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  House Of Savoy - LoveToKnow 1911
The name of Savoy was known to the Romans during the decline of the empire.
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).
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 Anetavle of Ketil 'Ken' Nygaard
Matilda of Savoy de Maurienne, daughter of Amadeus III of Savoy and Mathilde of Vienne (Albon), was born in 1125 and died on 4 Nov 1157 in Coimbra, Portugal.
Bertha of Savoy, daughter of Otto of Savoy and Adelheid of Susa, was born on 21 Sep 1051 and died on 27 Dec 1087.
Otto of Savoy, son of Humbert I Biancomano of Savoy and Ancilia of Lenzburg, was born circa 1021 and died between 1057 and 1060.
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 HISTORY OF THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAVOY, KINGS OF ITALY
Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, became King of Sicily 1713 (by terms of the Treaty of Utrecht), but Sicily was returned to Austrian rule 1718 and then exchanged for the Kingdom of Sardinia 9 May 1720.
Charles Emmanuel IV (d 6 Oct 1819) was deposed as ruler of Piedmont and Savoy 1797, abdicated as King of Sardinia at Naples 4 Jun 1802, but succeeded as primogeniture representative of the Stuart dynasty on the death of titular King Henry IX, Cardinal Duke of York, 13 Jul 1807.
Charles Albert was succeeded by his eldest son, Victor Emmanuel I, who ceded Savoy and Nice to France 1858 in exchange for French support in the war with Austria, and led the movement for the unification of Italy.
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Savoy, the Savoy, the, chapel in London, between the Strand and the Thames River.
Savoy, house of 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.
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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Otto III Otto III, 980-1002, Holy Roman emperor (996-1002) and German king (983-1002), son of Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and the Byzantine princess Theophano.
Otto II Otto II, 955-83, Holy Roman emperor (973-83) and German king (961-83), son and successor of Otto I. He was crowned joint emperor in 967.
Otto IV Otto IV, 1175?-1218, Holy Roman emperor (1209-15) and German king, son of Henry the Lion, duke of Saxony.
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 savoy hotel berlin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
monty was soon offered a job by otto oppenheimer, father of sir philip, and he joined the diamond development co in october 1938; the following year he was dispatched to new york to assist at the de beers' house of jewels exhibition at the world fair.
rupert d'oyly carte, who died yesterday, at the savoy hotel, was a household word in circles far larger than those of the ordinary musical public because of his association with the gilbert and sullivan operas.
a broadcast that originated from the savoy hotel ballroom in london was sent over land wires to a high-power station at the english coast, in chelmsford.
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 34th Generation (cont.)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Otto Rufus von Saxony II, King of the Germans and Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire "The Red" was born 955 in Saxony, Germany and married 14 Apr 972.
Humbert de Savoie I, Count of Savoie "The Whitehanded" was born circa 972 in Geneva, Switzerland.
He was the count of Savoy and founder of the house of Savoy, whose services to the Holy Roman emperor Conrad II were rewarded with the cession of lands that placed him in control of the strategic Alpine passes between Italy and France.
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 Europa: The History of the White Race :Chapter 38   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Otto was, through a combination of diplomatic skill and military ability, able to ensure the loyalty of many of the German states and was instrumental in fighting off the great Nonwhite invasion of Asiatics in a great race war by defeating them at the battle of Lechfeld in 935.
Otto also had to fight off attacks from the Danes and Slavs, beating them and establishing German centers in the lands he occupied as a result: the most prominent being the archbishopric of Magdeburg in 968.
Otto's successor, Otto II, re-established Charlemagne's Eastern March (Austria) under as a military outpost but was defeated by the Nonwhite Moors in his efforts to liberate southern Italy from Islamic rule.
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 Matthew Geisel - Otto II of Germany
Otto I of Germany was born in 924.
Otto II of Germany was born in 967.
Otto II of Germany was born in 955.
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 Francia Media:  Lorraine & Burgundy
Otto's daughter Beatrice is shown there married to Otto (II) of Meran, who is also given later (p.156) with their children Otto (III) and Adelaide (Adelheid) and Adelaide's marriage to Hugh of Auxonne.
The first Count of Savoy, Humbert White Hands, is sometimes said to be the grandson of Charles Constantine, Count of Vienne, who is said to be the son of the Emperor and King of Lower Burgundy Louis III, who is sometimes said to have married the daughter Anna of the Emperor Leo VI of Romania.
The genealogy of the Dukes of Savoy is continued in the section on the Kings of Sardinia.
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 Worldroots.com
Otto had a horrible sleep in the night, but in spite of that he had to be constantly holding my hand, which I must have pulled at very hard, because 8 days later my arms were still sore.
Otto scolded me a bit strongly; I began to cry and accused him of treating me like a child, but pretty soon we were reconciled.
Otto got so weak that he couldnt bear even the slightest noise, and at the same time he was in a very irritated mood.
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 THE SUPREME ORDER OF THE MOST HOLY ANNUNCIATION
The traditional foundation date was 1350 when Amadeus VI of Savoy, known as the Green Count, instituted the Order of the Companions of the Black Swan on the occasion of the marriage of his sister Bianca to Galeazzo II Visconti.
Philibert I, the Hunter, Duke of Savoy (1472-1482); buried in the Abbey of Hautecombe.
Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (1630-1637); buried in the Cathedral.
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 History of the House of Savoy - Regalis
It was Otto's own son, Amedeo, who established the dynasty's presence in Piedmont, the territory east of Savoy and south of the Alps, inherited through his mother, Adelaide.
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.
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 The Valley Gazette
OTTO F. SAVOY, 75, of Oxford, husband of Joan Murphy Savoy, died Jan. 23.
Son of the late John and Olga Nielson Savoy, he was born March 5, 1931 in Shelton.
Savoy was a foreman in the town of Oxford Public Works Department.
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 CalendarHome.com - Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He was a son of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor and Bertha of Savoy.
His maternal grandparents were Otto of Savoy and Adelaide of Susa.
On 6 January 1099, his father Henry IV had him crowned King of Germany at Aachen in place of his older brother, the rebel Conrad.
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 The Bailey Family   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Matilde (Maud) Countess Of SAVOY was born in 1125 in Chambery, Savoie, France.
She was married to Otto Duke Of SAXONY [COUNT IN SOUTH THURINGIA] in 869.
Children were: Bruno Prince Of SAXONY, Otto Duke Of SAXONY [COUNT IN SOUTH THURINGIA], Liutgard Princess Of SAXONY, Thankmar Princess Of SAXONY, Ecbert Prince Of SAXONY, Hathumoda Princess Of SAXONY [ABBESS OF GANDERSHEIM], Gerberga Princess Of SAXONY [ABBESS OF GANDERSHEIM], Christina Princess Of SAXONY [ABBESS OF GANDERSHEIM], Enda Princess Of SAXONY.
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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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 Otto Mikell - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links
Otto Mikell's recording career lasted about half as long as his brother's and involves one-third as many sides.
Otto Mikell was in one version of Fess Williams & His Royal Flush Orchestra, cutting a series of sides for the Victor label in the late '20s.
He also performed and recorded with the Savoy Bearcats, an 11-piece band associated with the Savoy venue in New York City, although talented leader Leon Abbey also took them on tour in Argentina, of all places.
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 Paradox Interactive Forums - Bloodlines: The House of Habsburg
Otto’s main ambition was fulfilled, his son would inherit Swabia and the counts of Aargau would become Dukes of Swabia with Rudolph’s death.
Otto had his daughter, Berta arraigned to be married the Bretislav Premyslid, the King of Bohemia.
This is unfortunate as Otto had built the fortunes of both the peasants and nobility of Aargau into on of the richest lands in Germany.
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 Savoy Hotel - Berlin Hotels: Cheap Hotels Berlin Germany, Luxury Hotels, First Class Hotels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Savoy Hotel is a deluxe hotel located on a beautiful side street of the Ku'Damm, which is also one of Berlin's classiest streets.
Elegant, and appointed with a classical style, the Savoy enjoys a city center location, yet it is pleasantly quiet.
Their Times Bar is a classic in the Berlin bar scene, and their latest addition, the Casa del Habano, offers a place to sample exotic cocktails while browsing a selection of the finest Cuban cigars.
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 Cucina Italiana: Piedmont - A little History
When Adelaide married Otto of Savoy, son of Humbert Biancamano, her right was transferred to the house of Savoy, already lords of the Valle d'Aosta.
The Savoy dynasty thus became one of the major powers of the Piedmontese territory.
And from Piedmont the Savoys, the only Italian rulers during the Risorgimento, were called upon to follow the events of our country to build the united Italy, sealed in 1861.
www.emmeti.it /Cucina/Piemonte/Storia/Piemonte.ART.10.uk.html   (187 words)

  
 House of Savoy - The Savoia Millennium Collection
Count Umberto Biancamano di Savoia (Humbert the Whitehands of Savoy) was the great-grandson of the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and the founding member of 'la casa reale di Savoia' (the Royal House of
Savoy), emerging some nine centuries later as the oldest royal house of Europe still on a throne.
In 1003, for military service rendered to Emperor Conrad II whose rights he defended, Umberto was granted strategic Alpine territories as a feudal lord and became the first Count of Savoy.
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 Savoy
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.
Otto I was her third husband, she being previouly married to: [1] Hermann IV, Duke of Swabia, abt 1036, and [2] Enrico de Montferrat, abt 1042.
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 Savoy Bearcats
The Savoy Bearcats were an eleven piece band that played at the Savoy in New York between the years of 1924 and 1926.
The group was a co-operative, meaning that they equally split the income of the band among all of the band members.
When their stint at the Savoy ended in 1927 the group became known as Leon Abbey's Band.
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 Second Crusade Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the crusade French departure Eleanor of Aquitaine Mainz Moors indulgence ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
He granted Alfonso VII of Castile the same indulgence he had given to the French crusaders, and like Pope Urban II had done in 1095, urged the Spanish to fight on their own territory rather than joining the crusade to the east.
Resuming the march, the vanguard under Amadeus of Savoy became separated from the rest of the army, and Louis’ troops were routed by the Turks.
Meanwhile, Otto of Friesing and the remnant of his troops arrived in Jerusalem early in April, and Conrad soon after, and Fulk, Patriarch of Jerusalem, was sent to invite Louis to join them.
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 Italian Royal Family
Victor Emmanuel of Savoy (Prince of Naples and Duke of Savoy)
Victor Emmanuel is the present Head of the Royal House of Savoy.
Amedeo was created Duke of Aosta in 1845 and was proclaimed King of Spain on 16 November 1870 (following the abdication of Queen Isabel II of Spain) and abdicated on 11 February 1873 and returned to Italy.
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 Robertson Family of Buckingham County, Virginia - pafg32
Adelaide of Savoy de Maurienne Countess of Savoy died 18 Nov 1154.
Humbert II The Fat of Savoy de Maurienne Count of Savoy died 1103.
Adelaide of Savoy de Maurienne Countess of Savoy [Parents] died 18 Nov 1154.
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 318 Walther von der Vogelweide
The September 1198 coronation had been anticipated by a rival claimant to the throne, Otto of Braunschweig, a member of the Welf (Guelph) family, who had the support of his uncle Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) of England and the newly elected pope, the able and ambitious Innocent III.
Otto’s coronation took place in Aachen and was conducted by the proper ecclesiastic.
Thus a group of poems on Otto IV contains poems written exclusively in the «Ottenton», all of which presumably were sung to the same melody.
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 SAVOY
The family of the counts of Savoy first acquired power in the central part of the kingdom of Burgundy during the latter part of the reign of King Rudolf III, the northern part of the territory being dominated by the Comtes de Genève and the southern part by the Comtes d'Albon
a) AGNES de Savoie ([1066/70]-after 1110).  The primary source which confirms her parentage has not yet been identified.  Her birth date is estimated from the marriage date of her parents, her mother's estimated birth date, and the fact that Agnes herself gave birth to three children before her husband died in 1091.
HUMBERT de Savoie (1198-in Hungary 1223).  The testament of "Conte Tommaso di Savoia" dated 26 Jun 1248 remembers the souls of "Conte Tommaso di Lui Padre, e dei di Lui fratelli Umberto ed Aimone e Guglielmo Eletto di Valenza"[168].  Europäische Stammtafeln
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 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Henry fell ill at Tribur in October and Henry of Bavaria and Otto of Swabia chose as his successor Otto's nephew and successor in the palatinate, Henry I.
Henry gave Bavaria to one Cuno and, at Ulm in January 1048, Swabia to Otto of Schweinfurt, called the White.
Henry returned via Zürich and there betrothed his young son to Bertha, daughter of Count Otto of Savoy.
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