (Charlemagne)
Pipino
Bernardo
Ludovico il Pio (the Pious)
Lotario I
Ludovico II
Carlo il Calvo (the Bald)
Carlomanno
Carlo il Grosso (the Fat)
Berengario I
Guido
Lamberto
Arnolfo
Ludovico III (the Blind)
Rodolfo
Ugo
Lotario II
Berengario II
Adalberto
Ottone I (Otto the Great)
Ottone II
Ottone III
Arduino
= 915
= 891
= 892
= 896
= 901
= 962
= 967
= 996
From 1014 was Italy united with
Germany in a personal union.
The kingdom of Italy was not formally dissolved until 1648, but
it had been divided into numerous feudal petty states and self-
governing communes since the 13th century.
1805-1814
1814-1861
House of Bonaparte
Napoleone
Divided into petty states
1861-1878
1878-1900
1900-1946
1946
1946-
House of Savoy
Vittorio Emanuele
II
Umberto I
Vittorio Emanuele
III
Umberto II
Republic
* = Odoacer's. Theodoric's and Desiderius' names in their Germanic
languages were Audawakrs, Thiudareiks and Daufer.