County of Savoy
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County of Savoy
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Amadeus VIII (Anti-Pope Felix V) | |||||||||
| Historical era | High Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Created by Rudolph III, King of Burgundy | 1003 | ||||||||
• Inherited March of Turin | 1046 | ||||||||
• Emp. Henry VII acknowledged Imperial immediacy | 1331 | ||||||||
• Acquired County of Nice | 1388 | ||||||||
• Acquired County of Geneva | 1401 | ||||||||
| 1416 | |||||||||
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The County of Savoy (
state of the Holy Roman Empire which emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland, from the collapse of the Burgundian Kingdom in the 11th century. It was the cradle of the future Savoyard state
.
History
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Franche Comté), it became part of the larger Kingdom of Burgundy under King Rudolph II
in 933.
archbishops of Vienne) and territories in Chablais and Tarentaise, formerly held by its archbishops at Moûtiers
.
While the Arelat remained a titular kingdom of the
marquis of Susa. When she inherited her father's lands in preference to other, male, relatives,[note 1] he thereby acquired control of the extensive March of Turin
. This was then united with Savoy upon his inheritance from his elder brother.
The counts further enlarged their territory when, in 1218, they inherited the
Thomas I occupied the towns of Pinerolo and Chambéry (Kamrach), which afterwards became the Savoy capital. In 1240, his younger son Peter II was invited to England by King Henry III, who had married Peter's niece Eleanor of Provence. He was appointed Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Earl of Richmond and had the Savoy Palace erected in London
.
In 1313, Count
Emperor Charles IV
in 1365.
Amadeus VIII purchased the County of Geneva in 1401. The extended Savoy lands were finally raised to a duchy in 1416 by the German king Sigismund (see Duchy of Savoy
1416–1718).
Counts of Savoy
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- Humbert I the White-Handed: 1003–1047/48
- Amadeus I of the Tail, son: 1030/48–1051/56
- Otto I, brother: 1051/56–1060
- Peter I, son: 1060–78
- Amadeus II, brother: 1078–80
- Humbert II the Fat, brother: 1082/91–1103
- Amadeus III, son: 1103–48
- Humbert III the Blessed, son: 1148–89
- Thomas, son: 1189–1233
- Amadeus IV, son: 1233–53
- Boniface, son: 1253–63
- Peter II the Little Charlemagne, uncle: 1263–68
- Philip I, brother: 1268–85
- (Thomas, Count of Flanders, did not rule Savoy)
- Amadeus V the Great, nephew: 1285–1323
- Edward the Liberal, son: 1323–29
- Aymon the Peaceful, brother: 1329–43
- Amadeus VI the Green Count, son: 1343–83
- Amadeus VII the Red Count, son: 1383–91
- Amadeus VIII the Peaceful, son: 1391–1416
- Amadeus VII the Red Count, son: 1383–91
- Amadeus VI the Green Count, son: 1343–83
- Amadeus V the Great, nephew: 1285–1323
- Amadeus IV, son: 1233–53
- Humbert III the Blessed, son: 1148–89
- Amadeus III, son: 1103–48
- In 1416 Amadeus VIII was raised to the status of Duke of Savoy.
See also
Notes
- St Anselm.
References
Further reading
- Taylor, A.J. and Lewis is Savoy. "A Letter from Lewis of Savoy to Edward I" The English Historical Review, Vol. 68, No. 266 (Jan., 1953), 56–62 [1]
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