Savoyard state
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Sabaudia (lat) États de Savoie(fr) Stato di Savoia(it) |
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| Former plurinational independent state | ||||||||||
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Motto FERT FERT FERT |
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 Savoyan States in 1839
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Montmélian (1006–1295) Chambéry (1295–1562) Turin (1562–1792)-(1815–1821) Cagliari (1792–1815) |
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| Languages | French, Italian, Latin, Piedmontese, Arpitan, Occitan | |||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | |||||||||
| Government | County, Duchy and Kingdom | |||||||||
| Count Duke King |
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| • | 1003–1048 | Humbert I White Hands (first) | ||||||||
| • | 1849–1861 | Victor Emmanuel II of Italy (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval times Modern Era |
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| • | Humbert I became Count of Savoy | 1003 Enter start year | ||||||||
| • | Kingdom of Sardinia became Kingdom of Italy | 1861 Enter end year | ||||||||
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From the Middle Ages, the Savoyard state comprised the Duchy of Savoy, the Principality of Piedmont, the Duchy of Aosta and the County of Nice. From 1708 it included the Duchy of Montferrat, then the Kingdom of Sicily from 1713 until 1720, the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 and the Duchy of Genoa from 1815. These territories formed a composite state under the House of Savoy until the promulgation of a single constitution, the Statuto Albertino, in 1848. By 1861, this unified state had acquired most of the other states on the Italian peninsula and became the Kingdom of Italy.
The term "Savoyard state" or "Savoyard states" is a term of art used by historians to denote collectively all the states ruled by the Duke of Savoy. 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 ambiguous 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 from the late Middle Ages on. The seat of the rulers was in Turin. Each state had its own institutions and laws.
Savoy during the Karling Empire
The County of Savoy during the 12th
Duchy of Savoy in the 15th
Italian Peninsula in early 19th
Proper Savoy today
Today's Adminisrative Piedmont in Italy
The first counts used the Holy Roman Empire banner as proof of their loyalty to the Emperor
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