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

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. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the

House of Savoy The House of Savoy (, ) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern F ...

held the county. Several of these rulers ruled as kings at one point in history or another. The County of Savoy was elevated to a

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at the beginning of the 15th century, bringing together all the territories of the

Savoyard state The Savoyard state comprised the states ruled by the counts and dukes of Savoy from the Middle Ages to the formation of the Kingdom of Italy. Although it was an example of composite monarchy, it is a term applied to the polity by historians an ...

and having Amadeus VIII as its first duke. In the 18th century, Duke Victor Amadeus II annexed the

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to the historical possessions of the Duchy, and from then on, the Savoyard dukes also held the title of Kings of Sardinia. The House of Savoy later went on to rule the

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from 1861 to 1946 when the monarchy was abolished. Victor Amadeus II was the longest reigning monarch of Savoy, followed by Charles Emmanuel I, and

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or Amadeus VIII.

Italy before the Unification

Counts of Savoy

Dukes of Savoy

Kings of Sardinia

Kings of the
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Pretenders to the throne

Disputed Claimants

After the death of Umberto II in 1983, Prince Vittorio Emanuele succeeded him. On 7 July 2006, Amadeo claimed that Vittorio Emanuel had lost his royal rights when he married without Umberto II's permission in 1971, in which Amadeo declared himself the Head of the

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on the same day.

Descendants of Umberto II

Descendants of Amadeo I of Spain

Notes

References

External links

{{Commons category, Rulers of Savoy
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