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» For the early history of Savoy, before it was raised to a duchy, see County of Savoy and March of Turin.
From 1416 to 1714, the territories of the
House of Savoy were known as the
Duchy of Savoy (}, ). The Duchy was a state in the northern part of the Italian Peninsula, with some territories that are now in France. It was a continuation of the
County of Savoy and a predecessor of the
Kingdom of Sardinia and the
Kingdom of Italy.
History
First occupied by
France under the reign of
Francis I of France in
1536, the Duchy of Savoy was given a parliament based in
Chambéry. In
1559, the occupation ceased and parliament was replaced by a senate. In
1601, following a 13-year conflict with
France,
Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy gave the territories of
Bresse,
Bugey,
Valromey and
Gex to
Henry IV of France in exchange for the
marquisate of Saluzzo.
A second French occupation in
1630 forced the Duke of Savoy to cede the fortress of
Pinerolo to
France (
Treaty of Cherasco in
1631). Refusing an alliance with
France, the Duchy of Savoy was again occupied from
1690 to
1696 and from
1703 to
1713.
At the end of the
War of the Spanish Succession with the
Treaty of Utrecht in
1713,
the Duke of Savoy regained his original possessions and received the Kingdom and the title of
King of
Sicily. In 1720, after the
War of the Quadruple Alliance, the Duke ceded Sicily
to
Austria receiving the
Kingdom of Sardinia in exchange. He was known as King of Sardinia
from then on.
List of Dukes of Savoy
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