The lordship of Piedmont, later the principality of Piedmont ( it, Piemonte), was originally an appanage of the Savoyard county and as such its lords were members of the Achaea branch of 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 title was inherited by the elder branch of the dynasty in 1418, at about which time Savoy was elevated to ducal status and Piedmont to princely status. When the House of Savoy was given the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Savoyards used the style of Prince of Piedmont ( it, Principe di Piemonte) for their

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. This first came into use by Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy. The usage was retained when

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became

King of Italy King of Italy ( it, links=no, Re d'Italia; la, links=no, Rex Italiae) was the title given to the ruler of the Kingdom of Italy after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The first to take the title was Odoacer, a barbarian military leader ...

, "Prince of Piedmont" becoming roughly equivalent to the British "

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", the title bestowed to the

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Lords of Piedmont

*????–1233 Thomas I, also

Count of Savoy The titles of count, then of duke of Savoy are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the county was held by the House of Savoy. The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy at ...

*1233–1259 Thomas II, son of previous *1259–1282 Thomas III, son of previous *1282–1334 Philip I, son of previous, also

Prince of Achaea The Prince of Achaea was the ruler of the Principality of Achaea, one of the crusader states founded in Greece in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade (1202–1204). Though more or less autonomous, the principality was never a fully independent sta ...

(1301–1307) *1334–1367 James, son of previous, claimant to Achaea *1368–1368 Philip II, son of previous *1368–1402 Amadeus, brother of previous, claimant to Achaea *1402–1418 Louis, brother of previous

Princes of Piedmont

:''Note: The names in bold denote those that succeeded to the throne''.

Princes of Piedmont and Naples

When the House of Savoy became the ruling dynasty of Italy in 1861, they continued to use the title of Prince of Piedmont for the heir apparent but also began alternating it with a new title, the Prince of Naples.

Insignia

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Prince of Piedmont {{Italian royal titles Piedmont, Lord of Piedmont, Lord of Counts of Piedmont Princes of Piedmont

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House of Savoy