Duchy of Savoy

Duchy of Savoy
*Ducatus Sabaudiae* (Latin)
*Ducà 'd Savòja* (Piedmontese)
*Ducato di Savoia* (Italian)
*Duché de Savoie* (French)
*Ducato di Savouè* (Arpitan)
Duchy of Savoy Ducatus Sabaudiae (Latin); Ducà 'd Savòja (Piedmontese); Ducato di Savoia (Italian); Duché de Savoie (French); Ducato di Savouè (Arpitan);
1416–1792; 1814–1847;
	Flag Coat of arms
	Motto: FERT; (Motto for the House of Savoy)
	States of the Duke of Savoy around 1700;; Savoy proper is in the northwest.
Status	De jure Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire (until 1792); Core country of the Savoyard state;
Capital	Chambéry (1416–1562); Turin (1562–1792, 1814–1847);
Common languages	Latin; (official until the 15th century); French; (official from the 15th century); Italian; (official from 16th century); Francoprovençal; (spoken);
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Savoyard
Government	Monarchy
Duke
• 1416–1440	Amadeus VIII
• 1831–1847	Charles Albert
Historical era	Modern Era
• County of Savoy raised to duchy	1416
• Occupied by France	1536–59, 1630, 1690–96, 1703–13
• Acquired Sicily and parts of Duchy of Milan	11 April 1713
• Acquired Kingdom of Sardinia in exchange for Sicily	1720
• Annexed by Revolutionary France	1792–1814
• Perfect Fusion	1847
Preceded by	Succeeded by
	County of Savoy
	Duchy of Montferrat
	Holy Roman Empire
First French Republic
Kingdom of Sardinia
Today part of	Italy; France; Switzerland;

The Duchy of Savoy (Italian: Ducato di Savoia; French: Duché de Savoie) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 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 VIII. The duchy was an Imperial fief,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] subject of the Holy Roman Empire, until 1792, with a vote in the Imperial Diet. From the 16th century, Savoy belonged to the Upper Rhenish Circle.

Its territory included the current French departments of Savoie, Haute-Savoie, and the Alpes-Maritimes, the current Italian region of Aosta Valley, a large part of Piedmont and the County of Geneva in Switzerland, which was then lost to the Old Swiss Confederacy.^[5] The main Vulgar languages that were spoken within the Duchy of Savoy were Piedmontese and Arpitan.

[1] Olaf Asbach, Peter Schröder, The Ashgate Research Companion to the Thirty Years' War, Routledge, 2016, p. 140

[2] Geoffrey Treasure, Mazarin: The Crisis of Absolutism in France, Psychology Press, 1997, p. 37.

[3] Derek Croxton, Anuschka Tischer, The Peace of Westphalia, Greenwood Press, 2002, p. 228.

[4] Daniel Patrick O'Connell, Richelieu, World Publishing Company, 1968, p. 378.

[5] "formazione del ducato dei Savoia". digilander.libero.it. Retrieved 22 July 2022.

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