The titles of the Count of Savoy, and then Duke of Savoy, are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in...

III of Navarre Philip of Swabia, King of Germany (r. 1198–1208) and Duke of Swabia Philip I, Count of Savoy (1207–1285) Philip II, Duke of Savoy (1438–1497)...

states ruled by the counts and dukes of Savoy from the Middle Ages to the formation of the Kingdom of Italy. Although it was an example of composite monarchy...

Royal domain Louise of Savoy (1476–1531) - wife of Charles, Count of Angoulême from 1488. Marie Thérèse of France (1778–1851) - wife of Louis Antoine from...

similar windows to Harlech Castle in Wales at a later date. The counts and dukes of Savoy used the castle as a residence but also to house prisoners. Its...

held by the Kingdom of Sardinia (1718) and survived until the end of the 18th century. The ancient counts, later dukes of Savoy, at least in the 13th...

Illustrated History of France (1st ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 124. ISBN 0-521-43294-4. Titles of the counts and dukes of Anjou in the 11-16th...

ruled Aumale, through their claims to be dukes of Normandy and later, kings of France. The title of Count or Duke of Aumale was granted several times during...

1383 – 7 January 1451), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. He was a claimant to the papacy...

during rioting in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381. The palace was on the site of an estate given to Peter II, Count of Savoy, in the mid-13th century, which in...

established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern France...

(Italian: Umberto Biancamano), was the count of Savoy from 1032 until his death and the founder of the House of Savoy. Of obscure origins, his service to the...

Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, OSV Publishing, 2003. ISBN 9781931709750. ""The Early Dukes of Savoy", American Delegation of Savoy Orders". Archived from...

leader and magnate. He was the father of the penultimate Duchess of Savoy and of a Queen of Portugal. He was the son of Henri of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Nemours...

to the counts and dukes of Savoy at Chambéry and to the counts and dukes of Genvois (the future Genevois-Nemours branch of the house of Savoy) at Annecy...

medieval hunting grounds of the Counts and Dukes of Savoy which are now surrounded by high walls and cut through with a web of wide allées. Its chateau...

The titular counts of Champagne also inherited the post of seneschal of France. In Merovingian and Carolingian times, several dukes of Champagne (or...

Emperor elevated Amadeus from Count to Duke of Savoy. Mary duly became Duchess. From then onwards Dukes ruled over Savoy. The couple were married for thirty-six...

general, and member of the House of Savoy-Carignano. He held the title of Count of Soissons and was the father of Imperial field marshal Prince Eugene of Savoy...

Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Maurienne and Nice. Louis XIV arranged his marriage in order to maintain French influence in Savoy, but Victor...

chiefly the Counts (later Dukes) of Savoy. After Manfred II's death, his widow had to accept a series of tributes, which were to be later the base of the House...

lady-in-waiting to the Countess of Artois (Maria Theresa of Savoy); married in 1762 to Jean-Laurent de Durfort-Civrac, 1st Duke of Lorges (2nd creation). Guy...

Duke of Savoy for a brief reign from 1496 to 1497. Philip was the granduncle of the previous duke Charles II, and the youngest surviving son of Duke Louis...

and three temporal, and the dukes all ranked above the counts. The Prince-Bishops with ducal territories included: The Archbishop of Reims, styled archevêque-duc...

kings of Sardinia (1720–1861), dukes of Savoy (1416–1861), lords and princes of Piedmont (1233–1416), counts of Savoy (1032–1416), marquises of Turin...

Pompeo Litta, Famous families of Italy. Dukes of Savoy, 1835 Wheatcroft, Andrew. The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe. New...

Louise of Savoy (11 September 1476 – 22 September 1531) was a French noble and regent, Duchess suo jure of Auvergne and Bourbon, Duchess of Nemours and the...

was Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 4 October 1638 until his death in 1675 and under regency of his mother Christine of France until...

France (Nemours and Bresse), the Savoy dukes found that this inhibited their own aggrandizement while encouraging intra-dynastic strife and regional secession...

Guiscard 1057–59 Dukes Robert Guiscard 1059–85 Roger I Borsa 1085–1111 William II 1111–27 In 1127 the duchy passed to the count of Sicily. It was thereafter...