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Encyclopedia > Crown of Savoy

The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy (a small region between Piedmont, Italy, and France).

House of Savoy

They became Kings of Sardinia and later of Italy.


Their Kingdom ended with the referendum by which Italians chose the republic as the form of state - see also birth of the Italian Republic. Under the Constitution of the Italian Republic, male descendants of the House of Savoy were forbidden from entering Italy. This provision was removed in 2002.


The house descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia (or "Maurienne") (Italian Umberto I "Biancamano"), (1003-1047 or 1048), and includes the Counts of Savoy, the Dukes of Savoy, the Kings of Sardinia, and the Kings of Italy. Piedmont was later joined with Sabaudia, and the name evolved into "Savoy" (Italian "Savoia").

Contents
1 List of rulers

1.1 Counts of Savoy
1.2 Dukes of Savoy
1.3 Kings of Sardinia
1.4 Kings of Italy
1.5 Rulers of other countries
1.6 Heads of the House of Savoy since 1946:

2 Name, motto, titles
3 External links

List of rulers

Counts of Savoy

Main Branch

Dukes of Savoy

Kings of Sardinia

Savoy-Carignano Branch

House of Savoy

Kings of Italy

Rulers of other countries

Heads of the House of Savoy since 1946:

See also: Lists of incumbents, President of Italy


Name, motto, titles

Name of the dynasty: Real Casa di Savoja.


Motto: FERT

The Motto is believed an acronym of
  • "Foedere Et Religione Tenemur" (We will be kept together by the [constitutional] pact and by religion)
but others suggest:
  • "Fortitudo Eius Rhodum Tenuit" (His [Our Lord's] strengh preserved Rhodes) or
  • "Fides Est Regni Tutela" (Faith is the protection of the kingdom)
  • the proposed origin from "Foemina Erit Ruina Tua" (Woman will be your ruin) is obviously only a satire.

Titles of the Crown at the time of Vittorio Amedeo III:

VITTORIO AMEDEO III, per la grazia di Dio Re di Sardegna, Cipro e Gerusalemme; Duca di Savoja, Monferrato, Chablais, Aosta, e Genevese; Principe di Piemonte ed Oneglia; Marchese d'Italia Saluzzo, Susa, Ivrea, Ceva, Maro, Oristano, Sezana; Conte di Moriana, Geneva, Nizza, Tenda, Asti, Alessandria, Goceano; Barone di Vaud e di Faucigny; Signore di Vercelli, Pinerolo, Tarantasia, Lumellino, Val di Sesia; Principe e Vicario perpetuo del Sacro Romano Imperio in Italia.

External links

  1. Brief history of the House with a picture of coat-of-arm (http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/savoyhis.htm)
  2. Genealogy of recent members of the House (http://www.chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/italygen.htm)
  3. House of Savoy fansite (http://www.savoia.info)

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Savoy, the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (190 words)
Its name is derived from the palace of Peter of Savoy, uncle of Eleanor of Provence, wife of Henry III.
Destroyed (1381) in the Peasants’ Revolt, the palace was rebuilt (1505) as the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem by Henry VII and finally destroyed when its foundations were removed in 1810 before the Waterloo Bridge was built.
The Savoy Conference of 12 bishops of the Church of England and 12 Puritan divines was convened in 1661.
AllRefer.com - Savoy, the (British And Irish Physical Geography) - Encyclopedia (264 words)
Savoy, the, chapel in London, between the Strand and the Thames River.
The chapel, which was connected with the hospital, is maintained by the crown.
The Savoy Conference of 12 bishops of the Church of England and 12 Puritan divines was convened in 1661.
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