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Charles Emmanuel I (Italian: Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 30 August 1580 until his death almost 50 years later in 1630, he was the longest-reigning Savoyard monarch at the time, only for his record to be surpassed by his great-grandson Victor Amadeus II.
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 as its first duke. [1] In the 18th century, Duke Victor Amadeus II annexed the Kingdom of Sardinia to the historical possessions of the Duchy, and from then on, the Savoyard dukes ...
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy 1416–1434, Antipope Felix V 1439–1449 (1383–1451), ... Philip of Savoy, Count of Geneva, 1417-1444; Louis I of Vaud, 1250-1302
Louis was born at Geneva the son of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy; [1] he was the first to hold the title of Prince of Piedmont.On 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434), at Chambéry, he married Princess Anne of Cyprus, [1] an heiress of the Kingdom of Cyprus and the defunct Kingdom of Jerusalem.
When the Duchy of Savoy acquired Sicily in 1713 and later Sardinia in 1720, the title of "Duke of Savoy", while remaining a primary title, became a lesser title to the title of King. The Duchy of Savoy remained as a state of the new country until the Perfect Fusion of King Charles Albert, at which point the kingdom became a unitary state.
Bishop François de Mez of Geneva died on 7 March 1444, [20] and on 9 March the chamberlain of Pope Felix V, Jean de Grolée, took possession of the diocese in the name of the pope as administrator. On the same day, the pope's son, Duke Louis of Savoy, ordered the episcopal chateau of Thie to be put into the control of the cathedral Chapter of ...
From 1424 the County of Geneva was joined to the House of Savoy, although at times it was granted as appanage to cadet branches of the family. 1424–1434 : Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy; 1434–1444 : Philip of Savoy (1417–1444), his son, apanagiste Count 1444–1460 : Louis (1413–1465), Duke of Savoy, his brother
Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Savoy after Victor Amadeus I. Charles Emmanuel first met Marie Jeanne of Savoy in 1659 and fell in love with her. However, his mother disagreed with the pairing, and encouraged him to marry Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans, daughter of his maternal uncle Gaston, Duke of Orléans, the younger brother of his mother Christine Marie.