The County of Savoy (French: Comté de Savoie, Italian: Contea di Savoia) was a feudal state of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged, along with the free...
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century, the House of Savoy held the county. Several of these rulers ruled as kings at one point in history or another. The County of Savoy was elevated to...
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west and to the Aosta Valley in the east. Savoy emerged as the feudal County of Savoy ruled by the House of Savoy during the 11th to 14th centuries. The...
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1847 and was a possession of the House of Savoy. It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus...
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The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia) is an Italian royal house (formally a dynasty) that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through...
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the county of Savoy. Humbert was the son of Amadeus, who may or may not have preceded him as count of Maurienne. His brother was Bishop Otto of Belley...
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Savoy may also refer to: County of Savoy, a Middle Ages county near where modern Switzerland, Italy and France meet Duchy of Savoy, a duchy in the Italian...
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(principally the Duchy of Savoy, Principality of Piedmont, County of Nice, Duchy of Genoa and others) were held by the Savoys in their own right, hence...
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Aymon, Count of Savoy (1291–1343), also known as Aymon the Peaceful, was a nobleman who ruled the County of Savoy from 1329 until his death in 1343. He...
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his cousin Joan of Savoy renewed her claim on the county of Savoy, that she was descended from Amadeus's uncle Edward, Count of Savoy, though her claim...
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Savoyard state (redirect from Savoy States)
multi-century history of Savoy included the period before the County of Savoy, then the County of Savoy, the Duchy of Savoy, the period from Savoy to Sicily and...
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annexed the County of Savoy to the Kingdom of Germany.: 36 [verification needed] Charles IV ceded his rights to the crown of Arles to Louis I of Anjou the...
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because of his career as Imperial Vicar of Lombardy. Thomas worked throughout his reign to expand the control and influence of the County of Savoy. One of the...
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his niece Eleanor of Provence and her son Edward I of England with the inheritance of Savoy. Amadeus was awarded the County of Savoy, and in order to diminish...
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Savoy is a village in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,857 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan...
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The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy are a group of buildings in Turin and the Metropolitan City of Turin, in Piedmont (northern Italy). It was added...
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Fiora County of Savoy (raised to Duchy of Savoy in 1416) County of Nice (in personal union with Savoy) County of Scandiano County of Sovana County of Tende...
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1259) was the Lord of Piedmont from 1233 to his death, Count of Flanders jure uxoris from 1237 to 1244, and regent of the County of Savoy from 1253 to his...
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The lordship of Piedmont, later the principality of Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte), was originally an appanage of the County of Savoy, and as such its lords...
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the County to Amadeus VIII of Savoy. His heirs, however, contested this and the legal processes were not completed until 1424. From 1424 the County of Geneva...
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Charlemagne, was Count of Savoy from 1263 until his death in 1268. He was also holder of the Honour of Richmond, Yorkshire, England, the Honour of the Eagle also...
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the 14th century at the court of the County of Savoy, and were created to mark the occasion of a visit by the King of France. They were particularly...
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Savoy is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population...
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April 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023. "Amadeus VIII | antipope and duke of Savoy". 3 January 2024. Archived from the original on 10 August 2023. Retrieved...
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was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391. Amadeus was born in Chambéry on 24 February 1360, the son of Count Amadeus VI of Savoy and Bonne of Bourbon. Although...
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Piedmont (redirect from Piedmont region of Italy)
Asti and Alessandria and the marquisates of Saluzzo and Montferrat. The County of Savoy became the Duchy of Savoy in 1416, and Duke Emanuele Filiberto moved...
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16 August 1285) was Count of Savoy from 1268 to 1285. Before this, he was Bishop of Valence (1241–1267) and Archbishop of Lyon (1245–1267). Philip was...
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war between the two counties. Guigues invaded the county of Savoy and besieged Montmélian. Ambushed by Amadeus near the castle of La Buissière, he was...
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the county of Middlesex. Named for the Savoy Palace, it came to be held by the Duchy of Lancaster, and was also known as the Liberty of the Duchy of Lancaster...
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Gonfaloniere (category Positions of authority)
Italian communes, from Spoleto to the County of Savoy, elected or appointed gonfalonieri. The Bentivoglio family of Bologna aspired to this office during...
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