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	Sardinia - LoveToKnow 1911
		Sardinia lies between 8° 7' and 9° 49' E., and extends from 38° 52' to 41° 15' N. The length from Cape Teulada in the S.W. to Punta del Falcone in the N. is about 160 m., the breadth from Cape Comino to Cape Caccia about 68 m.
		The early history of Sardinia is entirely unknown.' The various accounts of Greek writers of the early colonizations of the island cannot be accepted, and it appears rather to have been the case that though there were various schemes formed by Greeks for occupying it or parts of it (e.g.
		In 1821 he became king of Savoy by the abdication of his brother, and the construction of the highroad from Cagliari to Porto Torres was begun (not without opposition on the part of the inhabitants) in 1822.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Sardinia (9040 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Sardinia
		Sardinia, moreover, was abandoned to its fate by the Byzantines more than the peninsula, and consequently the tradition which dates in the sixth century the origin of the three (later four) judicatures, into which the island was later divided, may have a historical foundation.
		The charter of Eleanora was adopted as a Constitution; and the King of Aragon swore in the presence of the Sardinian deputies to observe it.
		As the king had agreed with Austria and Naples not to grant the Constitution, he abdicated in favour of Charles Felix, his brother, who was absent at the time; Charles Albert, Prince of Carignano, assumed the regency and on 13 March, 1821, promulgated the Constitution of Spain, which was not accepted by Charles Felix (1821-31).
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13473b.htm (4024 words)

	Sardinia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Cagliari is the capital of Sardinia, which is divided into the provinces of Cagliari, Nuoro, Sassari, and Oristano (named for their capitals).
		Sardinia was a source of grain and salt for the Romans, who governed the island harshly.
		The settlement of 1720 awarded Sardinia to Victor Amadeus II of Savoy (who styled himself king of Sardinia) in exchange for Sicily, which was given to Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/Sardinia.html (491 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - SARDINIA: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		During the early centuries the fate of the Jews in Sardinia resembled that of their brethren in other Roman provinces: so long as pagans ruled the empire the Jews possessed full rights of citizenship, but as Christianity became the dominant power these rights were curtailed.
		From the middle of the fifth to the middle of the seventh century Sardinia was governed first by the Vandals and then by the Goths, and the condition of the Jews there was on the whole favorable.
		Of the period extending from the time of the establishment of a native government in Sardinia (665) to that of the annexation of the island to Aragon (1325), only a few incidents in the life of the Jewish communities are known.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=251&letter=S (1302 words)

	Sardinia - WOI Encyclopedia Italia
		Sardinia (IPA: sɑː(ɹ)ˈdɪnɪə) (Sardegna in Italian, Sardigna or Sardinna in the Sardinian language, is the second largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (Sicily is the largest), between Italy, Spain and Tunisia, south of Corsica.
		From 456 - 534, Sardinia was a part of the short-lived kingdom of the Vandals in North Africa, until reconquered by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I.
		Sardinia is a precious natural resource, containing thousands of rare or uncommon animals and plant species such as the Mediterranean Monk Seal and the boar.
	www.wheelsofitaly.com /wiki/index.php/Sardinia (1904 words)

	Wikinfo \| Sardinia
		Sardinia (Sardigna, Sardinna or Sardinnia in the Sardinian language, Sardegna in Italian, Sardenya in Catalan), is an island in the Mediterranean Sea, between Italy, France and Tunisia, south of Corsica.
		Sardinia is suffering heavily from global warming, which in the last years has produced an increasing drought.
		The language of Sardinia is Sardinian, a Romance language with obscure origins in Phoenician, Etruscan and Near Eastern roots.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Sardinia (568 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).
		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 was henceforward recognised by the Jacobites as "King Charles IV".
	www.jacobite.ca /kings/charles4.htm (1480 words)

	The Succession Laws of Parma
		The reciprocal renunciations of the Spanish king and the Emperor to their claims were made and exchanged in London in 1721; a final peace treaty between Spain and the Emperor signed in Vienna on April 30, 1725 and ratified by the Empire on June 7, 1725.
		The matter was settled by a convention of June 10, 1763, whereby the king of Sardinia accepted to change his reversionary rights to the case of the ruler of Parma acceding to either of the other thrones, in exchange for a lump-sum payment representing the value of the revenues from the disputed territory.
		Promise by the king of Spain to fulfill the conditions for investiture of the duchies of Tuscany, Parma and Piacenza (28 Feb 1724; Dumont 8:2:80).
	www.heraldica.org /topics/royalty/parma.htm (2047 words)

	Pretenders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Yorkist King Michael is the 14th Earl of Loudoun, and is a scientist at a rice research institute in New South Wales, Australia.
		After the death of David XII, last king of East Georgia (Kartli and Kakheti), by edict of emperor Alexander I of Russia, seniority among Georgian princes was given to the family of Bagration-Mukhranskiy, the branch of the Bagratid dynasty descended from princes of Mukhrani.
		Sigismund had been king of Sweden until 1599 but, having become Catholic upon achieving the throne of Poland, was deposed in Sweden in favour of a Lutheran member of the Vasa dynasty.
	www.hostkingdom.net /pretends.html (6464 words)

	Victor
		He was the third (but second surviving) son of Vittorio Amadeo, 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).
		On June 4, 1802 at the Palazzo Colonna in Rome, King Charles Emanuel, distraught at the death of his wife Marie-Clothilde, abdicated the throne of Sardinia in favour of Victor Emanuel, who succeeded as King Victor Emanuel I of Sardinia.
		All of his territories on the Italian mainland were in the hands of the French; the island of Sardinia which remained in his possession was in a constant threat from revolution.
	www.jacobite.ca /kings/victor.htm (1382 words)

	Statuto Constitution Kingdom of Sardinia March 1848
		The King makes all appointments to offices of the state; he issues the decrees and regulations necessary for the execution of the laws, without suspending or dispensing with the observance thereof.
		The King convenes the two Chambers annually; he may prorogue [discontinue] their Sessions and dissolve the Chamber of Deputies; but in the latter case he shall convene a new Chamber within four months.
		The King and the two Chambers have the right to propose legislation, but all laws imposing taxes or approving the budgets and accounts of the state shall be presented first in the Chamber of Deputies....
	www.age-of-the-sage.org /history/1848/statuto_constitution.html (1337 words)

	Kingdom of Sardinia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first "King of Sardinia" was the judge Barisone II of Arborea in 1164.
		In 1720 the kingdom of Sicily was exchanged for that of Sardinia, and the House of Savoy was enabled to call itself royal, as Kings of Sardinia.
		Although its name was the Kingdom of Sardinia, the main part of the 18th- and 19th-century territories of the House of Savoy was in Savoy and Piedmont, with a capital at Turin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/King_of_Sardinia (1077 words)

	King of Sardinia London - Pub & Bar Review and Information, , 21 Somers Road
		The King of Sardinia is a contemporary pub wiht a great atmosphere and is a favourite with the locals.
		King of Sardinia, Brixton Hill (Affectionately known by customers as “The King”).
		In the earlier days “The King” was often frequented by famous stars of the day, such as Marie Lloyd, Vesta Tilley etc. My mother would accompany them playing the piano.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /info_pubbar_2121.html (336 words)

	Sardinia
		After centuries of foreign rule, Sardinia became linked with Piedmont in 1720, and this dual kingdom became the basis of a united Italy in 1861.
		Sardinia was occupied by the Carthaginians between 500 and 480
		Sardinia was one of the chief sources of the Roman Empire's corn supply; it also produced silver and salt.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012749.html (434 words)

	Timeline Sardinia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		1759 Jul 24, Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia (1802-21), was born.
		1820 Mar 14, Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia (1849-61) and Italy (1861-78), was born.
		She was chosen by her cousin Camillo Cavour, prime minister of Sardinia under King Victor Emanuel, to win the emperor’s support for a war against the Austrians.
	timelines.ws /countries/SARDINIA.HTML (219 words)

	Italian Unification
		An insurrection in 1848 caused pope Pius IX to flee Rome and a republic was proclaimed.
		King Charles Albert of Sardinia mobilized his army and marched to the assistance of Lombardy and joined in the war to drive the Austrians from Italian soil.
		Napoleon's growing concern with respect to the sudden (large) size of his neighbor was resolved in part by the cessation of the Sardinian provinces of Savoy, near the Alps, and Nice, on the Mediterranean coast to France in 1860.
	www.arcaini.com /ITALY/ItalyHistory/ItalianUnification.htm (1463 words)

	cyprus_txt_2
		The occupation of Cyprus by King Richard seems not to have been recognized as the foundation of a kingdom; Richard was undoubtedly the first Latin lord of the island and disposed of it as such to the Order of the Temple.
		1194-1205: Amaury, King of Jerusalem, King of Cyprus.
		1398-1432: Janus, King of Jerusalem, Cyprus and Armenia.
	www.allcrusades.com /CASTLES/CYPRUS/cyprus_txt_2.html (911 words)

	Lighthouses of Sardinia
		Sardinia (Sardegna in Italian) is the second largest island of the Mediterranean, after Sicily; the island is about 270 km (170 mi) from north to south and 145 km (90 mi) from east to west.
		And in 1861, when Italy was united as a single country, the king of Sardinia became king of Italy.
		This massive tower was built by the Kingdom of Aragon, which conquered Sardinia in a series of campaigns between 1323 and 1409, inaugurating three centuries of Spanish rule.
	www.unc.edu /~rowlett/lighthouse/sar.htm (4372 words)

	Columbia Encyclopedia- Sardinia kingdom of - AOL Research & Learn
		name given to the possessions of the house of Savoy (see Savoy, house of) in 1720, when the island of Sardinia was awarded (by the Treaty of London) to Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy to compensate him for the loss of Sicily to Austria.
		Besides Sardinia, the kingdom included Savoy, Piedmont, and Nice; Liguria, including Genoa, was added by the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
		Although the name of the kingdom of Sardinia was derived from the island, Turin was its capital except from 1799 to 1814, when the mainland territories were annexed by France.
	reference.aol.com /columbia/_a/sardinia-kingdom-of/20051207045009990004 (195 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 207, ITALY: Library of Economics and Liberty
		The annexation of these provinces to Sardinia had been already voted by 561,002 in favor of it to 681 against it, in the plebiscitum of June 8, 1848, the effects of which had been suspended by the victories of the Austrian armies, and the reoccupation of the country which followed them.
		The king attains his majority at the age of eighteen During his minority the regency devolves upon his nearest male relative; or, male relatives failing, upon the queen mother.
		The possession of Corsica and Sardinia was the occasion and pretext of war; a war of extermination, from which the greater profit was drawn by the queen of the Adriatic, which with secret joy beheld, as a spectator, the terrible injuries which its two sisters on opposite shores were inflicting on each other.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy598.html (16023 words)

	boys clothing : European royalty -- Italy modern monarchy
		The youngest son of King Philip V of Spain conquered Parma, in Italy, in 1748, and became Philip, Duke of Parma (1720-65); his son was Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, and his grandson was Louis, made King of Etruria by the French in 1801.
		Sardinia and France in 1859 expelled the Austrians from all of northern Italy except Venice.
		Sicily was exchanged (1720) with Spain for Sardinia, and the statebecame known as the kingdom of Sardinia.
	histclo.com /royal/ita/royal-itm.htm (3319 words)

	Genealogy of the House of Savoy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont
		HM Vittorio Amedeo III King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont
		HM Vittorio Emanuele I King of Sardinia, Duke of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont
	www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/gensavoy1.html (1480 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Charles Albert of Sardinia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Victor Emmanuel II 1820-78, king of Sardinia (1849-61) and first king of united Italy (1861-78).
		Savoy, house of dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
		Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di, 1810-61, Italian statesman, premier (1852-59, 1860-61) of the Kingdom of Sardinia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Charles+Albert+of+Sardinia (693 words)

	A short history of Italy
		The King of the Franks, Charlemagne, is crowned Roman Emperor in 800.
		Sardinia is restyled in 1861 in the Kingdom of Italy.
		The king forms an alliance with Mussolini and convinces the liberal party to endorse a fascist-led government.
	www.electionworld.org /history/italy.htm (1480 words)

	A Chronological Survey of Italian History
		Romulus Augustulus deposed by the Herulian chief Odoacer, who is proclaimed king of Italy, but is defeated by the Ostrogoth Theodoric, imprisoned at Ravenna, and murdered on the surrender of that city.
		The Lombard king Luitprand presents the town of Sutri to the pope.
		Carlo Alberto (of the collateral branch of Carignano), King of Sardinia.
	www.fiu.edu /~honors/italy/itchron.htm (844 words)

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