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Encyclopedia > Duke of Aosta

In the mid-13th century the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II made the County of Aosta (the Valle d'Aosta) a duchy, and its arms were carried in the Savoia arms until the reunification of Italy, 1870. The region remained part of Savoy lands, with the exception of a French occupation, 1539 – 1563. See: Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250, king 1211/12-1250, emperor since 1220) Frederick II of Austria (?-1246, duke of Austria 1230-1246) Frederick II of Sicily (1272-1337) - who called himself Frederick III - see the article for details. ... The Aosta Valley (in French: Vallée dAoste, Italian: Valle dAosta, Arpitan: Val dOuta) is a mountainous region in north-western Italy. ...


At the Risorgimento, Duke of Aosta became the courtesy title to the eldest son of the King of Italy of the House of Savoy. In 1890, it was first awarded, however, to a cousin of the king, H.R.H. Prince Amedeo, 1st Duke of Aosta, who was a Prince of Sardinia. Italian unification, also known as Risorgimento (resurrection), was a historical process by which the Kingdom of Sardinia (ruled by the Savoy dynasty with Turin as its capital) gradually conquered the Italian peninsula, including the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, the Duchy of Modena, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the Duchy... Aosta Aosta (French: Aoste) is the principal city of the Valle dAosta in the Italian Alps, north of Turin. ... King of Italy is a title adopted by many rulers after the fall of the Roman Empire. ... The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Amadeo I Amadeo I (sometimes Latinized as Amadeus) (May 30, 1845 – January 18, 1890), 1st Duke of Aosta and King of Spain, was born in Turin, Italy. ... Kingdom of Sardinia, in 1839: Mainland Piedmont, with Savoia upper left (pink) and Nizza (Nice) lower left (brown) both now French, and Sardinia in the inset The Kingdom of Sardinia is a former kingdom in Italy. ...


The following have been Dukes of Aosta

His heir is Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (born 1967), who is engaged to Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, younger daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark. Amadeo I Amadeo I (sometimes Latinized as Amadeus) (May 30, 1845 – January 18, 1890), 1st Duke of Aosta and King of Spain, was born in Turin, Italy. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Spanish monarchy, referred to as the Crown of Spain (Corona de España) in the Spanish Constitution of 1978, is the office of the King or Queen of Spain. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Amadeo di Savoia (October 21, 1898 - March 3, 1942) was the third Duke of Aosta and a cousin of the Italian king, Victor Emmanuel III. His baptismal name was Amadeo Umberto Isabella Luigi Filippo Maria Guiseppe Giovanni de Savoie. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Prince Aimone Roberto Margherita Maria Giuseppe Torino (1900-1948), 4th Duke of Aosta, was born on 9 March 1900 in Turin. ... 1900 (MCM) is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (born 7 January 1939) is a member of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. ...


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Duke of Aosta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (192 words)
In the mid-13th century the Hohenstaufen Emperor Frederick II made the County of Aosta (the Valle d'Aosta) a duchy, and its arms were carried in the Savoia arms until the reunification of Italy, 1870.
At the Risorgimento, Duke of Aosta became the courtesy title to the eldest son of the King of Italy of the House of Savoy.
His heir is Prince Aimone, Duke of Apulia (born 1967), who is engaged to Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark, younger daughter of Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.
First World War.com - Who's Who - Duke of Aosta (172 words)
Duke Emmanuel Philibert Aosta (1869-1931) served as one of Italy's more competent generals during World War One, and played a role not only in the Italians' greatest success, at Gorizia, but also in the wake of their greatest disaster, at Caporetto.
The son of King Amadeus of Spain and a cousin of Italian King Emanuele III, Aosta commanded the Italian Third Army during the war.
Aosta's Third Army was chiefly responsible for the sole notable Italian success along the Isonzo River.
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