The Duchy of Savoy (Italian: Ducato di Savoia; French: Duché de Savoie) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 1847...
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historical expansion of Savoyard territories, as the Duchy of Savoy (1416–1860) included parts of what is now western Italy and southwestern Switzerland...
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House of Savoy held the county. Several of these rulers ruled as kings at one point in history or another. The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy at...
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possessions (principally the Duchy of Savoy, Principality of Piedmont, County of Nice, Duchy of Genoa, and others) were held by the Savoys in their own right,...
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the early 1800s, the only Grand duchies in Europe were located in what is now Italy: Tuscany (declared in 1569) and Savoy (in 1696). During the 19th century...
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raised to a duchy in 1416 by the German king Sigismund (see Duchy of Savoy 1416–1718). Humbert I the White-Handed: 1003–1047/48 Amadeus I of the Tail, son:...
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Duchy of Magdeburg Duchy of Mecklenburg Duchy of Oldenburg Duchy of Palatinate-Zweibrücken Duchy of Pomerania Duchy of Salzburg Duchy of Savoy Duchy of...
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Vachero who were to overthrow the Republic of Genoa and place the city under the protection of the Duchy of Savoy. The plot failed and Vachero and his accomplices...
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state of Montferrat had an area of 2750 km2, and consisted of two separate parts bordered by the Duchy of Savoy, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Genoa...
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Savoie (redirect from Savoy (French department))
population of 436,434. Together with Haute-Savoie, it is one of the two departments of the historical region of Savoy; the Duchy of Savoy was annexed...
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County of Savoy (raised to Duchy of Savoy in 1416) County of Nice (in personal union with Savoy) County of Scandiano County of Sovana County of Tende County...
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Italy in return for territorial compensation in the form of the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice. The two states signed a military alliance in January...
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daughter of William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat, and Elisabetta Sforza. After Charles died from tuberculosis, Blanche was regent of the Duchy of Savoy from...
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the Savoy Estate in London. As of the financial year ending 31 March 2022, the estate was valued at £652.8 million. The net income of the duchy is paid...
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alliance: Dalmatia to the Duchy of Savoy, if it joined the alliance: Cyprus For some time, Venice had developed suspicions of an emerging alliance against...
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to the Duchy of Savoy and received the homage of the court at Racconigi on 21 January 1607.[citation needed] Victor Amadeus became Duke of Savoy after...
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Savoyard state (redirect from Savoy States)
period before the County of Savoy, then the County of Savoy, the Duchy of Savoy, the period from Savoy to Sicily and Sardinia before Italian unification...
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also refer to: County of Savoy, a Middle Ages county near where modern Switzerland, Italy and France meet Duchy of Savoy, a duchy in the Italian peninsula...
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Nice (redirect from List of honorary citizens of Nice)
was a dominion of Savoy, then became part of the French First Republic between 1792 and 1815, when it was returned to the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia...
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county of Middlesex. Named for the Savoy Palace, it came to be held by the Duchy of Lancaster, and was also known as the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster...
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Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (10 August 1449 – 23 November 1503) was Duchess of Milan as the second spouse of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan....
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language with French in the Duchy of Savoy and the Duchy of Aosta and with Italian in the Principality of Piedmont and the County of Nice. He was attempting...
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Ville-la-Grand (category Communes of Haute-Savoie)
under the influence of the House of Grailly. After that, Ville-la-Grand belongs to the Duchy of Savoy. Annexed by France as part of Savoy in 1792, it becomes...
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Claude Gaspar Bachet de Méziriac (category Members of the Académie Française)
to Duchy of Savoy. He wrote Problèmes plaisans et délectables qui se font par les nombres, Les éléments arithmétiques, and a Latin translation of the...
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Victor Amadeus II (redirect from Victor Amadeus II of Savoy, King of Sardinia)
of the Duchy of Savoy as Regent because her son would have had to live in Portugal with his new wife. The duchy would then revert to the Kingdom of Portugal...
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Duchy (and since 1937 as ex-officio chaplain of the Royal Victorian Order) and effectively it is the "parish church" of the Savoy Estate, the Duchy of...
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Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel succeeded to the duchy of Savoy at the age of 4. His mother governed in his place, and even after reaching...
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Neutralized Zone of Savoy was a zone of neutrality to the north of the Duchy of Savoy (corresponding more or less to the provinces of Faucigny and Chablais...
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Savoyard–Waldensian wars (category History of Savoy)
were a series of conflicts between the community of Waldensians (also known as Vaudois) and the Savoyard troops in the Duchy of Savoy from 1655 to 1690...
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Turin (redirect from City of Turin)
population of 2.2 million. The city was historically a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom...
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