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 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 papa ...
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.
L ...
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 Savoy17 February 1720 – 3 September 1730, , , , 14 May 1666
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and
Marie Jeanne of Savoy, ,
Anne Marie d'Orléans, Princess of France10 April 1684
6 children, , 31 October 1732
Moncalieriaged 66
, -
,
Charles Emmanuel III of Savoy3 September 1730 – 20 February 1773, , , , 27 April 1701
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia and
Anne Marie d'Orléans, Princess of France, ,
Anne Christine of Sulzbach15 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, Prince of Piedmont whom she married in 1724. The mother of the future Victor Amadeus II ...
20 August 1724
6 children
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine5 March 1737
3 children, , 20 February 1773
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
aged 72
, -
,
Victor Amadeus III of Savoy20 February 1773 – 16 October 1796, , , , 26 June 1726
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia and
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, Prince of Piedmont whom she married in 1724. The mother of the future Victor Amadeus II ...
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Maria Antonietta of Spain31 May 1750
12 children, , 16 October 1796
Moncalieriaged 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 ...
16 October 1796 – 4 June 1802, , , , 24 May 1751
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amadeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia from 1773 to his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war on Revolu ...
and
Maria Antonietta of Spain, ,
Marie Clotilde of France27 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 Ferdinand ...
4 June 1802 – 12 March 1821, , , , 24 July 1759
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amadeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia from 1773 to his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war on Revolu ...
and
Maria Antonietta of Spain, ,
Maria Teresa of Austria-Este21 April 1789
7 children, , 10 January 1824
Moncalieriaged 65
, -
,
Charles Felix of Savoy12 March 1821 – 27 April 1831, ,
, , 6 April 1765
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia
Victor Amadeus III (Vittorio Amadeo Maria; 26 June 1726 – 16 October 1796) was King of Sardinia from 1773 to his death. Although he was politically conservative, he carried out numerous administrative reforms until he declared war on Revolu ...
and
Maria Antonietta of Spain, ,
Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily7 March 1807
No children, , 27 April 1831
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
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 Independence ...
27 April 1831 – 23 March 1849, , , , 2 October 1798
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Charles Emmanuel, Prince of Carignan and
Maria Cristina of Saxony, ,
Maria Theresa of Austria30 September 1817
3 children, , 28 July 1849
Porto
Porto or Oporto () is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropo ...
aged 50
, -
,
Victor Emmanuel II of Savoy23 March 1849 – 17 March 1861 , , , , 14 March 1820
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
son of
Charles Albert of Sardinia 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 re ...
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)
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Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, Duke of Savoy
18 March 1983- Present
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, 12 February 1937
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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
See also
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House of Savoy
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List of consorts of Savoy
This is a list of consorts of the Savoyard monarchs.
Countess of Savoy, 1003–1416
Duchess of Savoy, 1416–1713
;As courtesy title
Queen of Sardinia, 1720–1861
Between 1859 and 1861 the Kingdom of Sardinia incorporated the majo ...
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County of Savoy
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Duchy of Savoy
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Kingdom of Sardinia
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List of monarchs of Sardinia
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List of Sardinian consorts
This is a list of consorts of the Savoyard monarchs.
Countess of Savoy, 1003–1416
Duchess of Savoy, 1416–1713
;As courtesy title
Queen of Sardinia, 1720–1861
Between 1859 and 1861 the Kingdom of Sardinia incorporated the majo ...
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Kingdom of Italy
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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 ...
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List of Italian queens
References
Savoy Genealogy
Savoy
Savoy
List
France history-related lists
Dukedoms of Italy
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