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Above the imperial eagle rises a Napoleonic star. The eagle is surrounded by a green mantle that is lined with ermine and surmounted by a royal crown in gold. [5] A more complete heraldic description of the arms of the Kingdom of Italy is as follows. Tierced per pale: [6]
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia; French: Royaume d'Italie) was a kingdom in Northern Italy (formerly the Italian Republic) that was a client state of Napoleon's French Empire. It was fully influenced by revolutionary France and ended with Napoleon's defeat and fall.
Napoleon I (1769–1821), Emperor of the French, second son of Carlo Buonaparte Arms as Nobile, 1769-1804: Arms used in right of France, 1804-1814: Azure, an Eagle Or, head facing to the sinister, clutching in its talons a Thunderbolt Or. [1] [2] Arms used in right of the Kingdom of Italy, 1805-1813: Arms used in right of Elba, 1814-1815:
The Kingdom of Italy (Italian: Regno d'Italia, Italian: [ˈreɲɲo diˈtaːlja]) was a state that existed from 17 March 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia was proclaimed King of Italy, until 10 June 1946, when the monarchy was abolished, following civil discontent that led to an institutional referendum on 2 June 1946.
An eagle of the Imperial Guard on display at Le Louvre des Antiquaires in Paris. The French Imperial Eagle (French: Aigle de drapeau, lit. ' flag eagle ') refers to the figure of an eagle on a staff carried into battle as a standard by the Grande Armée of Napoleon I during the Napoleonic Wars.
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The shield is charged with an escutcheon showing the Iron Crown of Lombardy (with pinnacles) in a red border with silver rings. Around the shield is the order of the Legion d'Honneur. Above the eagle rises the Napoleonic star. Date: 1805-1814: Source: Own work by uploader, Based on: File:Italia,1806.(TZ).jpg: Author: Sodacan: Permission ...
For gratitude, the former Jacobin veteran delivered to the King of Sardinia the only remaining Napoleonic Eagle which survived the ritual of 1814. This eagle is now preserved inside the Museo del Risorgimento in Milan. In 1859 General Lechi returned to Milan, now an Italian city liberated from the Austrians, where he died in 1866 at the age of 88.