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    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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    island of Sardinia proper was part of the Kingdom of Sardinia, while the other mainland possessions (principally the Duchy of Savoy, Principality of Piedmont...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 30 August 1580 until his death almost 50...
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    Savoyard state (redirect from Savoy States)
    multi-century history of Savoy included the period before the County of Savoy, then the County of Savoy, the Duchy of Savoy, the period from Savoy to Sicily and...
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    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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    Duke of Aosta Counts of Villafranca Duke of Genoa List of rulers of Savoy List of consorts of Savoy County of Savoy Duchy of Savoy Kingdom of Sardinia...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    Cosimo I de' Medici, the Duchy of Savoy under Emmanuel Philibert, the Duchy of Urbino under Guidobaldo II della Rovere, the Duchy of Parma under Ottavio Farnese...
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    1694, in the town of Ovada, Piedmont, between Turin and Genoa in the Duchy of Savoy in northern Italy. His parents were Luca and Anna Maria Massari Danei...
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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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    Chambéry (redirect from Chambéry, Savoy)
    constituted the Duchy of Savoy west of the Alps in 1792; however, the former duchy and Chambéry were returned to the rulers of the House of Savoy in Turin in...
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    fighting focused around the Spanish Netherlands, the Rhineland, the Duchy of Savoy, and Catalonia. Although engagements generally favoured Louis' armies...
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    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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