Territorial change of Kingdom of Italy

“Kingdom of Italy” — appears in this map’s data from AD 587 to 1946. Its territory was largest in AD 1943, at ≈ 456 thousand km².

Territory by period

Period	Area
AD 587 – 601	≈ 148 thousand km²
AD 602 – 627	≈ 155 thousand km²
AD 628 – 632	≈ 157 thousand km²
AD 633 – 637	≈ 158 thousand km²
AD 638 – 640	≈ 158 thousand km²
AD 641 – 643	≈ 169 thousand km²
AD 644 – 660	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 661 – 691	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 692 – 704	≈ 180 thousand km²
AD 705 – 731	≈ 180 thousand km²
AD 732 – 740	≈ 210 thousand km²
AD 741 – 749	≈ 149 thousand km²
AD 750 – 750	≈ 209 thousand km²
AD 751 – 754	≈ 219 thousand km²
AD 755 – 756	≈ 220 thousand km²
AD 757 – 762	≈ 211 thousand km²
AD 763 – 774	≈ 205 thousand km²
AD 887 – 887	≈ 148 thousand km²
AD 888 – 891	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 892 – 895	≈ 171 thousand km²
AD 898 – 898	≈ 52 thousand km²
AD 899 – 899	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 911 – 921	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 936 – 959	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 960 – 969	≈ 172 thousand km²
AD 1862 – 1865	≈ 236 thousand km²
AD 1866 – 1867	≈ 242 thousand km²
AD 1868 – 1870	≈ 262 thousand km²
AD 1871 – 1884	≈ 275 thousand km²
AD 1885 – 1904	≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 1905 – 1911	≈ 275 thousand km²
AD 1912 – 1915	≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 1916 – 1916	≈ 278 thousand km²
AD 1917 – 1917	≈ 285 thousand km²
AD 1918 – 1918	≈ 272 thousand km²
AD 1919 – 1919	≈ 314 thousand km²
AD 1920 – 1931	≈ 299 thousand km²
AD 1932 – 1935	≈ 296 thousand km²
AD 1936 – 1937	≈ 295 thousand km²
AD 1938 – 1938	≈ 295 thousand km²
AD 1939 – 1939	≈ 323 thousand km²
AD 1940 – 1940	≈ 326 thousand km²
AD 1941 – 1941	≈ 374 thousand km²
AD 1942 – 1942	≈ 428 thousand km²
AD 1943 – 1943	≈ 456 thousand km²
AD 1944 – 1944	≈ 267 km²
AD 1945 – 1945	≈ 289 thousand km²
AD 1946 – 1946	≈ 340 km²

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1943 – 1943 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

Frame	Area	Rank
AD 587	≈ 148 thousand km²	26 of 67
AD 592	≈ 148 thousand km²	25 of 70
AD 602	≈ 155 thousand km²	21 of 69
AD 612	≈ 155 thousand km²	20 of 68
AD 617	≈ 155 thousand km²	19 of 65
AD 623	≈ 155 thousand km²	22 of 69
AD 626	≈ 155 thousand km²	22 of 67
AD 627	≈ 155 thousand km²	22 of 67
AD 628	≈ 157 thousand km²	22 of 65
AD 629	≈ 157 thousand km²	24 of 68
AD 630	≈ 157 thousand km²	25 of 68
AD 633	≈ 158 thousand km²	26 of 69
AD 634	≈ 158 thousand km²	24 of 66
AD 638	≈ 158 thousand km²	24 of 71
AD 641	≈ 169 thousand km²	23 of 71
AD 644	≈ 172 thousand km²	23 of 74
AD 647	≈ 172 thousand km²	22 of 70
AD 656	≈ 172 thousand km²	24 of 69
AD 661	≈ 172 thousand km²	22 of 68
AD 666	≈ 172 thousand km²	21 of 67
AD 674	≈ 172 thousand km²	20 of 69
AD 682	≈ 172 thousand km²	20 of 68
AD 692	≈ 180 thousand km²	22 of 67
AD 705	≈ 180 thousand km²	23 of 68
AD 710	≈ 180 thousand km²	23 of 69
AD 718	≈ 180 thousand km²	22 of 69
AD 724	≈ 180 thousand km²	22 of 69
AD 732	≈ 210 thousand km²	20 of 67
AD 741	≈ 149 thousand km²	24 of 71
AD 750	≈ 209 thousand km²	27 of 76
AD 751	≈ 219 thousand km²	24 of 77
AD 755	≈ 220 thousand km²	25 of 79
AD 757	≈ 211 thousand km²	26 of 76
AD 763	≈ 205 thousand km²	24 of 74
AD 768	≈ 205 thousand km²	24 of 75
AD 772	≈ 205 thousand km²	23 of 72
AD 887	≈ 148 thousand km²	42 of 107
AD 888	≈ 172 thousand km²	42 of 108
AD 892	≈ 171 thousand km²	42 of 108
AD 898	≈ 52 thousand km²	61 of 115
AD 899	≈ 172 thousand km²	40 of 117
AD 911	≈ 172 thousand km²	41 of 123
AD 936	≈ 172 thousand km²	40 of 116
AD 947	≈ 172 thousand km²	44 of 117
AD 960	≈ 172 thousand km²	43 of 118
AD 961	≈ 172 thousand km²	42 of 119
AD 962	≈ 172 thousand km²	43 of 120
AD 1862	≈ 236 thousand km²	47 of 138
AD 1863	≈ 236 thousand km²	47 of 139
AD 1864	≈ 236 thousand km²	45 of 139
AD 1865	≈ 236 thousand km²	45 of 139
AD 1866	≈ 242 thousand km²	43 of 133
AD 1868	≈ 262 thousand km²	42 of 134
AD 1870	≈ 262 thousand km²	42 of 132
AD 1871	≈ 275 thousand km²	41 of 113
AD 1873	≈ 275 thousand km²	38 of 108
AD 1877	≈ 275 thousand km²	36 of 104
AD 1880	≈ 275 thousand km²	36 of 104
AD 1884	≈ 275 thousand km²	36 of 105
AD 1885	≈ 278 thousand km²	37 of 101
AD 1890	≈ 278 thousand km²	41 of 99
AD 1895	≈ 278 thousand km²	42 of 90
AD 1898	≈ 278 thousand km²	41 of 87
AD 1900	≈ 278 thousand km²	40 of 84
AD 1905	≈ 275 thousand km²	41 of 83
AD 1908	≈ 275 thousand km²	41 of 79
AD 1911	≈ 275 thousand km²	40 of 76
AD 1912	≈ 278 thousand km²	40 of 77
AD 1913	≈ 278 thousand km²	39 of 78
AD 1914	≈ 278 thousand km²	39 of 76
AD 1915	≈ 278 thousand km²	39 of 75
AD 1916	≈ 278 thousand km²	39 of 71
AD 1917	≈ 285 thousand km²	39 of 71
AD 1918	≈ 272 thousand km²	41 of 80
AD 1919	≈ 314 thousand km²	41 of 88
AD 1920	≈ 299 thousand km²	40 of 84
AD 1922	≈ 299 thousand km²	44 of 87
AD 1924	≈ 299 thousand km²	43 of 86
AD 1926	≈ 299 thousand km²	43 of 84
AD 1927	≈ 299 thousand km²	43 of 84
AD 1928	≈ 299 thousand km²	43 of 85
AD 1929	≈ 299 thousand km²	43 of 85
AD 1930	≈ 299 thousand km²	44 of 86
AD 1932	≈ 296 thousand km²	47 of 88
AD 1936	≈ 295 thousand km²	47 of 89
AD 1938	≈ 295 thousand km²	49 of 88
AD 1939	≈ 323 thousand km²	46 of 86
AD 1940	≈ 326 thousand km²	46 of 77
AD 1941	≈ 374 thousand km²	42 of 74
AD 1942	≈ 428 thousand km²	43 of 75
AD 1943	≈ 456 thousand km²	40 of 73
AD 1944	≈ 267 km²	73 of 73
AD 1945	≈ 289 thousand km²	42 of 76
AD 1946	≈ 340 km²	81 of 83

Its highest rank was in AD 617: number 65 of 19.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Kingdom of France — 141 frames
Switzerland — 76 frames
Bavarians — 36 frames
Kingdom of England — 33 frames
Second Republic of Austria — 31 frames
Empire of Japan — 29 frames
Francia — 29 frames
Papal States — 27 frames
Byzantine Empire — 25 frames
Ethiopian Empire — 25 frames
Republic of Venice — 24 frames
Austria-Hungary — 22 frames
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — 22 frames
Kingdom of Egypt — 15 frames
Yugoslavia — 15 frames
Samo — 13 frames
Duchy of Croatia — 12 frames
Byzantine Empire — 11 frames
Austria — 11 frames
Carantania — 11 frames

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 16 by area.

Frame		Other country	Area
AD 1944	lost	Nazi Germany	≈ 256 thousand km²
AD 896	lost	East Francia	≈ 171 thousand km²
AD 1945	gained	Nazi Germany	≈ 149 thousand km²
AD 775	lost	Francia	≈ 138 thousand km²
AD 899	gained	Duchy of Spoleto	≈ 120 thousand km²
AD 1942	gained	Nazi Germany	≈ 53 thousand km²
AD 750	gained	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 46 thousand km²
AD 1919	gained	Austria-Hungary	≈ 40 thousand km²
AD 1941	gained	Yugoslavia	≈ 36 thousand km²
AD 732	gained	Byzantine Empire	≈ 30 thousand km²
AD 1939	gained	Albania	≈ 28 thousand km²
AD 1943	gained	Vichy France	≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 970	lost	Duchy of Benevento	≈ 23 thousand km²
AD 888	gained	Duchy of Spoleto	≈ 23 thousand km²
AD 1920	lost	Albania	≈ 23 thousand km²
AD 750	gained	Duchy of Spoleto	≈ 22 thousand km²

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Republic of German-Austria · Imperial Free City of Trieste · Free State of Fiume · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Sardinia

Succeeded by: Italy

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Kingdom of Italy was a unitary state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, was proclaimed King of Italy, until 18 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June, resulting in the establishment of the modern Italian Republic.

Wikipedia (English) “Kingdom of Italy”, introduction (first sentences) · text under CC BY-SA 4.0 · read more on Wikipedia

Show on the map — open the AD 1943 frame