The years 1800–14 were the most important years of French rule in Italy. During those years Napoleon reshaped its map at will, ultimately consolidating the Peninsula into three parts: the northern Italian Republic, which became the Kingdom of Italy; 2 the Kingdom of Naples; 3 and areas ...
Kingdom of Naples, state covering the southern portion of the Italian Peninsula from the Middle Ages to 1860. It was often united politically with Sicily. By the early 12th century the Normans had carved out a state in southern Italy and Sicily in areas