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 (sävwä`), department (1990 pop. 351,400), SE France, bordering Italy. Chambéry is the capital.
..... Click the link for more information. and Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie (ōt-sävwä`) 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 (dōfēnā`), region and former province, SE France, bordering on Italy.
..... Click the link for more information. , and on the E by the Alpine crest on the Swiss and Italian borders. Chambéry Chambéry (shäNbārē`), town (1990 pop. 55,603), capital of Savoie dept., E France, in the Alpine trough.
..... 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 (môN sənē`), Ital. Moncenisio, Alpine pass, 6,831 ft (2,082 m) high, on the French-Italian border.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and includes the French portion of the highest Alpine peak, Mont Blanc Mont Blanc (môN bläN), Alpine massif, on the French-Italian border, SE of Geneva.
..... 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 (āvyäN`-lā-băN) or Évian, town (1993 est. pop.
..... Click the link for more information. . Savoy was inhabited by the Allobroges Allobroges (əlŏ`brəjēz), Celtic tribe in Gaul, inhabiting later Dauphiné and Savoy. They were conquered (121 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. at the time Julius Caesar conquered the region. It became part of the first kingdom of Burgundy Burgundy (bûr`gəndē), Fr.
..... 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 (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop.
..... 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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