Before revision: The chronology of the development of foreign domination in Italy is the following: Treaties of Vaucelles and Cateau-Cambresis (1556-1559): Northern Italy (the Kingdom of Italy in the HRE) under sovreignity of the Austrian Habsburgs; Southern Italy (the Mezzogiorno) under the Spanish Habsburgs ; House of Savoy settles in Piedmont.
After revision: as a viceroyaltyThe chronology of the development of foreign domination in Italy is the following: Treaties of Vaucelles and Cateau-Cambresis (1556-1559): Northern Italy (the Kingdom of Italy in the HRE) under sovreignity of the Austrian Habsburgs; Southern Italy (the Mezzogiorno) under the Spanish Habsburgs ; House of Savoy settles in Piedmont.