Crema, Lombardy
By the 1859 Treaty of Zurich which ended the Austro-Sardinian War, Austria ceded Lombardy, including Crema, to France, who then immediately ceded it to Sardinia. This formed part of the "Risorgimento", which saw Sardinia become the Kingdom of Italy in 1861. In 1946, the Kingdom became the modern Italian Republic.
List of monarchs of Sardinia
In 1861, after the annexation of all the others states of the Italian peninsula, the parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia passed a bill (Legge N° 4671 of 17 marzo 1861) changing the name of the state to the Kingdom of Italy. The Kings of Italy retained the title "King of Sardinia" until the dissolution of the monarchy in 1946.