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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Charles John Amadeus of Savoy
Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Charles John Amadeus of Savoy
Charles II or Charles John Amadeus (Carlo Giovanni Amedeo in Italian) b.
1496, was the Duke of Savoy from 1490 to 1496 but his mother Blanche of Montferrato[?] was the actual ruler as a regent.
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  PHILIP THE BOLD - LoveToKnow Article on PHILIP THE BOLD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
In 1360 he received the title of duke of Touraine, nd in June 1363 was entrusted with the government of Burgundy, which John had united to the crown at the death of the last uke of the Capetian family, Philip of Rouvre, in 1361.
John was anxious not to displease the Burgundians, who were accus-omed to their independence; and, moreover, with Philip as [uke of Burgundy he was in a better posture to resist the king)f Navarre, Charles the Bad, who laid claim to the duchy.
Charles continued to show favor to his brother, appointing him (in 1366) lis lieutenant in Champagne and marrying him to Margaret, daughter and heiress of Louis of Male, count of Flanders, and widow of Philip of Rouvre.
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 Charles I of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles I (1468–1490), surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490.
When he was 17, his father's first cousin, the childless Queen Charlotte of Cyprus, his uncle's widow, whom her illegitimate half-brother had exiled from her inherited kingdom in the 1460s, surrendered her rights to young Charles, her next legitimate heir in line from King Janus of Cyprus.
Yolande Luise (1487–1499), married Philibert II of Savoy.
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 Charles IV
When he was born, Charles Emanuel was also fifth in line to the English and Scottish thrones - after Charles, Prince of Wales, Henry, Cardinal Duke of York, King Charles Emanuel III of Sardinia, and the Duke of Savoy (later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia).
Two of Charles Emanuel's sisters were married to the younger brothers of King Louis XVI of France (Giuseppina to the Comte de Provence, later King Louis XVIII, and Maria Teresa to the Comte d'Artois, later King Charles X).
Charles Emanuel's sister Giuseppina suggested a match with her sister-in-law Princess Marie-Clothilde of France, daughter of the late Dauphin Louis and of his wife, Princess Maria Josefa of Saxony.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg136 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Charles Emanuel OF SAVOY [Parents] was born in 1770 in, Savoy.
Charles Albert OF SARDINIA was born in 1798.
Charles Emanuel OF SAVOY was born in 1770.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Savoy
Amadeus IX the Fortunate (1465-72) left the government to his wife Yolande, sister of the French king Louis XI, who was also regent for her minor son Philibert I (1372-82).
Charles Emmanuel II (1638-75), a prince fond of art and anxious for the prosperity of his people, came into possession of the lands of the counts of Geneva, a branch of the House of Savoy.
Victor Amadeus II (1675-1730), son of Charles Emmanuel, refused in 1690 to bring an army to the aid of Louis XIV against the alliance between the emperor, England, Sweden, Spain, and the Netherlands; in return the French seized Savoy and Piedmont.
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 1490 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles John Amadeus of Savoy becomes Duke of Savoy at age 1, mother Blanche of Montferrato is regent.
John Colet receives M.A. from Magdalen College, Oxford.
February 17 - Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, Constable of France (died 1527)
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 Italy
But the Spain of Charles V was not now to be resisted, and the League only accomplished the loss of Milan (1526) and the memorable sack of Rome by the Spanish army (1527).
It was the invasion of Italy by the French King Charles VIII in 1494 that disrupted the rule of the Medici.
Charles of Anjou petitioned the Pope for the title for Jerusalem, which was granted, but the nobles of Outremer, who always regarded the office as elective, chose King Hugh III of Cyprus.
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 SAVOY, HOUSE OF - Online Information article about SAVOY, HOUSE OF
Eugene of Savoy (1706), and eventually driven from the country.
Sardinia, which conferred The king' on the rulers of Savoy and Piedmont the title subse- Sar dom or dinia.
Richelieu, to govern Savoy, but her quarrels with her brothers-in-law led to civil war, in which the latter obtained the help of Spain, and Christina that of France.
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 Amadeus VIII of Savoy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Amadeus VIII (1383 - November 7, 1451), surnamed the Peaceful was the Count of (Head of soft crinkly leaves) Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and the 1
Margaret of Savoy (1410-1479) married firstly to Louis III, titular king of Naples, secondly to Louis IV, Palatine elector and thirdly to Ulric V, duke of Wurtemberg.
Phillip of Savoy, Count of Genève (1417-1444) unmarried.
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 MS 390
All of the miniatures are in tricolor quatrefoils, the first, earlier set against pink or blue grounds with white filigree, gold frames and gold leaves on hair-line stems, the later miniatures with the grounds in pink or blue imitation relief.
The codex of which MS 390 is a fragment was given by his heir, Charles VI (1380-1422) to Jean, duke of Berry on 7 July 1409 (note by Jean Flamel, secretary and librarian of the Duc de Berry, recorded from the other part of the manuscript, Turin, Bibl.
C. Sherman, The Portraits of Charles V of France (1338-1380) (New York, 1969) pp.
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 Victor Amadeus II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Although defeated by the French in the War of the Grand Alliance, he concluded a favorable separate peace in the Treaty of Turin (1696), which restored Pinerolo to Savoy and caused the collapse of the alliance.
The French occupied Savoy, but were obliged to lift the siege of Turin after Victor Amadeus and his cousin, Eugene of Savoy, had thoroughly defeated them in 1706.
Victor Amadeus in 1720 abandoned his claim to Sicily in exchange for the island of Sardinia and became king of Sardinia.
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 artnet.com: Resource Library: Juvarra, Filippo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Mary Joanna of Savoy-Nemours, Duchess and Regent of Savoy (1644-1724)
Savoy, §II: (9) Mary Joanna, Duchess and Regent of
Savoy, §II: (11) Victor-Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 15th Duke of Savoy and King of Sicily
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 Encyclopedia: Charles John Amadeus of Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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 Catholic Online - Saints & Angels - Bl. Amadeus IX of Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Amadeus was the son of Duke Louis I of Savoy.
He was born in 1435 in Thonon, Savoy and betrothed as an infant to Princess Yolanda, the daughter of Charles VII of France.
A revolt developed, and Amadeus was imprisoned until King Louis XI of France, Yolanda's brother, secured his release.
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 artnet.com: Resource Library: Bernero, Giovanni Battista   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A royal subsidy provided by Charles-Emanuel III of Savoy, King of Sardinia, enabled him to attend the school of Claudio Francesco Beaumont in Turin.
The scene, located in a lunette behind the main altar, is a good example of the descriptive pictorialism for which Bernero was noted.
Savoy, §II: (13) Victor-Amadeus III, 18th Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia
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 Amadeus VI --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
byname Amadeus The Green Count, Italian Amedeo Il Conte Verde, French Amédée Le Comte Vert count of Savoy (1343–83) who significantly extended Savoy's territory and power.
Son of Aimone the Peaceful, count of Savoy, Amadeus ascended the throne at the age of nine.
He crossed the Alps in 1348 to put down a revolt of Piedmontese cities and won a victory over rebellious inhabitants of the Valais (east of Geneva) in 1352.
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 NOVARA - Online Information article about NOVARA
long before been ceded by Maria Visconti to Amadeus VIII.
Emmanuel in 1734, it was granted to him in the following See also:
Restored to Savoy in 1814, it was in 1821 the See also:
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 Savoy2   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
3c) Amadeus, Bp of Maurienne 1349 and of Lausanne 1354, d.13 Jun 1376
2a) AMADEUS V "the Great", Count of Savoy, Imperial Vicar of Lombardy, etc (Bourget-du-Lac 4 Sep 1249- Avignon 16 Oct 1323); he established suzerainty over the territories of his brothers; m.1st 5 Jul 1272 Sibylle de Baugé, Dame de Miribel (1255-28 Feb 1294); m.2d Maria of Brabant (d.after 2 Nov 1338)
2c) Ct AMADEUS VI "the Green Count" of Savoy (Chambery 4 Jan 1334, d.of the plague while on campaign in the kingdom of Naples 1 Mar 1383); m.Paris Aug 1355/Chambery Sep 1355 Bonne de Bourbon (1341-Chateau de Macon 19 Jan 1402)
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 European Royal History: Our Bookstore   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A great story of the royal family of Savoy and their role in the formation of Italy as a unified nation.
The history of the Royal House of Savoy, Italy's exiled monarchs.
Charles II: King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
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 MedHist: The gateway to Internet resources for the History of Medicine
The main focus of the resource is the development of natural history during the Romantic period.
Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy ordered the torture of Jews and forced confessions from them; this led to widespread violence against Jews across Switzerland and Germany.
Of particular note is a digitised reproduction of a hand coloured woodcut from Vesalius's De humani corpus fabrica libri septem, presented by Vesalius to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1543.
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