Italian Empire
Impero italiano
1882–1947
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  Kingdom of Italy
  Colonies of Italy
  Protectorates and areas occupied during World War II
StatusColonial empire
King 
• 1869-1878
Victor Emmanuel II
• 1878-1900
Umberto I
• 1900-1946
Victor Emmanuel III
• 1946
Umberto II
History 
• Purchase of Assab
1869
• Italian Eritrea
1882
• Eritrea War
1887–1889
• Italian Somalia
1889
• Boxer Rebellion
1900
• Italo-Turkish War
1911–1912
• Albanian Protectorate
1917–1920
• Pacification of Libya
1923–1932
• 2nd Italo-Ethiopian War
1935–1936
• Albanian Protectorate
1939–1943
• East Africa Campaign
1940–1941
• North African campaign
1940-1943
• Empire formally relinquished
1947
• Trust Territory of Somaliland
1950–1960
Area
19383,798,000 km2(1,466,000 sq mi)
19413,824,879 km2(1,476,794 sq mi)