Coat of arms of the Duchy of Savoy (1563-1630)

The titles of count, then of duke of Savoy are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of

Savoy Savoy (; frp, Savouè ; french: Savoie ) is a cultural-historical region in the Western Alps. Situated on the cultural boundary between Occitania and Piedmont, the area extends from Lake Geneva in the north to the Dauphiné in the south. Savo ...

. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the county was held by the

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 County of Savoy was elevated to a

duchy A duchy, also called a dukedom, is a Middle Ages, medieval country, territory, fiefdom, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a ruler hierarchically second to the king or Queen regnant, queen in Western European tradition. There once exis ...

at the beginning of the 15th century, bringing together all the territories of the Savoyard state and having

Amadeus VIII Amadeus VIII (4 September 1383 – 7 January 1451), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. He was the son of Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy and Bonne of Berry. He was a claimant to the papac ...

as its first duke. In the 18th century, the duke

Victor Amadeus II Victor Amadeus II (Vittorio Amedeo Francesco; 14 May 166631 October 1732) was Duke of Savoy from 1675 to 1730. He also held the titles of Prince of Piedmont, Duke of Montferrat, Marquis of Saluzzo and Count of Aosta, Moriana and Nice. Louis XIV ...

annexed the Kingdom of Sardinia to the historical possessions of the Duchy, and from then on, the Savoyard dukes also held the title of Kings of Sardinia.

Counts of Savoy

Dukes of Savoy

Kings of Sardinia

, Victor Amadeus II of Savoy
17 February 1720 – 3 September 1730, , , , 14 May 1666
Turin
son of Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and Marie Jeanne of Savoy, , Anne Marie d'Orléans, Princess of France
10 April 1684
6 children, , 31 October 1732
Moncalieri
aged 66 , - , Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy
3 September 1730 – 20 February 1773, , , , 27 April 1701
Turin
son of Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and Anne Marie d'Orléans, Princess of France, , Anne Christine of Sulzbach
15 March 1722
1 child

Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg Princess Polyxena of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (Polyxena Christina Johanna; 21 September 1706 – 13 January 1735) was the second wife of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Piedmont whom she married in 1724. The mother ...

20 August 1724
6 children

Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine
5 March 1737
3 children, , 20 February 1773
Turin
aged 72 , - , Victor Amadeus III of Savoy
20 February 1773 – 16 October 1796, , , , 26 June 1726
Turin
son of Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and

, , Maria Antonietta of Spain
31 May 1750
12 children, , 16 October 1796
Moncalieri
aged 70 , - ,

Charles Emmanuel IV of Savoy Charles Emmanuel IV (Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria; 24 May 1751 – 6 October 1819) was King of Sardinia from 1796 to 1802. He abdicated in favour of his brother Victor Emmanuel I. Biography Carlo Emanuele Ferdinando Maria di Savoia was b ...

16 October 1796 – 4 June 1802, , , , 24 May 1751
Turin
son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain, , Marie Clotilde of France
27 August 1775
No children, , 6 October 1819
Rome
aged 68 , - ,

Victor Emmanuel I of Savoy Victor Emmanuel I (Vittorio Emanuele; 24 July 1759 – 10 January 1824) was the Duke of Savoy and King of Sardinia (1802–1821). Biography Victor Emmanuel was the second son of King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonia Ferdinanda o ...

4 June 1802 – 12 March 1821, , , , 24 July 1759
Turin
son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain, , Maria Teresa of Austria-Este
21 April 1789
7 children, , 10 January 1824
Moncalieri
aged 65 , - , Charles Felix of Savoy
12 March 1821 – 27 April 1831, , ReyCarlo Felice

, , 6 April 1765
Turin
son of Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain, ,

Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily (Maria Cristina Amelia Teresa; 17 January 1779 – 11 March 1849) was a Princess of Naples and SicilyLater known as the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies and later Queen of Sardinia as wife of King Charles Fel ...

7 March 1807
No children, , 27 April 1831
Turin
aged 66 , - ,

Charles Albert of Savoy Charles Albert (; 2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Albertine Statute, and with the First Italian War of Independen ...

27 April 1831 – 23 March 1849, , , , 2 October 1798
Turin
son of

Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan Charles Emmanuel of Savoy, 6th Prince of Carignano (24 October 1770 – 16 August 1800) was a Prince of Savoy and later the Prince of Carignano between 1780 and 1800, and the paternal grandfather of Vittorio Emanuele II, the first king of a u ...

and Maria Cristina of Saxony, , Maria Theresa of Austria
30 September 1817
3 children, , 28 July 1849
Porto
aged 50 , - , Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy
23 March 1849 – 17 March 1861 , , , , 14 March 1820
Turin
son of

Charles Albert of Sardinia Charles Albert (; 2 October 1798 – 28 July 1849) was the King of Sardinia from 27 April 1831 until 23 March 1849. His name is bound up with the first Italian constitution, the Albertine Statute, and with the First Italian War of Independence ...

and Maria Theresa of Austria, ,

Adelaide of Austria Adelaide of Austria (Adelheid Franziska Marie Rainera Elisabeth Clotilde; 3 June 1822 – 20 January 1855) was Queen of Sardinia by marriage to Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia, future King of Italy, from 1849 until 1855 when she died as a resu ...

12 April 1842
8 children

Rosa Vercellana Rosa Vercellana, 1st Countess of Mirafiori and Fontanafredda (3 June 1833 – 26 December 1885), commonly known as ‘Rosina’ and, in Piedmontese, as La Bela Rosin, was the mistress and later wife of Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy. Despit ...

18 October 1869
2 children, , 9 January 1878
Rome
aged 57

Dukes of Savoy post 1946 (Head of the house of Savoy)

{, class="wikitable" , + !Name !Picture !Birth !Marriage !Death , - , Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy 18 March 1983- Present , Victor Emmanuel of Savoie (0)

, 12 February 1937 ,

Marina Doria Marina Ricolfi-Doria (born 12 February 1935) is a Swiss former water skier. She competed three times at the Water Ski World Championships winning gold medals in 1955 and in 1957. She won the overall title in the European Water Ski Championships co ...

7 October 1971 1 child

Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Ciro René Maria di Savoia (born 22 June 1972)''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XIV. "Haus Italien". C.A. Starke Verlag, 1997, pp. 33, 38–39. .Willis, Daniel, ''The Descendants of Louis ...

, Living

References

Savoy Genealogy

List France history-related lists Dukedoms of Italy de:Savoyen#Liste der Herrscher von Savoyen es:Casa de Saboya#Lista de monarcas de la Casa de Saboya

Counts of Savoy

Dukes of Savoy

Kings of Sardinia

Dukes of Savoy post 1946 (Head of the house of Savoy)

See also

References