The titles of the Count of Savoy, and then Duke of Savoy, are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the House of Savoy 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 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 also held the title of Kings of Sardinia. The House of Savoy later went on to rule the Kingdom of Italy 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 Charles III or Amadeus VIII.
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death | ||
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| width=auto | Humbert I 1003 - 1047/1048 | c. 980 Maurienne | Ancilla c. 995/1000 four sons | c. 1047/1048 Hermillon aged around 68 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus I 1047/1048 - 1052 | c. 1016 eldest son of Humbert I and Ancilla | Adila 1030 three children | c. 1052aged around 36 | ||
| width=auto | Otto 1052 - 1057 | c. 1010/1020 fourth son of Humbert I and Ancilla | Adelaide of Susa 1046 five children | c. 1057 aged 47-57 | ||
| width=auto | Peter I 1060 - 1078 | c. 1048 eldest son of Otto and Adelaide of Susa | Agnes of Aquitaine 1064 two daughters | 9 July 1078 aged 29-30 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus II 1078 - 1080 | c. 1050 second son of Otto and Adelaide of Susa | Joan of Geneva c. 1065 several children | 26 January 1080 aged 29-30 | ||
| width=auto | Humbert II 1080 - 1103 | c. 1065 Carignano son of Amadeus II and Joan of Geneva | Gisela of Burgundy 1090 seven children | 14 October 1103 Moûtiers aged 37-38 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus III 1103 - 1148 | c. 1095 Carignano eldest son of Humbert II and Gisela of Burgundy | (1) Adelaide 1120/23 no issue (2) Mahaut of Albon July 1134/1135 ten children | April 1148 Nicosia aged 52-53 | ||
| width=auto | Humbert III 1148 - 1189 | 4 August 1136 Avigliana eldest son of Amadeus III and Mahaut of Albon | (1) Faidiva of Toulouse c. 1151 no issue (2) Gertrude of Flanders 1155 no issue (3) Clementia of Zähringen 1164 two daughters (4) Beatrice of Viennois 1175/77 one son | 4 March 1189 Chambéry aged 52 | ||
| width=auto | Thomas I 1189 - 1233 | 27 May 1178 Aiguebelle only son of Humbert III and Beatrice of Viennois | Margaret of Geneva May 1196 fourteen children | 1 March 1233 Moncalieri aged 54 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus IV 1233 - 1253 | 1197 Montmélian eldest son of Thomas I and Margaret of Geneva | (1) Margaret of Burgundy c 1217 two daughters (2) Cecile of Baux 1244 four children | 24 June 1253 Montmélian aged 55-56 | ||
| width=auto | Boniface 1253 - 1263 | December 1244 Chambéry only son of Amadeus IV and Cecile of Baux | never married | June 1263 Turin aged 18 | ||
| width=auto | Peter II 1263 - 1268 | 1203 Susa seventh son of Thomas I and Margaret of Geneva | Agnes of Faucigny 1236 one daughter | 15 May 1268 Château de Chillon or Pierre-Châtel aged 66 | ||
| width=auto | Philip I 1268 - 1285 | 1207 Aiguebelle eighth son of Thomas I and Margaret of Geneva | Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy 12 June 1267 no issue | 16 August 1285 Roussillon, Isère aged 78 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus V 1285 - 1323 | 1249-1253 Le Bourget-du-Lac second son of Thomas II, Count of Piedmont and Beatrice Fieschi | (1) Sybille of Bâgé 5 July 1272 eight children (2) Marie of Brabant 1297 four children | 16 October 1323 Avignon aged 69-74 | ||
| width=auto | Edward 1323 - 1329 | 8 February 1284 Baugé second son of Amadeus V and Sybille of Bâgé | Bianca of Burgundy 18 October 1307 Château de Montbard one daughter | 4 November 1329 Gentilly aged 45 | ||
| width=auto | Aymon 1329 - 1343 | 15 December 1291 Chambéry youngest son of Amadeus V and Sybille of Bâgé | Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat 1 May 1330 Casale five children | 22 June 1343 Montmélian aged 51 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus VI 1343 - 1383 | 4 January 1334 Chambéry eldest son of Aymon and Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat | Bonne of Bourbon 1355 Paris two children | 1 March 1383 Naples aged 49 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus VII 1383 - 1391 | 24 February 1360 Avigliana eldest son of Amadeus VI and Bonne of Bourbon | Bonne of Berry 18 January 1377 Paris three children | 1 November 1391 Château de Ripaille aged 31 | ||
| width=auto | Amadeus VIII 1391 - 1416 | 4 September 1383 Chambéry eldest son of Amadeus VII and Bonne of Berry | Mary of Burgundy 11 November 1386 Sluis nine children | 7 January 1451 Château de Ripaille aged 67 |
| Name | Portrait | Birth | Marriages | Death | |
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| Amadeus VIII 1416 - 1440 | 4 September 1383 Chambéry eldest son of Amadeus VII and Bonne of Berry | Mary of Burgundy 11 November 1386 Sluis nine children | 7 January 1451 Château de Ripaille aged 67 | ||
| Louis 1440 - 1465 | 21 February 1413 Geneva fourth son of Amadeus VIII and Mary of Burgundy | Anne of Cyprus 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434) Chambéry seventeen children | 29 January 1465 Lyon aged 51 | ||
| Amadeus IX 1465 - 1472 | 1 February 1435 Thonon-les-Bains eldest son of Louis and Anne of Cyprus | Yolande of Valois 1452 ten children | 30 March 1472 Vercelli aged 37 | ||
| Philibert I 1472 - 1482 | 17 August 1465 Chambéry third son of Amadeus IX and Yolande of Valois | Bianca Maria Sforza January 1474 no issue | 22 September 1482 Lyon aged 17 | ||
| Charles I 1482 - 1490 | 28 March 1468 Carignano fifth son of Amadeus IX and Yolande of Valois | Blanche of Montferrat 1 April 1485 two children | 13 March 1490 Pinerolo aged 21 | ||
| Charles II 1490 - 1496 | 23 June 1489 Turin only son of Charles I and Blanche of Montferrat | never married | 16 April 1496 Moncalieri aged 6 | ||
| Philip II 1496 - 1497 | 4 February 1438 Chambéry fifth son of Louis and Anne of Cyprus | (1) Marguerite de Bourbon 6 April 1472 Moulins three children (2) Claudine de Brosse 11 November 1485 Moulins six children | 7 November 1497 Chambéry aged 59 | ||
| Philibert II 1497 - 1504 | 10 April 1480 Pont-d'Ain only son of Philip II and Marguerite de Bourbon | (1) Yolande Louise of Savoy 1496 no issue (2) Margaret of Austria 2 December 1501 Romainmôtier no issue | 10 September 1504 Pont-d'Ain aged 24 | ||
| Charles III 1504 - 1553 | 10 October 1486 Chazey-sur-Ain eldest son of Philip II and Claudine de Brosse | Beatrice of Portugal 29 September 1521 Villefranche-sur-Mer nine children | 17 August 1553 Vercelli aged 66 | ||
| Emmanuel Philibert 1553 - 1580 | 8 July 1528 Chambéry third son of Charles III and Beatrice of Portugal | Margaret of France 9 July 1559 Saint-Paul's Church, Paris one son | 30 August 1580 Turin aged 52 | ||
| Charles Emmanuel I 1580 - 1630 | 12 January 1562 Castle of Rivoli only son of Emmanuel Philibert and Margaret of France | Catherine Michelle of Spain 18 March 1585 Zaragoza ten children | 26 July 1630 Savigliano aged 68 | ||
| Victor Amadeus I 1630 - 1637 | 8 May 1587 Turin second son of Charles Emmanuel I and Catherine Michelle of Spain | Christine Marie of France 10 February 1619 Louvre Palace eight children | 7 October 1637 Turin aged 50 | ||
| Francis Hyacinth 1637 - 1638 | 14 September 1632 Castello del Valentino second son of Victor Amadeus I and Christine Marie of France | never married | 4 October 1638 Castello del Valentino aged 6 | ||
| Charles Emmanuel II 1638 - 1675 | 20 June 1634 Turin third son of Victor Amadeus I and Christine Marie of France | (1) Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans 4 March 1663 Louvre Palace no issue (2) Marie Jeanne of Savoy 10 May 1665 Turin one son | 12 June 1675 Turin aged 40 | ||
| Victor Amadeus II 1675 - 1730 | 14 May 1666 Royal Palace of Turin only son of Charles Emmanuel II and Marie Jeanne of Savoy | (1) Anne Marie d'Orléans 10 April 1684 Palace of Versailles Six Children (2) Anna Canalis di Cumiana 12 August 1730 Chapel of the Holy Shroud No Issue | 31 October 1732 Castle of Rivoli aged 66 |
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See main article: articles and King of Sardinia.
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| width=8% | Photo | Name | Life | Became King | Ceased to be King | Coat of Arms | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Emmanuel II | 14 March 1820 – 9 January 1878 | 17 March 1861 | 9 January 1878 | Acquired land in Lombardy–Venetia and the Papal States. Uniting most of the Italian Peninsula. | |||
| Umberto I | 14 March 1844 – 29 July 1900 | 9 January 1878 | 29 July 1900 | Acquired land in modern-day Eritrea and Somalia, being the first Italian King to have a colonial empire. Assassinated in 29 July 1900. | |||
| Victor Emmanuel III | 11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947 | 29 July 1900 | 9 May 1946 | Acquired land in Libya, South Tyrol, and the Istria during World War I. Reigned during the Fascist Period, while also gaining a bit more land in Libya and occupied Ethiopia. He reigned during World War II, in which he surrendered to the Allies. Abdicated in favor of his son, Umberto in 1946 before departing to Egypt. | |||
| Umberto II | 15 September 1904 – 18 March 1983 | 9 May 1946 | 12 June 1946 | The last King of Italy. On 2 June, the Italians voted for a Republic, and the Monarchy was abolished on 12 June.[2] |
| Umberto II | 15 September 1904 | 18 March 1983 | 9 May 1946[3] | 18 March 1983 |
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 Royal House on the same day.
| Name | Photo | Birth | Death | Became Head | Ceased to be Head | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vittorio Emanuele | 12 February 1937 | 3 February 2024 | 18 March 1983 | 3 February 2024 | ||
| Emanuele Filiberto | 22 June 1972 | Still living | 3 February 2024 | Still claims the throne |
| Name | Photo | Birth | Death | Became Head | Ceased to be Head | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prince Amedeo | 27 September 1943 | 1 June 2021 | 7 July 2006 | 1 June 2021 | ||
| Prince Aimone | 13 October 1967 | Still living | 1 June 2021 | Still claims the throne |