11) Charles Emmanuel I. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Charles Emmanuel I, 1562-1630, duke of Savoy (1580-1630), son and successor of Emmanuel Philibert. He continued his father's efforts to recover territories lost to...
12) Victor Amadeus II. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Victor Amadeus II, (amde´s) (KEY) , 1666-1732, duke of Savoy (1675-1713), king of Sicily (1713-20), king of Sardinia (1720-30). Succeeding his father, Charles Emmanuel...
13) Sardinia, kingdom of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...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...
14) Allobroges. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Allobroges, (lo´brjez) (KEY) , Celtic tribe in Gaul, inhabiting later Dauphine and Savoy. They were conquered (121 B.C.) by Quintus Fabius Maximus, who was called...
15) Charles Albert. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Charles Albert, 1798-1849, king of Sardinia (1831-49, see Savoy, house of). Because he had not been entirely unsympathetic to the revolutionary movement of 1821 in...
16) Amadeus VIII. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Amadeus VIII, (amde´s) (KEY) , 1383-1451, count (1391-1416) and duke (from 1416) of Savoy, antipope (1439-49) with the name Felix V. In 1434 he appointed his son...
17) Maistre, Xavier de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Maistre, Xavier de, (zavya´ d mes´tr) (KEY) , 1763-1852, French writer, b. Savoy; brother of Joseph de Maistre. He served in the Russian army and lived most of his...
18) Annecy. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Annecy, (anse´) (KEY) , town (1990 pop. 51,143), capital of Haute-Savoie dept., SE France, in Savoy in the N Alps, on beautiful Lake Annecy. A popular tourist resort,...
19) Cambrai, Treaty of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Treaty of, called the Ladies' Peace, treaty negotiated and signed in 1529 by Louise of Savoy, representing her son Francis I of France, and Margaret of Austria, representing...
20) Maistre, Joseph de. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Maistre, Joseph de, (zhozef ´ d mes´tr) (KEY) , 1753-1821, French writer and diplomat. Born in Savoy, he was Sardinian ambassador at St. Petersburg from 1803 to 1817....
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