United Provinces of Central Italy
United Provinces of Central Italy | |||||||||||||||
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| 1859–1860 | |||||||||||||||
The United Provinces of Central Italy (green) | |||||||||||||||
| Status | Client state of the Kingdom of Sardinia | ||||||||||||||
| Capital | Modena | ||||||||||||||
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| Government | Military government | ||||||||||||||
• King | Victor Emmanuel II | ||||||||||||||
• Governor General | Carlo Bon Compagni di Mombello | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Late modern | ||||||||||||||
• Revolution | 8 December 1859 | ||||||||||||||
• Annexation | 22 March 1860 | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Sardinian lira, Tuscan florin | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Italy | ||||||||||||||
The United Provinces of Central Italy (Italian: Province Unite del Centro Italia), also known as the Confederation of Central Italy or General Government of Central Italy, was a short-lived military government established in 1859 by the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia. It was formed by a union of the former Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy of Parma, the Duchy of Modena, and the Papal Legations, after the Second Italian War of Independence.
Following a plebiscite in March 1860 where the people of the provinces voted in favour of joining the Kingdom of Sardinia, the United Provinces of Central Italy were formally annexed by Sardinia. This paved the way for the declaration of the Kingdom of Italy on March 17, 1861.