Duchy of Savoy

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Herzogtum Savoyen (de) Duché de Savoie (fr) Ducato di Savouè (frp) Ducato di Savoia (it) Ducà 'd Savòja (pms) County of Savoy State of the Holy Roman Empire ← 1416 – 1718 → Flag of Savoy Coat of arms of Savoy Duchy of Savoy in 1450 (yellow)   Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1839 Capital Chambéry (Chiamberì) Government Principality Historical era Middle Ages  - County of Savoy raised     to a duchy   1416  - Occupied by France 1536–59, 1630, 1690–96, 1703–13  - Acquired Sicily and parts     of the Duchy of Milan   April 11, 1713  - Acquired the kingdom     of Sardinia   1718  - Occupied by     Revolutionary France   1792–1814  - Savoy to France, as price     for Italian unification   1860  - Duke becomes king of Italy March 17, 1861 * The Duchy of Savoy became the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia in 1714; the territory of Savoy remained a part of Piedmont-Sardinia until 1860, when it was given to the Second French Empire in exchange for their support of the Risorgimento.

For the early history of Savoy, before it was raised to a duchy, see County of Savoy and March of Turin.

From 1416 to 1714, the territories of the House of Savoy were known as the Duchy of Savoy (French: Savoie}, Italian: Savoia). The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the County of Savoy and a predecessor of the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of Italy.

[edit] History

First occupied by France under the reign of Francis I of France in 1536, the Duchy of Savoy was given a parliament based in Chambéry. In 1559, the occupation ceased and parliament was replaced by a senate. In 1601, following a 13-year conflict with France, Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy gave the territories of Bresse, Bugey, Valromey and Gex to Henry IV of France in exchange for the marquisate of Saluzzo.

A second French occupation in 1630 forced the Duke of Savoy to cede the fortress of Pinerolo to France (Treaty of Cherasco in 1631). Refusing an alliance with France, the Duchy of Savoy was again occupied from 1690 to 1696 and from 1703 to 1713.

At the end of the War of the Spanish Succession with the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, the Duke of Savoy regained his original possessions and received the Kingdom and the title of King of Sicily. In 1720, after the War of the Quadruple Alliance, the Duke ceded Sicily to Austria receiving the Kingdom of Sardinia in exchange. He was known as King of Sardinia from then on.

[edit] List of Dukes of Savoy

• Amedeo VIII : 1391–1440, duke from 1416
• Lodovico : 1440–65
• Amedeo IX : 1465–72
• Filiberto I : 1472–82
• Carlo I : 1482–90
• Carlo (II) Giovanni Amedeo : 1490–96
• Filippo II : 1496–97
• Filiberto II : 1497–1504
• Carlo III : 1504–53
• Emanuele Filiberto : 1553–80
• Carlo Emanuele I : 1580–1630
• Vittorio Amedeo I: 1630–37
• Francesco Giacinto : 1637–38
• Carlo Emanuele II : 1638–75
• Vittorio Amedeo II : 1675–1732, King of Sicily 1714-1720, then King of Sardinia

[edit] External links

• Kelley L. Ross, "Francia Media" website: genealogical and territorial disambiguation of Lorraine and Burgundy, with a section on Counts and Dukes of Savoy