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 | | After the collapse of that monarchy its territories passed to the German kings, and Savoy was divided between the counts of Provence, of Albon, of Gex, of Bresse, of the Genevois, of Maurienne, the lords of Habsburg, of Zahringen, andc., and several prelates. |
 | | Charles Emmanuel (1796-1802), believing in Bonapartes promises, was induced to enter into a confederation with France and give up the citadel of Turin to the French, which meant the end of his countrys independence. |
 | | The latter being without, a son, the succession devolved upon Charles Albert, of the cadet line of the princes of Carignano, who were descended from Thomas, youngest son of Charles Emmanuel I. Charles Albert abdicated, on the evening of his defeat at Novara (April 20, 1849), in favor of his son Victor Emmanuel II. |
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