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	House Of Savoy - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		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.
		Savoy French became a French province, and, although the Pied montese troops resisted bravely for four years in the face of continual defeats, Victor at last gave up the struggle as hopeless, signed the armistice of Cherasco, and died soon afterwards (1796).
		duke of Puglia duke of Spoleto prince of Udine duke of Pistoia Margherita duke of Bergamo (b.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /House_Of_Savoy (3416 words)

	Savoy House
		Amedeo VIII : as Duke of Savoy 1416-1440
		Savoie is one of the two ''départements'' of the region of Savoy that was annexed by France on March 24, 1860, the other being Haute-Savoie.
		Born in Paris, and a prince of the House of Savoy, Eugene was the son of the Comte de Soissons, a French nobleman.
	www.artistbooking.com /trips/183/savoy-house.html (1109 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Savoy
		The oldest possessions of the line of Savoy were the counties of Maurienne (the upper valley of the River Arc), Savoy (the district between Arc, Isère, and the middle course of the Rhone), and also Belley, with Bugey as its chief town.
		Henceforth the history of Savoy is in general the same as that of the Kingdom of Sardinia (q.v.).
		During the French Revolution Savoy was occupied by the French, and by the Treaty of Nice in 1796 was surrendered to France together with Nice.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13492a.htm (1516 words)

	Louise Of Savoy - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		LOUISE OF SAVOY (1476-1531), duchess of Angouleme, mother of Francis I.
		of France, was daughter of a cadet of the house of Savoy, Philip, count of Bresse, afterwards duke of Savoy.
		At the age of twelve she was married to Charles of Valois, count of Angouléme, great-grandson of King Charles V.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Louise_Of_Savoy (509 words)

	Genealogy of the House of Savoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		HRH Maria Vittoria Margherita Princess of Savoy, Princess of Sardinia
		HRH Maria Giuseppina Luigia Princess of Savoy, Princess of Sardinia
		HRH Maria Teresa Ferdinanda Felicita Gaetana Pia Princess of Savoy, Princess of Sardinia
	www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/gensavoy1.html (1480 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		Philip-Maria Visconti of Milan ceded Verceil to the Duke of Savoy (1428).
		The Duke of Savoy ceded Fribourg to Berne (1477).
		The Treaty of Chérasque / Cherasco assigned one-third of Montferrat to the Duke of Savoy (1631).
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/savoy.html (3048 words)

	Emmanuel Philibert
		Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, son of Charles III and Beatrice of Portugal, one of the most renowned princes of the later Renaissance, was born on the 8th of July 1528.
		The duke as a devout Catholic desired to purge the state of heresy, and initiated repressive measures against the Waldenses, but after some severe and not very successful fighting he ended by allowing them a measure of religious liberty in those valleys (1561).
		The duke rounded off his dominions by the purchase of Tenda and Oneglia, which increased his seaboard, and the last years of his life were spent in fruitless negotiations to obtain Monferrato, held by the Gonzagas under Spanish protection, and Saluzzo, which was a French fief.
	www.nndb.com /people/876/000095591 (906 words)

	House of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The House of Savoy or in Italian, "La Casa dei Savoia", or simply Casa Savoia, (or "Savoie", French) is a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region that includes present-day Piemonte, other parts of Northern Italy, and a smaller region in France.
		The house descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia (or "Maurienne")/ Umberto I "Biancamano"), (1003–1047 or 1048), and includes the Counts of Savoy, the Dukes of Savoy, the Kings of Sardinia, and the Kings of Italy.
		Cox, Eugene L. The Eagles of Savoy: The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Duke_of_Savoy (757 words)

	History of the House of Savoy - Regalis
		The transplanted Savoy court, now at the Quirinal Palace in Rome, was a glittering assemblage of the newly wealthy aristocracy, fiercely loyal to the Savoys, and the old Papist "Black Nobility" still loyal to the Pope but gradually moving to embrace the newcomers.
		As Duke of Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele is the forty-fourth head of his dynasty, a direct descendant of Umberto the Whitehanded.
		Presented as a long interview with Italian journalist Gigi Speroni, this autobiography of the outspoken Duke of Aosta (born in 1943) is an insightful firsthand account of life in the Royal Family in the aftermath of the Second World War, and particularly of its complicated relationship with the Italian Republic.
	www.regalis.com /reg/savhistory.htm (4097 words)

	Garibaldi Unites Sicily with Savoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Paradoxically, the uprisings also raised the popular image of the Kingdom of Savoy, which proved itself to be a staunch and remarkably faithful ally in the ultimately unsuccessful struggle to eject Austria from its occupation of northern Italy.
		In 1859 Savoy, in an alliance with France, renewed the conflict and ousted Austria from the Piedmont [Turin] area of northern Italy.
		Thus, the Savoy kingdom was extended to encompass all of the Italian peninsula except the area around Rome, which was ruled by the Pope, and the Veneto, which remained in Austrian hands.
	www.boglewood.com /sicily/garibaldi.html (344 words)

	Charles IV
		He was the eldest son of Vittorio Amadeo di Savoia, Duke of Savoy (later King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia) and of his wife, the Infanta Maria Antonia of Spain (daughter of King Philip V of Spain).
		At the time, the House of Savoy ruled not only the island of Sardinia (from which the king took his title) but all of Piedmont in northwestern Italy as well as the Savoy in what is now southeastern France.
		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).
	www.jacobite.ca /kings/charles4.htm (1480 words)

	Two Savoys Return to Italy - Regalis
		Recuperating from a spinal cord injury, the Duke of Savoy explained that he also wishes to meet with the President and Prime Minister as soon as possible.
		In recent years, the Duke of Savoy has made statements condemning certain actions of his grandfather, Vittorio Emanuele III, a constitutional monarch whose long reign encompassed both world wars and many difficult growing pains for his nation.
		The Duke of Savoy returns to an Italy far removed from the place he left as a child in 1946.
	www.regalis.com /reg/return.htm (901 words)

	Fête de l'Escalade
		During the night of the 11th to the 12th of December 1602, the longest night of the year according to the Julian calendar, the combined forces of the Duke of Savoy and his brother-in-law, Philip III of Spain, launched a night attack on the proud and independent city-state of Geneva.
		When Duke Charles Emmanuel mounted on the throne of the House of Savoy in 1580, he longed to make Geneva his capital north of the Alps and crush Protestantism in its stronghold.
		As a result, the Duke of Savoy was obliged to accept a lasting peace, sealed by the Treaty of St. Julien of July 12, 1603.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo43/fete_de_l_escalade.htm (785 words)

	The House of Savoy, 1939-1945
		Amadeo, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Aosta (1898-1942).
		Aimone, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Spoleto, Duke of Aosta, King Tomislav II of Croatia (1900-).
		Filiberto, Prince of Savoy, Duke of Pistoia (1895-).
	gsteinbe.intrasun.tcnj.edu /royalty/houses/italy.htm (365 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Chambery
		The Archdiocese of Chambéry comprises the entire arrondissement of Chambéry in Savoy (with the exception of 8 communes), 10 communes in the arrondissement of Annecy (Haute-Savoie), and 8 communes in the arrondissement of Albertville (Savoie).
		In 1467, in the ducal chapel built for the Holy Winding-Sheet (Santo Sudario) by Amadeus IX, duke of Savoy, and the Duchess Yolande of France, Paul II erected a chapter directly subject to the Holy See, and his successor Sixtus IV, united this chapter with the deanery of Savoy.
		After the annexation of Savoy to France, in 1860, this condition continued, except that the Diocese of Aosta was made a suffragan of Turin.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03566c.htm (515 words)

	Charles III, Duke of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles III of Savoy (October 10, 1486 – August 1553), often called Charles the Good, was Duke of Savoy from 1504 to 1553, although most of his lands were ruled by the French between 1536 and his death.
		However, when 10 years old, his father unexpectedly succeeded his great-grandnephew Charles II of Savoy as duke and head of the Savoy dynasty, which had now also received the titles of the kingdoms of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia.
		Thus duke Charles was one of the greatest losers in those struggles of the mighty, the small who was left crushed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_III,_Duke_of_Savoy (499 words)

	Savoy — Infoplease.com
		duchesse d'Angoulême Louise of Savoy - Louise of Savoy, duchesse d'Angoulême, 1476–1531, regent of France; daughter of Duke...
		Eugene of Savoy - Eugene of Savoy, 1663–1736, prince of the house of Savoy, general in the service of the Holy...
		Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of - Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of, 1869–1931, Italian general; son of King Amadeus...
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0843813.html (511 words)

	SECTION 8
		In short, the duke was too far engaged--the troops which he had raised, at a great expense, were already in motion--that the edict could not be revoked without wounding his royal highness’s reputation--that he was forced to see it executed for very cogent reasons, on which the ambassadors might make their own reflections.
		The duke had also made the necessary preparations for attacking the Waldenses, as soon as the truce that was granted them should expire, having appointed his own army to storm the Valley of Lucerne and the community of Angrogne; and the army of France to attack the Valleys of St. Martin and Perouse.
		The army of the duke of Savoy having rendezvoused at the plain of St. John the 22d of April, was, the next day, divided into several bodies, to attack different entrenchments that the Waldenses had made in the Valleys of Lucerne and Angrogne.
	www.wayoflife.org /articles/jones39.htm (7011 words)

	Bachet (print-only)
		Claude Gaspar Bachet was born in Bourg-en-Bresse in Savoy.
		Savoy had been occupied a number of times by French troops but the dukes of Savoy were able to recover the territory.
		Twenty years before Bachet was born, Emmanuel Philibert duke of Savoy moved the capital of Savoy to Turin and made Italian the official language (before this it had been Latin).
	www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk /~history/Printonly/Bachet.html (1102 words)

	Pretenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Margaret married a Duke of Lorraine-Bar, and their daughter also married within the Lotharingian House of Vaudemont...
		For a time the Dukes held a brilliant court connected with other European dynasts, but eventually the region was absorbed into Russia.
		1283) married a Polish Duke (Ziemowit of Mazovia).
	www.hostkingdom.net /pretends.html (6464 words)

	Duke of Savoy one step closer to returning to Italy
		As Zahir Shah, the king of Afghanistan, prepares to return home from exile in Rome, his Italian counterpart, the Duke of Savoy, is about to hear whether his own banishment is at an end.
		On January 22, the European Court of Human Rights will decide on a claim by Duke Victor Emmanuel de Savoie that the Italian government is unlawfully barring him from entering the country.
		At present, Italy's constitution bars all male members of the duke's family from setting foot on its soil, even though - by dint of his Belgian passport - he is an EU citizen.
	www.charlestannock.com /030102.asp (208 words)

	Philibert II, Duke of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1496, Philibert's father surprisingly succeeded as Duke, when his underaged great-grandnephew Duke Charles II of Savoy died, being the male heir of the line of Savoy.
		She was daughter of Duke Charles I of Savoy, the Warrior, and Blanche of Montferrat, as well as granddaughter of Philibert's late uncle, Duke Amedeo IX of Savoy.
		She was the heir-general of her brother, father, grandfather, and also grandmother Yolande of France, the eldest surviving daughter of king Charles VII of France.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philibert_II,_Duke_of_Savoy (452 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Juvarra, Filippo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Savoy, §II: (12) Charles-Emanuel III, 17th Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia
		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
	www.artnet.com /library/04/0453/T045397.asp (435 words)

	Find-Artist.com - Links 1 to 10 on more than 100 found. containing the word savoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		the new chapel and hall of the Château de Thonon for Amadeus VII (reg 1391–1434), the 1st Duke of savoy.
		He is first recorded in savoy in May 1432, when he undertook the marginal illumination of an Apocalypse...
		After a visit to Bologna in 1716, he was sent by Victor-Amadeus II of savoy, King of Sicily, to study in Rome (1716–19), where he trained with Francesco Trevisani.
	find-artist.com /Q/savoy (787 words)

	Cyprus History: Lusignan Period - Charlotte, Queen of Cyprus, Jerusalem and Armenia
		She managed to persuade her half-brother Archbishop Jacques to kill a royal chamberlain said to have been implicated in death of her husband John, who had incurred the enmity of Queen Helena and died in mysterious circumstances, though most likely poisoned.
		Charlotte died (1487) bequeathing sovereignty of Cyprus to Savoy.
		It is not clear, however, whether her husband was Louis, Duke of Savoy (1440-1465) and therefore mother of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, but considering her bequest of Cyprus to Savoy, this is a possible deduction.
	www.cypnet.co.uk /ncyprus/history/lusignan/charlotte/index.html (239 words)

	Savoy Opera Reviews
		MISS JESSIE BOND of the Savoy Theatre (Lady Angela, in Patience), is by medical advice reluctantly compelled to take some weeks' rest, and hopes to return thoroughly restored.
		SAVOY THEATRE - The Duke and Duchess of Connaught, attended by Colonel and Lady Adela Larking, Mr and Lady Eleanor Heneage, and Miss Bailey, witnessed the performance of Patience at this theatre on Wednesday evening
		The last nights of "Patience" at the Savoy are announced.
	www.savoyoperas.org.uk /patience (674 words)

	Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Emmanuel Philibert was the only child of Charles III, Duke of Savoy and Beatrice of Portugal to reach adulthood.
		His mother was sister-in-law to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, and the future duke served in Charles's army during the war against Francis I of France, distinguishing himself by capturing Hesdin in July 1553.
		A month later, he became duke on the death of his father, but this was a nearly empty honor, as the vast majority of his hereditary lands had been occupied and administered by the French since 1536.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Emmanuel_Philibert,_Duke_of_Savoy (358 words)

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