Savoyard state
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Savoyard state | |||||||||
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1003–1861 | |||||||||
Motto: Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia (last) | |||||||||
Historical era | Medieval era Modern era | ||||||||
• Humbert I became Count of Savoy | 1003 | ||||||||
• Kingdom of Sardinia became Kingdom of Italy | 1861 | ||||||||
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The Savoyard state is a
History
The multi-century history of
From the
The Final Act of the Congress of Vienna of 1815 refers to them as the "States of His Majesty the King of Sardinia". Among contemporaries, "Kingdom of Sardinia" and "Sardinia" were used as common short forms, even though they were confounded with the island. "Piedmont", "Savoy-Piedmont" and "Piedmont-Sardinia" are also sometimes used to emphasise that the economic and political centre of the Savoyard state was the Piedmont since the late Middle Ages. The seat of the rulers was in Turin. Each state had its own institutions and laws.
These territories formed a
Terminology
Scholarship has debated and used several different terms to reference the often disjointed possessions under control of the House of Savoy. Robert Oresko intriduced the term "Sabaudian" in 1997.[6]
Territory
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Savoy during the Karling Empire
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County of Savoy during the 12th
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Duchy of Savoy in the 15th
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Italian Peninsula in 1843
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Proper Savoy today
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Today's Administrative Piedmont in Italy
Flags
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The first counts used the Holy Roman Empire banner as proof of their loyalty to the Emperor
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Flag of the County of Savoy and Duchy of Savoy (1023–1783)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Sardinia used in the late 18th century (1783–1802)
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Flag of Kingdom of Sardinia (1848–1861)
References
- ISBN 978-1-139-42519-3.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-271-09100-6.
- ^ Geoffrey Symcox. "Victor Amadaeus II: Absolutism in the Savoyard State, 1675-1730." Page 245.
- ^ Gregory Hanlon. "The Hero of Italy: Odoardo Farnese, Duke of Parma, his Soldiers, and his Subjects in the Thirty Years' War." Routledge: May 2014. Page 87. Piedmont's population is given at 700,000, and Savoy's at 400,000 in 1630; Aosta and the County of Nice are not listed.
- JSTOR 10.5325/j.ctv1c9hnc2.
- JSTOR 10.5325/j.ctv1c9hnc2.