Savoy (səvoi`), Fr. Savoie, Alpine region of E France. The boundaries of old Savoy have changed with time, but presently the region comprises the departments of Savoie Savoie , department (1990 pop. 351,400), SE France, bordering Italy. Chambéry is the capital.
..... Click the link for more information. and Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie department (1990 pop. 577,600), E France, in the northern part of the old duchy of Savoy. Annecy is the capital.
..... Click the link for more information. . It is bounded on the N by Lake Geneva, on the W by the Rhône River, on the S by Dauphiné Dauphiné , region and former province, SE France, bordering on Italy. It is now divided into three departments, Haute-Alpes, Isère, and Drôme.
..... Click the link for more information. , and on the E by the Alpine crest on the Swiss and Italian borders. Chambéry Chambéry , town (1990 pop. 55,603), capital of Savoie dept., E France, in the Alpine trough. It is a communications and commerce center as well as a railway and air transport hub. Manufactures include metals and construction materials.
..... Click the link for more information. is the historic capital of French Savoy. The region commands many important passes connecting France and Italy (notably the historic Little Saint Bernard Saint Bernard, two Alpine passes, both used since antiquity. The

Great Saint Bernard (alt. 8,110 ft/2,472 m), on the Italian-Swiss border, links Valais canton, Switzerland, with Valle d'Aosta, Italy.
..... Click the link for more information. and the Mont Cenis Cenis, Mont , Ital. Moncenisio, Alpine pass, 6,831 ft (2,082 m) high, on the French-Italian border. It is one of the great invasion routes in Italian history. Napoleon I built a new road there in 1810.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and includes the French portion of the highest Alpine peak, Mont Blanc Mont Blanc , Alpine massif, on the French-Italian border, SE of Geneva. One of its several peaks, also called Mont Blanc (15,771 ft/4,807 m), is the highest peak in France and the second highest in Europe.
..... Click the link for more information. . Agriculture and dairying have long been the region's chief occupations. Tourism is also important, and there are many spas, the most notable at Évian-les-Bains Évian-les-Bains or Évian, town (1993 est. pop. 7,027), Haute-Savoie dept., E France, on Lake Geneva. It is a fashionable spa at the foot of the Alps.
..... Click the link for more information. . Savoy was inhabited by the Allobroges Allobroges , Celtic tribe in Gaul, inhabiting later Dauphiné and Savoy. They were conquered (121 B.C.) by Quintus Fabius Maximus, who was called Allobrogicus in commemoration of the victory. In the time of Julius Caesar they sided with Rome.
..... Click the link for more information. at the time Julius Caesar conquered the region. It became part of the first kingdom of Burgundy Burgundy , Fr. Bourgogne , historic region, E France. The name once applied to a large area embracing several kingdoms, a free county (see Franche-Comté), and a duchy.
..... Click the link for more information. (5th cent.) and later of the kingdom of Arles Arles, kingdom of, was formed in 933, when Rudolf II, king of Transjurane Burgundy, united the kingdom of Provence or Cisjurane Burgundy to his lands and established his capital at Arles.
..... Click the link for more information. (10th cent.), after which it was ceded to the Holy Roman Empire. In the 11th cent., Humbert the Whitehanded, a lord of Arles, consolidated the various feudal territories of the region, and from then on the region's history is closely linked with the house of Savoy (see Savoy, house of Savoy, house of, dynasty of Western Europe that ruled Savoy and Piedmont from the 11th cent., the kingdom of Sicily from 1714 to 1718, the kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1861, and the kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1946.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Under Amadeus VIII, Savoy became (early 15th cent.) a duchy extending far into France, Italy, and Switzerland. By the beginning of the 16th cent. the rule of the dukes had grown weak, and Savoy fell under French and Swiss dominance. Emmanuel Philibert greatly restored the territory and fortunes of the region and moved the ducal residence to Turin (1559), after which Savoy became essentially an Italian rather than a French state. When Victor Amadeus II became king of Sardinia in 1713, Savoy became a part of that new state (see Sardinia, kingdom of Sardinia, kingdom of, name given to the possessions of the house of Savoy (see Savoy, house of) in 1720, when the island of Sardinia was awarded (by the Treaty of London) to Duke Victor Amadeus II of Savoy to compensate him for the loss of Sicily to Austria.
..... Click the link for more information. ). Annexed by France in 1792, Savoy was returned to Sardinia in 1815. Finally, by the Treaty of Turin (1860), Piedmont Piedmont , Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. Turin is the capital of the region, which is one of the richest in Italy.
..... Click the link for more information. , then the ruling part of Savoy, ceded French Savoy to France. The region was annexed after a plebiscite.

Savoy

French Savoie Italian Savoia

Historical region, southeastern France and northwestern Italy. From the 11th century the counts of Savoy ruled it as part of the kingdom of Arles under the suzerainty of what would become the Holy Roman Empire. It became virtually independent and expanded across the Alps to include the plain of Piedmont in Italy. In the 18th century Piedmont and Savoy were incorporated into the kingdom of Sardinia, and the dukes of Savoy became kings of Sardinia. Savoy and Piedmont were ceded to France in 1792, but Savoy was restored to its traditional rulers in 1815, with the addition of Genoa. In 1860 Sardinia, Genoa, and Piedmont joined other Italian states to form the Kingdom of Italy. The house of Savoy was the ruling house of Italy until 1946, when the Italian Republic was established.

Savoy¹

a noble family of Italy that ruled over the duchy of Savoy and became the royal house of Italy (1861--1946): the oldest reigning dynasty in Europe before the dissolution of the Italian monarchy

Savoy²

an area of SE France, bordering on Italy, mainly in the Savoy Alps: a duchy in the late Middle Ages and part of the Kingdom of Sardinia from 1720 to 1860, when it became part of France

Savoy

sumptuous hotel in London; at the time of its opening, it set new standards of luxury. [Br. Hist.: EB, 8: 1118]

See : Luxury

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No references found			I am at the Savoy Hotel, speaking from my room--number 443. The Illustrious Prince by Oppenheim, E. Phillips View in context In 1855, Brun-Rollet, a native of Savoy, appointed consul for Sardinia in Eastern Soudan, to take the place of Vaudey, who had just died, set out from Karthoum, and, under the name of Yacoub the merchant, trading in gums and ivory, got as far as Belenia, beyond the fourth degree, but had to return in ill-health to Karthoum, where he died in 1857. Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules View in context Emerging at Euston at half-past three o'clock in the afternoon, Alexander had his luggage sent to the Savoy and drove at once to Bedford Square. Alexander's Bridge by Cather, Willa View in context			Saviour Savitri-Vrata Savitskaia, Svetlana Savitskaia, Svetlana Evgenevna Savitskas, Augustinas Savitskii, Aleksandr Savitskii, Aleksandr Ivanovich Savitskii, Evgenii Savitskii, Evgenii Iakovlevich Savitskii, Evgenii Mikhailovich Savitskii, Konstantin Savitskii, Konstantin Apollonovich Savitskii, Mikhail Savitskii, Mikhail Andreevich Savoie Savoldo, Giovanni Girolamo Savona Savonarola Savonarola, Girolamo Savonius rotor Savonius windmill Savonlinna Savonlinna Opera Festival savory savory oil Savoy Savoy Alps Savoy Cabbage Savoy Conference Savoy Mountain State Forest Savoy Theatre Savoy, Duchy of Savoy, house Savoy, House of Savoy, Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Savoyard Savran Savranskii, Leonid Savranskii, Leonid Filippovich Savrasov, Aleksei Savrasov, Aleksei Kondratevich Savu Savulescu, Traian Savva Chevakinskii Savva Evseevich Golovanivskii Savva Golovanivskii Savva Ivanovich Chevakinskii Savva Lukich Raguzinskii-Vladislavich Savvaivanovich Mamontov Savvin, Vladimir			savoriness savoring savorless savorlessness Savorly savorous savors savory savory savory savory Savory (herb) Savory (herb) Savory Food Snack savory oil savour savour savoured savouries savourily savouriness savouring savourless savourlessness savours savoury savoury savoury savoury Savoury Snacks Information Bureau Savoy Savoy Alps Savoy Alps savoy cabbage savoy cabbage savoy cabbage savoy cabbage savoy cabbages savoy cabbages savoy cabbages Savoy Conference Savoy knot Savoy Mountain State Forest Savoy Mountain State Forest Savoy Theatre Savoy Theatre Savoy, Duchy of Savoy, house Savoy, House of Savoy, Prince Eugene of Savoy, the Savoy, the Savoyan Savoyan Savoyard Savoyard Savoyard Savoyards Savoyards Savoyards Savoys

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