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  HOUSE OF SAVOY - LoveToKnow Article on HOUSE OF SAVOY
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.
The founder of the house of Savoy is Tfmberto Biancamano (Humbert the White-handed), a feudal lord of uncertain but probably Teutonic descent, who in 1003 was count of Salmourenc in the Viennois, lh 1017 of Nyon on the h:nded.
Lake of Geneva, and in 1024 of the Val dAosta on the eastern slope of the Western Alps.
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 Birth of the Italian Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Until 1946, Italy was a monarchy ruled by the House of Savoy (kings of Italy and, previously, of Sardinia).
Humbert was well-received by the people from the moment of his crowning, even if his wife (a foreigner) was kept at some distance.
The new republican constitution was released together with a group of minor dispositions, the 13th of which prescribed that the male descendants of the Savoy family have to stay in perpetual exile.
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Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke of Aosta, Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy, duke ofäô´ste, -stä, 1869-1931, Italian general; son of King Amadeus of Spain and cousin of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy.
Humbert I Humbert I, 1844-1900, king of Italy (1878-1900), son and successor of Victor Emmanuel II.
Savoy, house of -> The Kingdom of Italy In Charles Albert's reign the house of Savoy became the center of the Risorgimento, the movement that led to the unification of Italy under his son, Victor Emmanuel II.
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 4Reference || Birth of the Italian Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Italy was a monarchy ruled by the House of Savoy (kings of Italy and, previously, of Sardinia) until 1946, when it became a republic after the results of a popular referendum.
Savoy were slightly oriented toward liberal politics and the murder of Humbert I of Savoy by the anarchist Bresci (1900) was considered an extreme isolated case of violent opposition.
Effectively Humbert was reserved a special delicate attention by common people, together with his wife Maria José, and his figure could not perhaps be more contrasting with that of his father's (physically too).
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 Humbert I of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Humbert I (Humbert-aux-Blanches-Mains or Hubert de Maurienne in French, Umberto I Biancamano di Moriana in Italian and in official documents), (980 - 1047 or 1048 at Hermillon) became the first count of the House of Savoy, which ruled Savoy throughout its independent existence and furnished the monarchs of Italy after the unification.
Humbert married Ancilla, Auxilia or Ancilia (Ancilia d'Aoste or Ancilia de Lenzbourg in French) (Austrian, daughter of the Master of Ceremonies of the House of Burgundy) and had at least four sons:
Humbert in turn protected the right flank during the advance of the Holy Roman Empire into Italy.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Savoy
The ancestors of this Humbert came apparently from eastern Saxony, not far from Magdeburg; the earliest known members of the family are the brothers Amadeus and Humbert, who are mentioned in the second half of the tenth century.
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.
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.
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 Humbert Withand -- Humbert I van Savoye bijgenaamd Withand (980 - ±1056) was...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Humbert Withand -- Humbert I van Savoye bijgenaamd Withand (980 - ±1056) was...
Humbert I van Savoye bijgenaamd Withand (980 - ±1056) was de eerste graaf van Savoye en geldt als stamvader van het Huis Savoye dat later Italië zou regeren.
Humberts zoon Otto was intussen getrouwd met Adelheid, dochter van markies Olderik Manfred II van Susa, een afstammeling van Arduin van Ivrea, koning van Italië, die regeerde over de graafschappen Turijn, Auriate, Asti, Bredulo en Vercelli (ongeveer het huidige Piëmont en een deel van Ligurië).
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 Savoy
THOMAS of Savoy, Count of Savoy, was born in 1177 and died on 1 March 1232/33.
ADELAIDE of Savoy was born in 1092 and died in 1154.
ODO (Otto), Count of Savoy, Duke of Turin, married Adelais of Susa, daughter of Ulric, Margrave of Susa.
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 Humbert II of Italy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Humbert II (Italian UmbertoII) (September 15, 1904 - March 18, 1983), nicknamed the Kingof May (Italian Re di Maggio), was bornthe Prince of Piedmont.
Humbert and Maria José separated in exile; it was indeed an arranged marriage, following a long tradition of royal families, even if some observers alleged that shewas really fascinated by her husband, an elegant tombeur de femmes.
However, Humbert's sexual interests lay elsewhere.He was a playboy of 'peculiar tastes' (in the words of one royal website) or had an 'inability to distinguish between the sexes'(as another royal biographer put it - a coded reference to the former king's rumored homosexuality).
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 Encyclopedia: Humbert III of Savoy
According to Cope, "Humbert III, who reigned from 1149 to 1189...was a man of irresolute spirit who was disconsolate at being born a prince and preferred the seclusion of a monestery.
European nobility stubs Amadeus III of Savoy (1095-1148) was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death.
The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland.
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 Umberto I of Italy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Umberto I or Humbert I of Italy (Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio of Savoy, 14 March, 1844 – 29 July, 1900).
The son of Vittorio Emanuele II and of Adelaide, archduchess of Austria, Humbert was born in Turin, then capital of the kingdom of Sardinia, on March 14, 1844.
Ascending the throne on the death of his father (January 9, 1878), Humbert adopted the title "Humbert I of Italy" rather than "Humbert IV" (of Savoy), and consented that the remains of his father should be interred at Rome in the Pantheon, and not in the royal mausoleum of.
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 Humbert II of Italy
Humbert II (Italian Umberto II) (September 15, 1904 - March 18, 1983), nicknamed the King of May (Italian Re di Maggio), was born the Prince of Piedmont.
He was a playboy of 'peculiar tastes' (in the words of one royal website) or had an 'inability to distinguish between the sexes' (as another royal biographer put it - a coded reference to the former king's rumored homosexuality).
Humbert was the last King of Italy; his first son, Prince of Naples, is the current Head of the House of Savoy.
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 Humbert II of Savoy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With the name of Humbert II of Savoy are known two famous members of the Savoy dynasty.
The first was Humbert II the Fat, of whom this page is about, the other one is Humbert II King of Italy Il Re di Maggio.
Humbert II, surnamed the Fat, was Count of Savoy from 1080 until his death in 1103.
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 Humbert I of Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Humbert I (Hubert de Maurienne in French, Umberto I Biancamano di Moriana in Italian and in official documents, b.
Hermillon[?], 1047 or 1048) was the first count of the House of Savoy which continuously ruled the region and became the monarchs of Italy after the unification.
Humbert married Ancilla, or Auxilia or Ancilia (Austrian), daughter of the master of ceremonies of the House of Burgundy) and had four sons:
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 The Savoy Miami   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Savoy was largely absorbed into France in 1860, as part of the political agreement with Napoleon III that brought about the unification of Italy.
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.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg929 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Amadeus II of Savoy DE MAURIENNE was born 1032 and died 1080.
Eudes SAVOY was born 1002 and died 1060.
Humbert I Whitehands DE MAURIENNE was born 972 and died 1051.
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 Humbert I of Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Humbert I (Hubert de Maurienne in French Umberto I Biancamano di Moriana in Italian and in official documents born in 980 - died at Hermillon in 1047 or 1048) became the first count of the of Savoy which ruled Savoy throughout its independent and furnished the monarchs of Italy after the unification.
Humbert married Ancilla or Auxilia or Ancilia Austrian) daughter of the Master of Ceremonies the House of Burgundy) and had at least four sons:
During the campaigns of Rudolph of Burgundy make Rome the imperial seat Humbert supported the (of which family he was an adherent marriage) with provisions and soldiers.
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 Encyclopedia: Humbert I of Savoy
The first, Humbert I Biancamano, forms the subject of this article; for the second see Humbert I, King of Italy.
Umberto I or Humbert I of Italy (Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio of Savoy, 14 March 1844 - 29 July 1900), surnamed the Good, was the King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his death.
Categories: House of Savoy The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland.
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 Encyclopedia: House of Savoy
The house descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia (or "Maurienne") (Italian 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.
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.
Charles Emmanuel III (April 27, 1701 _ February 20, 1773) was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia from 1730 to 1773.
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 Patron Saints Index: Saint Humbert III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Son of Count Amadeus III of Savoy and Matilda of Vienna.
Count of Savoy from age 13 when his father died.
Joined the monastery at Haute-combe, but was obliged to resume political charge of the Savoy.
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 Humbert I of Savoy
With the name of Humbert I of Savoy are known two famous members of the Savoy dynasty.
During the campaigns of Rudolph of Burgundy[?] to make Rome the imperial seat, Humbert supported the Emperor (of which family he was a loyal by marriage) with provisions and soldiers.
Humbert in turn protected the right flank of Empire advancement into Italy.
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 Eudes of Savoy - Constance Schmeig
Count Humbert I of Savoy was born in 972.
Humbert III le Savoy was born on 1 Aug 1136 in Savoy, France.
Countess Matilde (Maud) of Savoy was born in 1125.
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 Humbert I of Savoy - Definition up Erdmond.Com
---- Humbert I (Hubert de Maurienne in French, Umberto I Biancamano di Moriana in Italian and in official documents, born in 980 - died at Hermillon in 1047 or 1048) became the first count of the House of Savoy, which ruled Savoy throughout its independent existence and furnished the monarchs of Italy after the unification.
During the campaigns of Rudolph_of_Burgundy to make Rome the imperial seat, Humbert supported the Emperor (of which family he was an adherent by marriage) with provisions and soldiers.
Humbert in turn protected the right flank during the advance of the Holy_Roman_Empire into Italy.
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 House of Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The founder of the house of Savoy was Humbert I the Whitehanded (mid-11th century), who held the county of Savoy and other areas east of the Rhône River and south of Lake Geneva and who was probably of Burgundian origin.
By the Treaty of Utrecht (1713), Victor Amadeus II (reigned 1675–1730) was raised in 1713 from duke to the status of a king as ruler of Sicily; in 1720 he exchanged Sicily for Sardinia.
At the beginning of the Risorgimento, the territory of the house of Savoy, centred on Piedmont, was unique among Italian states for its freedom from foreign influence and for its relative military strength.
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 Humbert I of Savoy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The name of Humbert I of Savoy designates two famous members of the (Head of soft crinkly leaves) Savoy dynasty.
The first, Humbert I Biancamano, forms the subject of this article; for the second see (Click link for more info and facts about Humbert I, King of Italy) Humbert I, King of Italy.
However the county was essentially autonomous after the fall of the (Click link for more info and facts about Ottonian Dynasty) Ottonian Dynasty of the (The lands ruled by Charlemagne; a continuation of the Roman Empire in Europe) Holy Roman Empire which was unconcerned about a minor power.
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 Savoy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Otto I of Savoy, Count of Savoy, b abt 1012, of Italy, d 19 Jan 1057/60.
Humbert II of Savoy, Count of Maurienne and Savoy, b abt 1070, d 18 Sep 1103.
Humbert III of Savoy, Count of Savoy, b abt 1130.
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 Birth of the Italian Republic - InformationBlast
The King, Victor Emmanuel III, was too compromised with the recent history, therefore with his abdication his son Humbert II was called to run the state.
Effectively Humbert was reserved a special delicate attention by the common people, together with his wife Maria José, and his figure could not perhaps have been more contrasting with that of his father's (physically too).
On the 18th of March, the king (now formally the lieutenant) issued the decrees together with a letter in which he anticipates his intention of abdicating in favor of his son Humbert II (who is named lieutenant general); the date for abdication would have been the same day that the Allies had entered Rome.
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 humbert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Humbert can refer to any of the following Italian nobles or monarchs.
Humbert is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in France.
This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name.
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