Kingdom of Italy (medieval)

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The Kingdom of Italy (medieval) was a constituent realm of the Holy Roman Empire in northern and central Italy, emerging from the former Lombard kingdom and playing a key role in imperial politics from the early Middle Ages through the late medieval period.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent realm of the Holy Roman Empire
medieval kingdom
successor state of the Kingdom of the Lombards
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
Regnum Italiae
Regnum Italicum
borderedBy Adriatic Sea
Kingdom of Burgundy
Papal States
Tyrrhenian Sea
capital Milan
Pavia
Ravenna
Rome
Verona
continent Europe
deFactoEndDate 14th century
deFactoEndEvent decline of effective imperial authority in Italy
deJureEndDate 1806
deJureEndEvent Reichsdeputationshauptschluss
economicCharacteristic high level of urbanization and commercial activity for the Middle Ages
governmentType elective monarchy
feudal monarchy
language Latin
Vulgar Latin
early Italian vernaculars
locatedIn central Italy
northern Italy
notableRuler Berengar I of Italy
Charlemagne
Frederick I Barbarossa
Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor
Louis the Pious
Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor
partOf Holy Roman Empire
playedRoleIn imperial coronation process of Holy Roman Emperors
medieval imperial–papal conflicts
politicalStructure patchwork of duchies, counties, bishoprics, and city-communes
predecessor Exarchate of Ravenna
Kingdom of the Lombards
religion Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle King of Italy
significantEvent Golden Bull of 1356 (formalizing imperial structures without strong Italian role)
linked to: Golden Bull of 1356

Investiture Controversy
Italian campaigns of Frederick I Barbarossa
Ottonian consolidation of imperial control in Italy
Peace of Constance
coronation of Charlemagne as King of the Lombards
incorporation into the Carolingian Empire
rise of autonomous Italian city-states
struggle between Guelphs and Ghibellines
startDate 774
startEvent conquest of the Lombard kingdom by Charlemagne
successor Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy
various independent Italian states

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Battle of Legnano historicalRegion Kingdom of Italy (within the Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Middle Francia alsoKnownAs Regnum Italiae et Lotharii (in part)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Diocese of Pavia associatedWith Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Archchancellor of Italy appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
County of Aldobrandeschi country Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Pope Alexander II countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
County of Ivrea country Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
County of Ivrea partOf Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
County of Ivrea partOf Kingdom of Italy (Regnum Italicum)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Berengar II of Italy associatedWith Kingdom of Italy in the Early Middle Ages
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Council of Piacenza country Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Goffredo da Castiglione countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Margraviate of Tuscany partOf Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Count of Apulia country Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Duchess of Spoleto hasHistoricalContext Holy Roman Empire in Italy
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Margravine of Tuscany historicalRegion Kingdom of Italy (within the Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Margraviate of Istria partOf Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
William of Hauteville historicalRegion Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Ariberto da Intimiano countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Emirate of Bari followedBy Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Duchy of Montferrat partOf Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Middle Ages in Abruzzo hasLocation Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Count of Pavia politicalContext Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Duke of Bari locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Magyar tribal forces opponent Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Magyar light cavalry opposedBy Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Adelaide II of Turin countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Kingdom of Italy (medieval) alsoKnownAs Regnum Italiae
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Kingdom of Italy (medieval) alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Duchy of Spoleto country Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Italian campaign of 951 primaryOpponent Kingdom of Italy under Berengar II
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Siege of Alessandria (1174–1175) country Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Matteo I Visconti countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Consular commune of Milan locatedIn Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
subject linked to: consular commune of Milan
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Imperial–Papal army operatedIn Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Holy Roman Empire campaigns in Italy hasMainParticipants Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
medieval Vicenza country Kingdom of Italy (medieval)
Synod of Lodi (1164) country Kingdom of Italy (Holy Roman Empire)
linked to: Kingdom of Italy (medieval)