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History of Savoy. The history of Savoy presents a synthesis of the various periods, from prehistory to the present day, of the geographical and historical entity known as Savoy, a territory whose definition has varied over the course of historical periods, until it was defined by the two French departments of Savoie and Haute-Savoie. [1 ...
Humbert I, Count of Savoy. Humbert I (Italian: Umberto I; c. 980 – 1047), better known as Humbert the White-Handed (French: Humbert aux blanches-mains) or Humbert Whitehand (Italian: Umberto Biancamano), [2] was the count of Savoy from 1032 until his death and the founder of the House of Savoy. Of obscure origins, his service to the Holy ...
Maria Theresa of Savoy (French: Marie Thérèse de Savoie; 31 January 1756 – 2 June 1805) was a French princess by marriage to Charles Philippe, Count of Artois. Her husband was the grandson of Louis XV and younger brother of Louis XVI. Nineteen years after Maria Theresa’s death, her spouse assumed the throne of France as King Charles X.
Bank of Savoy. The Bank of Savoy (French: Banque de Savoie, also referred to under that name in Italian) was a bank of issue of the Kingdom of Sardinia, established in 1851 and based in Annecy and Chambéry. As a consequence of France's annexation of the former Duchy of Savoy under the Treaty of Turin (1860), the Bank of Savoy ceded its money ...
Marie Adélaïde of Savoy (6 December 1685 – 12 February 1712) was the wife of Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy. She was the eldest daughter of Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, and of Anne Marie d'Orléans. Her betrothal to the Duke of Burgundy in June 1696 [1] was part of the Treaty of Turin, signed on 29 August 1696.
In 1428, her mother Mary of Burgundy passed away. This could explain why Marie's departure from Savoy for Milan was delayed. Marie was accompanied to Milan by her brother [3] and an entourage that consisted of several ladies in waiting such as Guigonne de Luyrieux, a kinswoman of Marie and grand-daughter of Humbert of Savoy. [4]
Emanuele Filiberto Umberto Reza Ciro René Maria di Savoia (born 22 June 1972) [2][3] is a member of the House of Savoy. He is the son of Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy [4][2] and only male-line grandson of Umberto II, the last King of Italy. [5] In 2024, Emanuele Filiberto became one of two claimants to the headship of the House of Savoy after the ...
Aix-Les-Bains is located in the southeast of France, 107 kilometres (66 mi) east of Lyon. The town is located in a corridor between the mountain of Mont Revard, the first natural rampart of the Massif des Bauges to the east and the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake of France to the west.