Emmanuel Philibert Of Savoy (other)
Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy (Italian ''Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia''), a name shared by several members of the House of Savoy, may refer to: * Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (1528–1580), a.k.a. "''Testa di Ferro''" ("Iron head"), sovereign of Savoy from 1553 to 1580 * Emmanuel Philibert of Savoy (1588–1624), Viceroy of Sicily, son of Charles Emmanuel I of Savoy * Emmanuel Philibert, Prince of Carignano (1628–1709) * Emmanuel Philibert of Carignano (1662–1676), Count of Dreux, son of Eugene Maurice, Count of Soissons * Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1731–1735), son of Charles Emmanuel III * (1888–1933), of the Counts of Villafranca, a minor branch of the House of Savoy * Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta (1869–1931), eldest son of Amadeo I of Spain, Italian general of World War I * Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice (born 1972), member of the House of Savoy Military Several military units were named after one of the above Savoy princ ...
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House Of Savoy
The House of Savoy ( it, Casa Savoia) was a royal dynasty that was established in 1003 in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, the family grew in power from ruling a small Alpine county north-west of Italy to absolute rule of the Kingdom of Sicily from 1713 to 1720, when they were handed the island of Sardinia, over which they would exercise direct rule from then onward. Through its junior branch of Savoy-Carignano, the House of Savoy led the Italian unification in 1860 and ruled the Kingdom of Italy until 1946; they also briefly ruled the Kingdom of Spain in the 19th century. The Savoyard kings of Italy were Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III, and Umberto II. The last monarch reigned for a few weeks before being deposed following the institutional referendum of 1946, after which the Italian Republic was proclaimed. History The name derives from the historical region of Savoy in the Alpine region between what is now France and Italy. Over ti ...
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