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house of Savoy

{{short description|Royal dynasty of Southern Europe}}

{{use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox family

| name = House of Savoy

| coat of arms = Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1890) (alternate).svg

| coat_of_arms_size = 170px

| website = {{URL|https://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/|ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it}}

| parent_family = Ottonians (possibly)

| country = {{plainlist|

}}

| founded = {{start date and age|1003}}

| founder = Humbert I of Savoy

| current head = Disputed:

| final ruler = Umberto II of Italy

| titles = {{Collapsible list| title = See list

| bullets =

| Count of Savoy
(1003–1416)

| Duke of Savoy
(1416–1861)

| King of Cyprus
(1485–1946)

| King of Jerusalem
(1485–1946)

| King of Armenia
(1485–1946)

| King of Sicily
(1713–1720)

| King of Sardinia
(1720–1861)

| King of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland
(Jacobite claim, 1807–1840)

| King of Italy
(1861–1946)

| King of Spain
(1870–1873)

| Emperor of Ethiopia
(1936–1941)

| King of Albania
(1939–1943)

| King of Croatia
(1941–1943)

}}

| estates = {{collapsible list|title=See list

|Quirinal Palace

|Royal Palace of Turin

|Royal Palace of Milan

|Royal Palace of Naples

|Royal Palace of Caserta

|Royal Palace of Venaria Reale

|Royal Palace of Capodimonte

|Royal Villa of Monza

|Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi

|Palazzo Madama

|Palazzo Carignano

|Palazzo Margherita

|Villa Ada

|Villa della Regina

|Castle of Valentino

|Castle of Racconigi

|Castle of Rivoli

|Castle of Agliè

|Castle of Moncalieri

|Castle of La Mandria

|Castle of Govone

|Pollenzo Estate

}}

| deposition = 12 June 1946: Umberto II left Italy as a result of the institutional referendum

| cadet branches = {{Collapsible list| title = See list

| bullets =

| Savoy-Morsini-Del demonico

| Savoy-Carignano

| Savoy-Aosta

| Savoy-Villafranca-Soissons

| Savoy-Genoa (extinct 1996

| Savoy-Villafranca (extinct 1888)

| Savoy-Soissons (extinct 1734)

| Savoy-Nemours (extinct 1659)

| Savoy-Racconigi (extinct 1605)

| Savoy-Tende (extinct 1580)

| Savoy-Acaia/Achaea (extinct 1418)

| Savoy-Vaud (extinct 1359)

}}

}}

{{House of Savoy}}

The House of Savoy ({{langx|it|Casa Savoia}}, {{langx|fr|Maison de Savoie}}) is a royal house (formally a dynasty) of Franco-Italian origin that was established in 1003 in the historical region of Savoy, which was originally part of the Kingdom of Burgundy and now lies mostly within southeastern France. Through gradual expansions, the family grew in power, first ruling the County of Savoy, a small Alpine county northwest of Italy, and later gaining absolute rule of the Kingdom of Sicily. During the years 1713 to 1720, they were handed the Kingdom of Sardinia and would exercise direct rule from then onward as Piedmont–Sardinia, which was the legal predecessor state of the Kingdom of Italy, which in turn is the predecessor of the present-day Italian Republic.{{cite journal |last1=Sandulli |first1=Aldo |last2=Vesperini |first2=Giulio |year=2011 |title=L'organizzazione dello Stato unitario |url=http://dspace.unitus.it/bitstream/2067/1886/1/RTDP-Giulio.pdf |journal=Rivista trimestrale di diritto pubblico |language=it |pages=47–49 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102041246/http://dspace.unitus.it/bitstream/2067/1886/1/RTDP-Giulio.pdf |archive-date=2 November 2018 |access-date=19 March 2013}}{{cite book |last=Casùla |first=Francesco Cesare |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSdXAwAAQBAJ |title=Italia. Il grande inganno. 1861–2011 |publisher=Carlo Delfino Editore; Logus mondi interattivi (e-book) |year=2012 |isbn=978-88-98062-13-3 |edition=e-book |location=Sassari; Ussana |pages=32–49 |language=it |quote=... 1479, Regno di 'Sardegna e Corsica' malgrado non rappresentasse tutta la Sardegna e malgrado la Corsica non fosse interessata ma considerata solo ambita (non sarà mai conquistata). Poi, dal 1479, si chiamo solo Regno di Sardegna ... poi solo Regno di Sardegna (fino al 1861), poi Regno d'Italia (fino al 1946), e, finalmente, Repubblica Italiana. E, tutto questo, senza alcuna soluzione di continuità. |access-date=20 December 2024 |via=Google Books |trans-quote=... 1479, Kingdom of 'Sardinia and Corsica' even though it did not represent all of Sardinia and even though Corsica was not interested but only considered coveted (it will never be conquered). Then, from 1479, it was called only the Kingdom of Sardinia ... then only the Kingdom of Sardinia (until 1861), then the Kingdom of Italy (until 1946), and, finally, the Italian Republic. And, all this, without any solution of continuity.}}

From rule of a region on the French–Italian border, by the time of the abolition of monarchy in Italy, the dynasty's realm grew to include nearly all of the Italian peninsula. Through its junior branch of Savoy-Carignano, the House of Savoy led the Italian unification in 1861, and ruled the Kingdom of Italy until 1946. They also briefly ruled the Kingdom of Spain during the 19th century. The Savoyard kings of Italy were Victor Emmanuel II, Umberto I, Victor Emmanuel III, and Umberto II. Umberto II reigned for only a few weeks, as the last king of Italy, before being deposed following the 1946 Italian institutional referendum, after which the Italian Republic was proclaimed.{{cite book |last=Ginsborg |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uhgRA9j9FOwC |title=A History of Contemporary Italy: Society and Politics, 1943–1988 |year=2003 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=uhgRA9j9FOwC&dq=italy+referendum+1946&pg=PA98 98]|isbn=978-1-4039-6153-2 }}

History

= Early history =

The name derives from the historical region of Savoy in the Alps between what is now France and Italy. Over time, the House of Savoy expanded its territory and influence through judicious marriages and international diplomacy.{{cite book |last=Cox |first=Eugene |title=The kingdom of Burgundy, the land of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories |date=1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |editor-last=McKitterick |editor-first=Rosamond |series=The New Cambridge Medieval History |volume=5, C.1198-C.1300 |pages=365–366 |editor-last2=Abulafia |editor-first2=David}} The house descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia, also known as Umberto I "Biancamano" (1003–1047 or 1048). The ancestry of Humbert is uncertain, as contemporary documents make no mention of his father. His family was traditionally believed to have come from Saxony;{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Savoy}} more recent investigations into the 21st century pointed to the County of Vienne, where both Humbert and his relatives held extensive possessions, as a more plausible origin.Administrative charters of Humbert's family are studied in the thesis Laurent Ripart, « Les fondements idéologiques du pouvoir des comtes de la maison de Savoie (de la fin du Xe au début du XIIIe siècle) », Université de Nice, 1999, 3 volumes, Tome II, p. 496-695.{{Cite book|language=fr|last1=Ducourthial|first1=Cyrille|chapter=Géographie du pouvoir en pays de Savoie au tournant de l’an mil|title=Le royaume de Bourgogne autour de l'an mil|publisher=Université de Savoie|year=2008|isbn=978-2915797350|url=http://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/b/b071315.pdf|pages=223–225|archive-date=7 March 2024|access-date=22 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307200013/https://www.mgh-bibliothek.de/dokumente/b/b071315.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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Although Sabaudia was originally a poor county, later counts were diplomatically skilled, and gained control over strategic mountain passes in the Alps. Two of Humbert's sons were commendatory abbots at the Abbey of St. Maurice, Agaunum, on the river Rhône east of Lake Geneva, and Saint Maurice is still the patron of the House of Savoy. Humbert's son, Otto of Savoy, succeeded to the title in 1051 after the death of his elder brother Amadeus I of Savoy. Otto married the Marchioness Adelaide of Turin, bringing the Marquessate of Susa, with the towns of Turin and Pinerolo, into the House of Savoy's possession.{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia|wstitle=Piedmont}} They once had claims on the modern canton of Vaud, where they occupied the Château of Chillon in Switzerland; their access to it was cut by Geneva during the Protestant Reformation, after which it was conquered by the Canton of Bern. Meanwhile, Piedmont was later joined with Sabaudia, and the name evolved into Savoy ({{langx|it|Savoia}}).

= Expansion, retreat, and prosperity =

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By the time Amadeus VIII came to power in the late 14th century, the House of Savoy had gone through a series of gradual territorial expansions and he was elevated by Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor, to the Duke of Savoy in 1416.Introduction:The Sabaudian Lands and Sabaudian Studies, Matthew Vester, Sabaudian Studies: Political Culture, Dynasty, and Territory (1400–1700), ed. Matthew Vester, (Truman State University Press, 2013), 1. In 1494, Charles VIII of France passed through Savoy on his way to Italy and Naples, which initiated the Italian War of 1494–1495.Sabaudian Studies, Matthew Vester, Sabaudian Studies: Political Culture, Dynasty, and Territory (1400–1700), (Truman State University Press, 2013), 6. During the outbreak of the Italian war of 1521–1526, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V stationed imperial troops in Savoy.Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars, 1494-1559, (Pearson Educational Limited, 2012), 154. In 1536, Francis I of France invaded Savoy and Piedmont, taking Turin by April of that year.Michael Mallett and Christine Shaw, The Italian Wars, 1494-1559, 230-231. Charles III Duke of Savoy, fled to Vercelli.

When Emmanuel Philibert came to power in 1553, most of his family's territories were in French hands, so he offered to serve France's leading enemy the House of Habsburg in the hope of recovering his lands. He served Philip II of Spain as Governor of the Netherlands (then part of the Seventeen Provinces) from 1555 to 1559.Henry Kamen, Philip of Spain, (Yale University Press, 1997), 64. In this capacity, he led the Spanish invasion of northern France and won a victory in the battle of St. Quentin in 1557.Henry Kamen, Philip of Spain, 67. He took advantage of various squabbles in Europe to slowly regain territory from both the French and the Spanish, including the city of Turin. He moved the capital of the duchy from Chambéry to Turin.

The 17th century brought about economic development to the Turin area and the House of Savoy took part in and benefitted from that. Charles Emmanuel II developed the port of Nice and built a road through the Alps towards France, and through skillful political manoeuvres the territorial expansion continued. In the early 18th century during the War of the Spanish Succession, future King Victor Amadeus II switched sides to assist the Habsburgs, and via the Treaty of Utrecht they rewarded him with large pieces of land in northeastern Italy and a Crown in Sicily. Savoy rule over Sicily lasted only seven years (1713–1720).

= Kingdom of Italy =

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The crown of Sicily, the prestige of being kings at last, and the wealth of Palermo helped strengthen the House of Savoy further. In 1720, they were forced to exchange Sicily for the Kingdom of Sardinia as a result of the War of the Quadruple Alliance. On the mainland, the dynasty continued its expansionist policies as well. Through advantageous alliances during the War of the Polish Succession and War of the Austrian Succession, King Charles Emmanuel III gained new lands at the expense of the Austrian-controlled Duchy of Milan.

In 1792, Piedmont–Sardinia joined the First Coalition against the French First Republic. It was beaten in 1796 by Napoleon and forced to conclude the disadvantageous Treaty of Paris, giving the French army free passage through Piedmont. In 1798, Barthélemy Catherine Joubert occupied Turin and forced Charles Emmanuel IV to abdicate and leave for the island of Sardinia. In 1814, the kingdom was restored and enlarged with the addition of the former Republic of Genoa by the Congress of Vienna.

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In the meantime, Italian nationalist figures like Giuseppe Mazzini were influencing popular opinion. Mazzini believed that Italian unification could only be achieved through a popular uprising. After the failure of the Revolutions of 1848 in the Italian states, the nationalists began to look to the Kingdom of Sardinia and its prime minister Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour as leaders of the unification movement. In 1848, King Charles Albert conceded a constitution known as the Statuto Albertino to Piedmont–Sardinia, which remained the basis of the kingdom's legal system even after Italian unification was achieved and the Kingdom of Sardinia became the Kingdom of Italy in 1861.

The Kingdom of Italy was the first Italian state to include the Italian peninsula since the fall of the Roman Empire. When Victor Emmanuel was crowned King of Italy in 1861, his realm did not include the Venetia region (subject to Habsburg governance), Lazio (with Rome), Umbria, Marche, and Romagna (with the Papal town of Bologna). Yet the House of Savoy continued to rule Italy for several decades through the Italian independence wars as Italian unification proceeded and even as the First World War raged on in the early 20th century.

= Massacres =

In April 1655, based on perhaps false reports of resistance by the Waldensians, a Protestant religious minority, to a plan to resettle them in remote mountain valleys, Charles Emmanuel II ordered their general massacre, which became known as the Piedmontese Easter. The massacre was so brutal it aroused indignation throughout Europe. Oliver Cromwell, then ruler in England, began petitioning on behalf of the Waldensians, writing letters, raising contributions, calling a general fast in England, and threatening to send military forces to the rescue. The massacre prompted John Milton's famous sonnet, "On the Late Massacre in Piedmont".

In 1898, the Bava Beccaris massacre in Milan involved the use of cannons against unarmed protesters (including women and the elderly) during riots over the rising price of bread. King Umberto I of the House of Savoy congratulated General Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris for the massacre and decorated him with the medal of Great Official of Savoy Military Order, greatly outraging a large part of the public opinion. As a result, Umberto I was assassinated in July 1900 in Monza by Gaetano Bresci, the brother of one of the women massacred in the crowd, who had traveled back to Italy from the United States for the assassination. The king had previously been the target of failed assassination attempts by anarchists Giovanni Passannante and Pietro Acciarito.

= Fascism and end of monarchy =

When the First World War ended, the Treaty of Versailles fell short of what had been promised in the London Pact to Italy. As the economic conditions in Italy worsened after the war, popular resentment and along with it the seeds of Italian fascism began to grow and resulted in the March on Rome by Benito Mussolini. General Pietro Badoglio advised King Victor Emmanuel III that he could easily sweep Mussolini and his rag-tag Blackshirt army to one side but Victor Emmanuel decided to tolerate Mussolini and appointed him as prime minister of Italy on 28 October 1922. The king remained silent as Mussolini engaged in one abuse of power after another from 1924 onward, and did not intervene in 1925–1926 when Mussolini dropped all pretense of democracy. By the end of 1928, the king's right to remove Mussolini from office was, at least theoretically, the only check on his power. Later, the king's failure, in the face of mounting evidence, to move against the Mussolini regime's abuses of power led to much criticism and had dire future consequences for Italy and for the monarchy itself.

After their invasion in 1935, Italy conquered Ethiopia in the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and Victor Emmanuel was crowned as Emperor of Ethiopia. He also added the Albanian crown 1939 but lost Ethiopia as part of the East African campaign in 1941; however, as Mussolini and the Axis powers failed in the Second World War in 1943, several members of the Italian court began putting out feelers to the Allies of World War II, who in turn let it be known that Mussolini had to go. After Mussolini received a vote of no confidence from the Fascist Grand Council on 24 July, Victor Emmanuel dismissed him from office, relinquished the Ethiopian and Albanian crowns, and appointed Pietro Badoglio as prime minister. On 8 September, the new government announced it had signed an armistice with the Allies five days earlier; however, Victor Emmanuel made another blunder when he and his government fled south to Brindisi, leaving his army without orders.

As the Allies and the Italian Resistance gradually chased the Nazis and fascists off the peninsula, it became apparent that Victor Emmanuel was too tainted by his earlier support of Mussolini to have any postwar role. Accordingly, Victor Emmanuel transferred most of his powers to his son, Crown Prince Umberto, in April 1944. Rome was liberated two months later, and Victor Emmanuel transferred his remaining powers to Umberto and named him Lieutenant General of the Realm. Within a year, public opinion pushed for a referendum to decide between retaining the monarchy or becoming a republic. On 9 May 1946, in a last-ditch attempt to save the monarchy, Victor Emmanuel formally abdicated in favour of his son, who became Umberto II. It did not work as the 1946 Italian institutional referendum was won by republicans with 54% of the vote. Victor Emmanuel went into exile in Egypt, dying there a year later.

On 12 June 1946, the Kingdom of Italy formally came to an end as Umberto II transferred his powers to the prime minister Alcide de Gasperi and called for the Italian people to support the new republic. He then went into exile in Portugal, never to return; he died in 1983. The Constitution of the Italian Republic includes the entrenched clause that the republican form of government cannot be changed by constitutional amendment, thus forbidding any attempt to restore the monarchy short of adoption of an entirely new constitution. The Constitution of Italy also forbade male descendants of the House of Savoy from entering Italy.{{cite journal |last=Buonomo |first=Giampiero |year=2000 |title=Né l'Unione europea, né i diritti dell'uomo possono aprire le frontiere a Casa Savoia |url=https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89298424 |journal=Diritto&Giustizia |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-date=11 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211140818/https://www.questia.com/projects#!/project/89298424 |url-status=dead|trans-quote=In order to prevail the thirteenth final provision of the Italian Constitution ... international law provides for the special instrument of 'reserves' duly stamped by the Italian State at the time of its instrument of ratification deposit of the fourth Protocol. }} This provision was removed in 2002;{{cite web |last=Buonomo |first=Giampiero |year=2002|title=Sull'esilio dei Savoia |url=https://www.academia.edu/11452824|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Academia.edu}} as part of the deal to be allowed back into Italy, Vittorio Emanuele, the last claimant to the House of Savoy, renounced all claims to the throne.{{cite news |date=24 February 2024 |title=Right royal punch-up at Spanish prince's wedding |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/may/29/spain.johnhooper |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=The Guardian }} He died in 2024.{{cite news |date=3 February 2024 |title=Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy, son of Italy's last king, dies aged 86 |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/obituary-vittorio-emanuele-savoy-son-italys-last-king-dies-aged-86-2024-02-03/ |work=Reuters|access-date=22 December 2024 }}

= Controversies, damage claims against Italy, and internal disputes =

The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy in Turin and the neighbourhood are protected as a World Heritage Site. Although the titles and distinctions of the Italian royal family are not legally recognised by the Italian Republic, the remaining members of the House of Savoy, like dynasties of other abolished monarchies, still use some of the various titles they acquired over the millennium of their reign prior to the republic's establishment, including Duke of Savoy; Prince of Naples, previously conferred by Joseph Bonaparte to be hereditary on his children and grandchildren; Prince of Piedmont; and Duke of Aosta.

Previously, the leadership of the House of Savoy was contested by two cousins: Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, who used to claim the title of King of Italy, and Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, who claimed the title of Duke of Savoy. Supporters of Vittorio Emanuele and his descendents are known as Legitimists while supporters of Amedeo and his descendents are known as Aostaists. Their rivalry was not always peaceful. On 21 May 2004, following a dinner held by King Juan Carlos I of Spain on the eve of the wedding of his son Felipe, Prince of Asturias, Vittorio Emanuele punched Amedeo twice in the face.{{cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |date=28 May 2004 |title=Right royal punch-up at Spanish prince's wedding |url=https://www.theguardian.com/spain/article/0,2763,1227375,00.html |work=The Guardian|access-date=22 December 2024}}

In 1969, Vittorio Emanuele made his unilateral declaration of kingship, arguing that by agreeing to submit to a referendum on his place as head of state, his father (Umberto II) had thereby abdicated. Vittorio Emanuele took this action after his father allegedly called for Amedeo to visit him in Portugal to name him his heir. Under his self-assumed powers as King of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele conferred the title of Duchess of Sant'Anna di Valdieri on his then-fiancée Marina Doria.{{cite news|url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/cards/vittorio-emanuele-80-anni-prima-pagina/leggi-monarchiche-savoia.shtml|title=Vittorio Emanuele, 80 anni in prima pagina|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|date=3 February 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fanpage.it/attualita/chi-era-vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia-il-figlio-dellultimo-re-ditalia-scomparso-a-86-anni/|title=Chi era Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, il figlio dell'ultimo re d'Italia scomparso a 86 anni|website=Fanpage.it|language=it|date=3 February 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ideawebtv.it/2024/02/15/vittorio-emanuele-un-savoia-ribelle-che-non-studio-da-re/|title='Vittorio Emanuele un Savoia ribelle che non studiò da re'|website=Idea Web TV|language=it|date=15 February 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}} In 1983, after the death of his father, with the support of the Italian Freemasonry (like many personalities of the Italian ruling class who promoted the repeal of the transitional provisions and the return to Italy, he was registered with Licio Gelli's Masonic lodge Propaganda Due with membership number 1621),{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LYw5AQAAIAAJ&q=vittorio+emanuele+p2+licio+gelli |title=N/A|magazine=Oggi |date=1981 |publisher=Rizzoli Editore |language=it|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Google Books}}{{cite book |last1=Fruttero |first1=Carlo |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YaBfXGrurHsC |title=La Patria, bene o male |last2=Gramellini |first2=Massimo |year=2011 |publisher=Edizioni Mondadori |page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=YaBfXGrurHsC&pg=PT281&dq=vittorio+emanuele+p2+licio+gelli 281]|isbn=978-88-520-1742-1 |language=it|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Google Books}}{{cite news|last=Franceschini|first=Enrico|url=https://www.repubblica.it/esteri/2024/02/03/news/vittorio_emanuele_savoia_morto_re_italia-422050035/|title=Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, il 're mancato' che non ha mai smesso di aspirare al trono|work=La Repubblica|language=it|date=3 February 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}} as well as scattered pieces of the Italian Monarchist Party, Vittorio Emanuele proclaimed himself King of Italy as Vittorio Emanuele IV and became the historical and political reference of the House of Savoy.{{cite news|last=Turrini|first=Davide|date=3 February 2024|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2024/02/03/morto-vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia-dallesilio-agli-scandali-fino-allaccusa-di-omicidio-la-storia-del-re-ditalia-che-non-riusci-mai-a-salire-sul-trono/7432390/|title=Morto Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia: dall'esilio agli scandali fino all'accusa di omicidio, la storia del re d'Italia che non riuscì mai a salire sul trono|work=Il Fatto Quotidiano|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} In 2002, statements were published in which he accepted the end of the monarchy,{{cite book |last=Feroldi |first=Alessandro |title=Lampi di vita. Storia di un principe in esilio |year=2002 |publisher=Rizzoli |location=Milan|pages=161, 207, 216|isbn=978-8-81787-047-4|quote='Io sono il primo ad accettare che in Italia ci sia la repubblica e non più la monarchia', [page 162, lines 9–10] ... 'Oggi come oggi non vedo l'utilità di riportare in Italia una corona' [page 207, lines 8–9] ... 'Sappiamo tutti che l'Italia non può più tornare ad essere una monarchia' [page 207, line 26] ... 'Ormai la monarchia in Italia non ha più ragione d'essere' [page 216, line 17].|trans-quote="I am the first to accept that in Italy there is a republic and no longer a monarchy" ... "Today I do not see the point of bringing a crown back to Italy" ... "We all know that Italy can no longer go back to being a monarchy" ... "By now the monarchy in Italy no longer has any reason to exist" ... .}} and both Vittorio Emanuele and his son Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy swore loyalty to the Italian Republic and its president.

In 1997, Vittorio Emanuele said on TG2 that the antisemitic laws passed under Mussolini's regime were "not so bad".{{cite news |last=Arie |first=Sophie |title=Italy's Jews wait for royal apology |url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA101936655&sid=sitemap&v=2.1&it=r&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7E9a16f98d&aty=open-web-entry |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=The Observer |date=18 May 2003|via=Gale}}{{cite news|last=Fiori|first=Simonetta|date=22 January 2021|url=https://www.repubblica.it/cultura/2021/01/22/news/leggi_razziali_le_scuse_dei_savoia-283811211/|title=Leggi razziali, le scuse dei Savoia|work=La Repubblica|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} Vittorio Emanuele reconsidered his words the day after and spoke of a "grave mistake",{{cite news|last=Isman|first=Fabio|date=23 January 2021|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/politica/emanuele_filiberto_savoia_scuse_comunita_ebraica_cosa_ha_detto_leggi_razziali_ultime_notizie_news-5718580.html|title=Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia si scusa con la Comunità ebraica per le leggi razziali: 'Chiediamo perdono ma non lo pretendiamo'|work=Il Messaggero|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} but he did not apologize.{{cite news|last=Vecellio|first=Valter|date=3 February 2024|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.it/politica/2024/02/03/news/quando_vittorio_emanuele_di_savoia_mi_disse_che_le_leggi_razziali_non_erano_cosi_gravi_e_non_chiese_scusa-14999310/|title=Quando Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia mi disse che le leggi razziali non erano così gravi. E non chiese scusa|work=HuffPost Italia|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} In 2002, with a statement issued from Geneva on the same day the Italian racial laws of 1938 had been given royal assent by the king,{{cite news|last=Del Frate|first=Claudio|date=23 January 2021|url=https://www.corriere.it/politica/21_gennaio_22/emanuele-filiberto-chiede-scusa-leggi-razziali-cosa-furono-cosa-hanno-detto-savoia-5637667a-5cca-11eb-9977-f37e49990f1d.shtml|url-status=live|title=Emanuele Filiberto chiede scusa: le leggi razziali, cosa furono e cosa hanno detto i Savoia|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226140817/https://www.corriere.it/politica/21_gennaio_22/emanuele-filiberto-chiede-scusa-leggi-razziali-cosa-furono-cosa-hanno-detto-savoia-5637667a-5cca-11eb-9977-f37e49990f1d.shtml|archive-date=26 February 2021|access-date=22 December 2024}} for the first time in the history of the House of Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele officially distanced himself from the antisemitic laws,{{cite news|url=https://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/06_Giugno/16/schedavittorio.html|title=Dai guai giudiziari al rientro in Italia|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|date=16 June 2006|access-date=22 December 2024}} and since then had tried to repair the damage by saying that the antisemitic laws had left "an indelible stain" and were the "darkest chapter" in his family's history. The 2002 statement read: "The date of 10 November, which until now represented for us the memory of an indelible stain on the history of the family, now constitutes, by a singular twist of fate, a new, fundamental stage towards the long-awaited return to the Homeland." When the Savoys returned to Italy in 2003, they were met with complaints that Vittorio Emanuele and his family had made no attempt at reconciliation with the Jewish community, which was not satisfied and continued to demand a "clear sign that they have rejected that period of history". In an interview with the Corriere della Sera, the Union of Italian Jewish Communities president Amos Luzzatto stated: "I'm not saying it was he who signed the racial laws in 1938. But, as a Savoy heir, [Vittorio Emanuele] has never distanced himself from them."{{cite web|url=http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/000224.html|title=An Englishman in Auschwitz and other Holocaust articles|last=Gross|first=Tom|date=18 June 2003|website=Tom Gross Media|access-date=22 December 2024|archive-date=21 November 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061121121444/http://www.tomgrossmedia.com/mideastdispatches/archives/000224.html|url-status=live}} On 27 January 2005, in a letter published by the Corriere della Sera, Vittorio Emanuele issued an apology to Italy's Jewish population, asking forgiveness from the Italian Jewish community, and declaring that it was an error for the Italian royal family to have signed the racial laws of 1938.{{cite web|date=2006|url=http://antisemitism.tau.ac.il/asw2005/general-analysis.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518023658/http://antisemitism.tau.ac.il/asw2005/general-analysis.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 May 2007|title=Antisemitism and Racism: Annual Report|publisher=Stephen Roth Institute}}

On 20 September 2018, during a celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Great War, Emanuele Filiberto stated: "The racial laws are a disgrace for Italy, for what happened." This was seen as a timid admission of guilt and was criticised by the local Jewish community. Shalom, the organ of the Jewish Community of Rome, commented: "We don't like the words of Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy because they are ambiguous... and they want to water down responsibility. The racial laws are first and foremost a disgrace—not for Italy—but first and foremost for the House of Savoy which allowed without batting an eyelid—just to give an example—that dozens of Jewish officers who had served during the First World War, and who had been awarded Medals of Military Valor and who held positions of great responsibility, were expelled from the Royal Army." In January 2021, ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day in Italy, Emanuele Filiberto wrote a letter to Italy's Jewish community in which he said his family's role in rubber-stamping Mussolini's antisemitic laws caused "a wound still open for the whole of Italy", that he and his relatives "dissociate ourselves firmly" from Victor Emmanuel III who approved Mussolini's rise to power and gave the antisemitic laws royal assent, and asked for forgiveness for the king's actions. The letter was dismissed by historians as "too little too late", and was criticised by Jewish groups who condemned the family's lengthy reluctance to acknowledge its role in the Holocaust.{{cite news |last=Mane|first=Saviona|title=Italian Jewish Community Rejects Apology by Fascist-era King's Heir for Race Laws |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/europe/2021-01-25/ty-article/.premium/great-grandson-of-italys-fascist-era-king-begs-forgiveness-for-race-laws/0000017f-e2d0-d9aa-afff-fbd852820000 |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Haaretz |date=25 January 2021}}{{cite news |last1=Picheta|first1=Rob|last2=Di Donato|first2=Valentina |title='Too little, too late': Dethroned Italian prince criticized over apology for King's role in rubber-stamping fascist laws |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/27/europe/italy-monarchy-mussolini-apology-letter-scli-intl/index.html |access-date=22 December 2024 |agency=CNN |date=27 January 2021}} In the letter, Emanuele Filiberto stated: "I condemn the 1938 racial laws, all of whose weight I still feel on my shoulders to this day, and with me the whole royal house ... they are a disgrace for the entire Royal House of Savoy. ... We firmly dissociate ourselves, an unacceptable document, a wound still open for the entire country."{{cite news|date=23 January 2021|url=https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/emanuele-filiberto-condanno-le-leggi-razziali-del-1938-sono-unonta-per-tutta-la-real-casa-di-savoia_27884306-202102k.shtml|url-status=live|title=Emanuele Filiberto: 'Condanno le leggi razziali del 1938, sono un'onta per tutta la Real Casa di Savoia'|agency=TGcom24|language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240721070312/https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/cronaca/emanuele-filiberto-condanno-le-leggi-razziali-del-1938-sono-unonta-per-tutta-la-real-casa-di-savoia_27884306-202102k.shtml|archive-date=21 July 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news|date=24 January 2021|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/heir-of-italian-king-apologizes-for-monarchys-role-in-holocaust/|title=Heir of Italian king apologizes for monarchy's role in Holocaust|agency=Agence France-Presse|access-date=22 December 2024}} Emanuele Filiberto told TG5 that he was writing with "an open heart" a difficult letter whose contents "may surprise you and that perhaps you did not expect", and the time had come "once and for all" to "come to terms with the history and the past" of the Savoy family.{{cite magazine|date=23 January 2021|url=https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/savoy-prince-apologises-to-italys-jews-over-1938-racial-laws.html|title=Savoy prince apologises to Italy's Jews over 1938 racial laws|magazine=Wanted in Rome|access-date=22 December 2024}}

Some of the activities, actions, and accusations of members of the House of Savoy, especially those of Vittorio Emanuele and his legal troubles,{{cite news|date=3 February 2024|url=https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2024/02/03/news/vittorio_emanuele_e_le_vicende_giudiziarie-14042720/|title=È morto Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, figlio dell'ultimo re d'Italia: aveva 86 anni|work=La Stampa|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news|date=3 February 2024|url=https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/2024/02/03/news/vittorio_emanuele_e_le_vicende_giudiziarie-14042720/|title=Vittorio Emanuele e la giustizia: dall'accusa di omicidio a Vallettopoli. Unica condanna: porto abusivo d'armi|work=La Stampa|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} evoked media coverage disappointing to Italian royalists, including among its family members.{{cite news |last=Hooper |first=John |title=The fall of the house of Savoy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/23/italy.johnhooper |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=23 June 2006}}{{cite news |last=Meichtry |first=Stacy |date=27 June 2006|title=The Would-Be King Of Italy Turns Out To Be a Royal Pain |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115137518129491522 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519041507/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB115137518129491522|archive-date=19 May 2021|access-date=22 December 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}} Vittorio Emanuele was a business intermediary on behalf of Agusta and thanks to his friendship with Mohammad Reza Pahlavi concluded sales of helicopters between Italy, Iran, and other Arab countries. In the 1970s, he was investigated in Venice and Trento for international arms trafficking to some Middle Eastern countries under embargo. This case was later transferred to Rome but was later closed. Most notably, in November 1991, after thirteen years of legal proceedings, the Paris Assize Court acquitted Vittorio Emanuele of the fatal wounding and unintentional homicide in August 1978 of Dirk Hamer (who was shot and killed while asleep on a yacht off Cavallo),{{cite web|url=http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/Hof.nsf/d0cd2c2c444d8d94c12567c2002de990/f17b35d53bcc006dc1256640004c3306?OpenDocument|url-status=dead|title=Summary of trial proceedings concerned the killing of Dirk Hamer|date=2007|publisher=Netherlands Institute for Human Rights|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505080648/http://sim.law.uu.nl/SIM/CaseLaw/Hof.nsf/d0cd2c2c444d8d94c12567c2002de990/f17b35d53bcc006dc1256640004c3306?OpenDocument|archive-date=5 May 2008|access-date=22 December 2024}} finding him guilty of unauthorised possession of a firearm during the incident; this proved to be his one and only conviction of all his legal troubles.

On 16 June 2006, Vittorio Emanuele was arrested in Varenna, as investigators said he had contacts with the Mafia,{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/24/world/europe/24briefs-003.html|title=Italy: Prince Put Under House Arrest|agency=Reuters|date=24 June 2006|access-date=22 December 2024}} and imprisoned in Potenza on charges of political corruption and recruitment of prostitutes for clients of the Casinò di Campione of Campione d'Italia,{{cite news |last=Bufi|first=Fulvio|date=16 June 2006|title=Arrestato Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia |work= Corriere della Sera |url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/06_Giugno/16/savoia.shtml|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news |date=17 June 2006 |title=Arrested Italy prince goes from palace to jail |agency=NBC News |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna13380673|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news |last=Popham|first=Peter|date=24 January 2007 |title=Italian justice: The prince and the prostitutes|work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-justice-the-prince-and-the-prostitutes-6097514.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231130222058/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/italian-justice-the-prince-and-the-prostitutes-6097514.html |archive-date=30 November 2023 |access-date=12 July 2018}} from which it emerged the Vallettopoli scandal.{{cite news |title=Vittorio Emanuele a giudizio |url=https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2009/09/23/news/vittorio-emanuele-a-giudizio-1.37059123/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=La Stampa |language=it|date=23 September 2009}}{{cite news|url=https://luigiboschi.it/argomenti/economia_e_finanza/cronaca_nera_e_giudiziaria/VITTORIO-EMANUELE-A-GIUDIZIO-ASSOCIAZIONE-A-DELINQUERE/|title=Vittorio Emanuele a giudizio, associazione a delinquere|agency=ANSA|language=it|date=24 September 2009|access-date=22 December 2024|via=LuigiBoschi.it}} After seven days in jail,{{cite news |title=Videopoker, assolto Vittorio Emanuele |url=https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2010/09/22/news/videopoker-assolto-vittorio-emanuele-1.37001644/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=La Stampa |language=it |date=22 September 2010}} Vittorio Emanuele was released and placed under house arrest instead; both Vittorio Emanuele and his family denied any wrongdoings.{{cite news|last=Hooper|first=John|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jun/17/italy.johnhooper|title=Italian king's son arrested over prostitution allegations|work=The Guardian|date=17 June 2006|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news|last=O'Grady|first=Desmond|url=https://www.theage.com.au/world/the-savoy-who-would-be-king-cools-heels-in-jail-20060619-ge2joj.html|url-status=live|title=The Savoy who would be king cools heels in jail|work=The Age|date=17 June 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241222052540/https://www.theage.com.au/world/the-savoy-who-would-be-king-cools-heels-in-jail-20060619-ge2joj.html|archive-date=22 December 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/europe/son-of-italys-last-king-sent-to-jail-in-southern-italy-1.241311|title=Son of Italy's last king sent to jail in southern Italy|agency=Associated Press|date=18 June 2006|access-date=22 December 2024}} He was released from house arrest on 20 July but was required to remain within the territory of the Italian Republic; he was eventually acquitted of all charges,{{cite news |date=23 February 2015 |title=Vittorio Emanuele: 'Risarcimento per ingiusta detenzione in beneficenza' |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2015/02/23/vittorio-emanuele-risarcimento-per-ingiusta-detenzione-in-beneficenza/1448796/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it}} including that of criminal association aimed at corruption,{{cite web |title=Potenza, Vittorio Emanuele rinviato a giudizio |url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/2009/09/23/potenza_vittorio_emanuele_rinviato_a_giudizio_ |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=Sky TG24 |language=it|date=23 September 2009}} gambling,{{cite news |title=Potenza, Vittorio Emanuele rinviato a giudizio per associazione a delinquere |url=https://roma.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/10_giugno_25/procura-roma-processare-vittorio-emanuele-1703267640949.shtml |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Corriere di Roma |language=it |date=25 June 2010}} forgery ("against public administration, public faith, and property"),{{cite news |title='Vittorio Emanuele a giudizio' |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/08_luglio_04/vittorio_emanuele_fasano_cfab36a4-49a4-11dd-9284-00144f02aabc.shtml |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |language=it |date=4 July 2008}} exploitation of prostitution,{{cite news |title=Potenza, Vittorio Emanuele rinviato a giudizio per associazione a delinquere |url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/basilicata/50407/potenza-arrestato-vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia.html |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno |language=it |date=16 June 2006}} and aiding and abetting,{{cite news |title=Potenza, Vittorio Emanuele rinviato a giudizio per associazione a delinquere |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/09_settembre_23/potenza_vittorio_emanuele_processo_3ff27f7e-a86a-11de-94a2-00144f02aabc.shtml |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |language=it |date=23 September 2009}} in the Savoiagate trial,{{cite news |title=Videopoker, assolto Vittorio Emanuele |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/10_settembre_22/vittorio-emanuele-savoia-assolto-videopoker_9760f1fc-c649-11df-89af-00144f02aabe.shtml |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |language=it |date=22 September 2010}}{{cite web |title=Savoiagate, Vittorio Emanuele assolto |date=22 September 2010|url=http://www.affaritaliani.it/cronache/vittorio_emanuele_assolto220910.html |url-status=dead|website=Affaritaliani.it |language=it|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403204333/http://www.affaritaliani.it/cronache/vittorio_emanuele_assolto220910.html|archive-date=3 April 2015|access-date=22 December 2024}} and in February 2015 obtained €40,000 in damages for his time in jail.{{cite news |last=Fulloni|first=Alessandro|title='In cella ma innocente': 40 mila euro di indennizzo per Vittorio Emanuele |url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/15_febbraio_23/cella-ma-innocente-40-mila-euro-indennizzo-vittorio-emanuele-83fdb060-bb49-11e4-aa19-1dc436785f83.shtml |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=Corriere della Sera |language=it |date=23 February 2015}}

When incarcerated in June 2006, Vittorio Emanuele was recorded admitting,{{cite news |date=3 August 2017 |title=Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, Cassazione: 'Responsabilità per omicidio Hamer, no al diritto all'oblio' |url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/08/03/vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia-cassazione-responsabilita-per-omicidio-hamer-no-al-diritto-alloblio/3774184/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it}} with regard to the killing of Hamer, that "I was in the wrong, but I put one over on those French judges",{{cite news|url=http://www.repubblica.it/2006/09/sezioni/cronaca/vittorio-emanuele/vittorio-emanuele/vittorio-emanuele.html|title=Vittorio Emanuele, cimici in cella 'Ho fregato i giudici francesi'|work=La Repubblica|language=it|date=9 September 2006|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite magazine|last=Altman|first=Alan|date=5 June 2008|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1810834_1810842_1810756,00.html|title=Life After the Throne – A Royal Flush: Vittorio Emanuele|magazine=Time|access-date=22 December 2024}} leading to a call from Hamer's sister Birgit for Vittorio Emanuele to be retried in Italy for the killing;{{cite web|url=http://www.galleonpoint.com/content/view/994/2/|url-status=dead|title=Prince's braggadocio spurs call for justice|website= Galleonpoint.com|date=12 September 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020013625/http://www.galleonpoint.com/content/view/994/2/|archive-date=20 October 2006|access-date=22 December 2024}} in response to this and his father's arrest and charges in 2006, Emanuele Filiberto distanced himself from Vittorio Emanuele, saying that he does not share or support everything his father did,{{cite news |last=Coen|first=Leonardo|title=Emanuele Filiberto si dissocia dal padre 'Non condivido tutto quello che ha fatto'|url=https://www.repubblica.it/2006/06/sezioni/cronaca/vittorio-emanuele-5/emanuele-si-dissocia/emanuele-si-dissocia.html |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=La Repubblica |language=it |date=27 June 2006}} while Amedeo of Savoy stated that Vittorio Emanuele's claims to the Headship of House Savoy were "in presence of facts that can injure the Royal House".{{cite web|title=Trial for Vittorio Emanuele of Savoy|url=https://www.theroyalforums.com/news/11708-trial-for-vittorio-emanuele-of-savoy/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=The Royal Forums |date=25 September 2009}} After a long legal fight, Birgit Hamer obtained the full video.{{cite news |last=Borromeo|first=Beatrice|date=24 February 2011 |title=Il video che incastra Savoia |url=http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/02/24/il-video-che-incastra-savoia/93668/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it}}{{cite news|last=Follain|first=John|date=27 February 2011|url=http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Europe/article563655.ece|url-status=live|title=Prince admits killing on video|work=The Sunday Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310193028/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/news/world_news/Europe/article563655.ece|archive-date=10 March 2016|access-date=22 December 2024}} The story was broken in the press by Il Fatto Quotidiano with an article by aristocratic journalist Beatrice Borromeo, who also wrote the preface for a book on the murder Delitto senza castigo by Birgit Hamer.{{cite magazine |date=10 March 2015 |title=Beatrice Borromeo, el azote de Víctor Manuel de Saboya |url=https://www.hola.com/realeza/casa_monaco/2015031077373/beatrice-borromeo-saboya/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |magazine=¡Hola! |language=es}} Vittorio Emanuele sued the newspaper for defamation, claiming the video had been manipulated.{{cite news |last=Borromeo|first=Beatrice|date=17 March 2011 |title=Omicidio Hamer, Emanuele Filiberto casca dalle nuvole|url=https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2011/03/17/omicidio-hamer-emanuele-filiberto-casca-dalle-nuvole/98365/ |access-date=25 November 2022 |work=Il Fatto Quotidiano |language=it}} In March 2015, a court judgement ruled in favour of Il Fatto Quotidiano. In August 2017, Italy's Supreme Court of Cassation acquitted La Repubblica journalists Maurizio Crosetti and Ezio Mauro of a defamation lawsuit brought by Vittorio Emanuele, who had been referred to by Crosetti and Mauro as "the one who used" with ease the rifle at Cavallo, "killing a man". Crosetti and Mauro, who was also sued for omitted control due to being the then editor-in-chief, had been convicted in the first-instance trial but were acquitted on appeal, a sentence that the Supreme Court of Cassation confirmed.{{cite web |title=Savoia, la Cassazione: Vittorio Emanuele ha colpa per la morte di Hamer|date=3 August 2017|url=https://www.affaritaliani.it/cronache/savoia-la-cassazione-vittorio-emanuele-ha-colpa-per-la-morte-di-hamer-493513.html|website=Affaritaliani.it |language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} In the summer of 2023, The Prince, a docuseries directed by Borromeo and focused on the death of Hamer, was released on Netflix.{{cite magazine|last=De Tommasi|first=Alessandra|date=7 July 2023|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/principe-serie-netflix-vittorio-emanuele-di-savoia-recensione|title=Il principe, la docuserie Netflix su Vittorio Emanuele di Savoia, è una riflessione sul privilegio|magazine=Vanity Fair Italia|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news |last=Novella De Luca |first=Maria |title=Vittorio Emanuele: processi, armi e jet set la vita spericolata del principe senza corona |url=https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/02/04/news/vittorio_emanuele_savoia_morto-422051696/ |access-date=22 December 2024 |work=La Repubblica |language=it|date=4 February 2024}} The docuseries concluded with Vittorio Emanuele declaring that he had no regrets and that he would do everything he had done in his life again "except Cavallu", referencing the events at Cavallo.

In late 2007, lawyers representing Vittorio Emanuele and his son Emanuele Filiberto wrote a seven-page letter to then Italian president Giorgio Napolitano and Italian prime minister Romano Prodi seeking damages for their years in exile (€260 million without considering interest) and the return of their seized property after the war.{{cite news |date=20 November 2007 |title=I Savoia chiedono i danni all'Italia |url=https://www.lastampa.it/cronaca/2007/11/20/news/i-savoia-chiedono-i-danni-all-italia-1.37115549/ |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=La Stampa |language=it}}{{cite news |last=Morali |first=Danni |date=20 November 2007 |title=I Savoia chiedono 260 milioni allo Stato |work=Corriere Della Sera |language=it|url=https://www.corriere.it/cronache/07_novembre_20/savoia_danni_governo_ee8a5368-978c-11dc-9cff-0003ba99c53b.shtml |access-date=18 May 2023}}{{cite magazine |date=21 November 2007 |url=https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/savoys-ask-for-damages.html|url-status=live|title=Savoys ask for damages |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200810220256/https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/savoys-ask-for-damages.html|archive-date=10 August 2020|access-date=22 December 2024 |magazine=Wanted in Rome }} This was confirmed during an interview on the Rai 3 popular affairs programme Ballarò, where Emanuele Filiberto also stated that the seized property including Roman landmarks, such as the Quirinale palace and Villa Ada, should be returned to the Savoy family.{{cite web |date=22 November 2007 |title=Savoys ask Italy to pay compensation for exile |url=https://www.italymagazine.com/featured-story/savoys-ask-italy-pay-compensation-exile |access-date=22 December 2024 |website=Italy Magazine}} The Italian prime minister's office released a statement stating that the Savoys are not owed any damages and suggesting that Italy may demand damages from the Savoys for their collusion with Mussolini and its wartime conduct.{{cite news |date=22 November 2007 |title=Italy's ex-royal family sues state for WW II reparations |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italy-s-ex-royal-family-sues-state-for-ww-ii-reparations-1.687246 |access-date=22 December 2024 |via=CBC |agency=Associated Press}} The Italian Constitution contains a clause stripping the Savoys of their wealth on exile. Emanuele Filiberto acknowledged that his fiancée, whose pregnancy was revealed at the time of the couple's engagement, belonged to a more leftist milieu than his own, a fact that initially displeased his father.{{cite news |title=Italian 'prince' weds actress |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3140408.stm|url-status=dead|agency=BBC|date=25 September 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241205001048/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3140408.stm|archive-date=5 December 2024|access-date=22 December 2024}} On 17 December 2017, the body of Victor Emmanuel III returned to Italy to be buried at the Sanctuary of Vicoforte in Piedmont.{{cite news|url=https://the-view-from-rome.blogautore.repubblica.it/2017/12/17/exiled-king-finally-returns-to-italy/index.html|title=Exiled king finally returns to Italy|work=La Repubblica|date=17 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite news|url=https://www.lastampa.it/esteri/la-stampa-in-english/2017/12/18/news/remains-of-italian-king-victor-emmanuel-iii-return-to-italy-for-reburial-1.34084487|title=Remains of Italian king Victor Emmanuel III return to Italy for reburial|work=La Stampa|date=18 December 2017|access-date=22 December 2024}}

Judicially separated since 1976, civilly divorced in 1982, and their marriage religiously annulled in 1987, Amedeo of Aosta's first wife, Princess Claude of Orléans, revealed that she was aware that her husband fathered a child by another woman during their marriage.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gyWlj4M3L4EC|title=Anales De La Real Academia Matritense De Heráldica y Genealogía VI (2000-2001)|language=es|location=Madrid|publisher=RAMHG|volume=VI|page= 230, footnote 116|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Google Books}} Aosta acknowledged paternity of another child, born out-of-wedlock in 2006 during his second marriage but agreed to contribute financially to the child's care only after being directed to do so by court order.{{cite news|date=3 May 2006|url=http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Cronache/2006/05_Maggio/03/duca.shtml|title=Amedeo padre di Ginevra. Lo dice il Dna|work=Corriere della Sera|language=it|access-date=22 December 2024}} The patrilineal lineage of the House of Savoy was reduced to four males between 1996 and 2009. In 2008, Aimone of Savoy-Aosta married Princess Olga Isabelle of Greece, his second cousin, and they became the parents of sons Umberto and Amedeo, who were born respectively in 2009 and 2011. In 2019, Vittorio Emanuele issued a formal decree that modified the medieval law restricting succession to male heirs to place his granddaughter, Vittoria Cristina Chiara Adelaide Marie, in the line of succession. Prince Aimone declared the change illegitimate, meaning the title would remain in male succession and transfer to the Savoy-Aosta branch led by Aimone.{{cite news| title=Paris Teenager's New Gig: Would-Be Queen of Italy. A Nation Shrugs |last=Horowitz | first=Jason | work=The New York Times | date=10 May 2021 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/09/world/europe/italy-house-of-savoy-royalty.html | access-date=22 December 2024}}{{cite book|title=Annuario della nobilità Italiana 2015-2020 XXXIII edizione parte I|location= Teglio|issn= 0393-6473|isbn=978-88-942861-0-6|last1= Borella|first1= Andrea|date= 2020}} As of 2022, the House of Savoy was in the process of trying to reclaim family jewels that have been owned by the Italian government since the abolition of the monarchy.{{cite magazine|last=Vanderhoof |first=Erin |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/01/house-of-savoy-wants-their-crown-jewels-back |title=The House of Savoy, Italy's Former Royal Family, Wants Their Crown Jewels Back |magazine=Vanity Fair |date= 28 January 2022|access-date=20 February 2022}} Vittorio Emanuele died in February 2024, and the House of Savoy announced: "Surrounded by his family, he died peacefully in Geneva."

Orders of knighthood

The House of Savoy has held two dynastic orders since 1362,{{cite web|title=Ordine Supremo della Santissima Annunciata|url=http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+Supremo+della+Santissima+Annunziata&cat=1|website=Ordini Dinastici della Real Casa Savoia|access-date=2015-11-23|archive-date=2015-10-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029225437/http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+Supremo+della+Santissima+Annunziata&cat=1|url-status=dead}} which were brought into the Kingdom of Italy as national orders. Although the kingdom ceased to exist in 1946, King Umberto II did not abdicate his role as fons honorum over the two dynastic orders over which the family has long held sovereignty and grand mastership. In the 21st century, following the dispute, both Prince Emanuele Filiberto and Prince Aimone claim to be hereditary Sovereign and Grand Master of the following orders of the House of Savoy:

  • 100x30px Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation, founded in 1362.
  • 100x30px Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, founded in 1572.{{cite web|title=Ordine Militare e Religioso dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro|url=http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+Militare+e+Religioso+dei+SS+Maurizio+e+Lazzaro&cat=2|website=Ordini Dinastici della Real Casa Savoia|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150309173600/http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+Militare+e+Religioso+dei+SS+Maurizio+e+Lazzaro&cat=2|archive-date=2015-03-09}}

In addition to these, Vittorio Emanuele claims sovereignty over two more orders:

  • 100x30px Civil Order of Savoy, founded in 1831.{{cite web|title=Ordine Civile di Savoia|url=http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+Civile+di+Savoia&cat=3|website=Ordini Dinastici della Real Casa Savoia|access-date=2015-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029225342/http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+Civile+di+Savoia&cat=3|archive-date=2015-10-29|url-status=dead}}
  • 100x30px Order of the Crown of Italy, founded in 1868 and no longer bestowed;{{cite web|title=Ordine della Corona d'Italia|url=http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+della+Corona+d+Italia&cat=5|website=Ordini Dinastici della Real Casa Savoia|access-date=2015-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151029230953/http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it/?titolo=Ordine+della+Corona+d+Italia&cat=5|archive-date=2015-10-29|url-status=dead}} it was replaced by the Order of Merit of Savoy in 1988.

In February 2006, all three of Vittorio Emanuele's sisters (Princess Maria Pia, Princess Maria Gabriella, and Princess Maria Beatrice) resigned from the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation and the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, alleging that memberships in the orders had been sold to unworthy candidates, a newfound practice they could not abide.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/italy/story/0,,1804072,00.html|title=The fall of the house of Savoy|first=John|last=Hooper|date=23 June 2006|newspaper=The Guardian}}

List of rulers

{{main|List of rulers of Savoy}}

= Counts of Savoy =

{{main|County of Savoy}}

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  • Humbert I "Biancamano" ("White Hand"), Count 1003–1047/1048 ({{circa}} 972/975–1047/48)
  • Amadeus I, Count 1048–1051 (died c. 1052)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Otto, Count 1051–1060 (c. 1020–1060)
  • Peter I, Count 1060–1078 (1048/49–1078)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Amadeus II, Count 1060–1080 (c. 1046–1080)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Humbert II, Count 1080–1103 (c. 1072–1103)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Amadeus III, Count 1103–1148 (c. 1095–1148)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Humbert III, Count 1148–1189 (1136–1189)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Thomas I, Count 1189–1233 (1178–1233)
  • Amadeus IV, Count 1233–1253 (1197–1253)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Boniface, Count 1253–1263 (1244–1263)
  • Peter II, Count 1263–1268 (1203–1268)
  • Philip I, Count 1268–1285 (1207–1285)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Thomas II, regent 1253–1259 (1199–1259)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Amadeus V, Count 1285–1323 (1249–1323)
  • Edward I, Count 1323–1329 (1284–1329)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Aimone, Count 1329–1343 (1291–1343)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Amadeus VI, Count 1343–1383 (1334–1383)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Amadeus VII, Count 1383–1391 (1360–1391)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Amadeus VIII, Count 1391–1416 (1383–1451)

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= Dukes of Savoy =

{{main|Duchy of Savoy}}

Source: {{cite web|url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/savoy/savoy3.html|title=Savoy 3|website=Genealogy index|access-date=22 December 2024}}

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  • Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy 1416–1434, Antipope Felix V 1439–1449 (1383–1451), abdicated (from both)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Louis I, Duke of Savoy 1434–1465 (1413–1465)
  • Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy 1465–1472 (1435–1472)
  • Philibert I, Duke of Savoy 1472–1482 (1465–1482)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles I, Duke of Savoy 1482–1490 (1468–1490)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles (II) John Amadeus, Duke of Savoy 1490–1496 (1490–1496)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Philip II, Duke of Savoy 1496–1497 (1438–1497)
  • Philibert II, Duke of Savoy 1497–1504 (1480–1504)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles III, Duke of Savoy 1504–1553 (1486–1553)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy 1553–1580 (1528–1580)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy 1580–1630 (1562–1630)
  • Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy 1630–1637 (1587–1637)
  • Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy 1637–1638 (1632–1638)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy 1638–1675 (1634–1675)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy 1675–1730, later King of Sicily then Sardinia (see below) (1666–1732), abdicated
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Thomas Francis, 1st Prince of Carignano 1620–1656 (1596–1656), ancestor of all remaining dynasties

{{tree list/end}}

= Kings of Sicily =

= Kings of Sardinia =

{{main|Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)}}

Sources: {{cite web|url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/savoy/savoy4.html|title=Savoy 4|website=Genealogy index|access-date=22 December 2024}} {{cite web|url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/savoy/savoy5.html|title=Savoy 5|website=Genealogy index|access-date=22 December 2024}}

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  • Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy 1580–1630 (1562–1630)
  • Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy 1630–1637 (1587–1637)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy 1638–1675 (1634–1675)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia 1720–1730 (1666–1732), abdicated
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Emmanuel III, King of Sardinia 1730–1773 (1701–1773)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Victor Amadeus III, King of Sardinia 1773–1796 (1726–1796)
  • Charles Emmanuel IV, King of Sardinia 1796–1802 (1751–1819), abdicated
  • Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia 1802–1821 (1759–1824), abdicated
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Felix, King of Sardinia 1821–1831 (1765–1831)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Thomas Francis, 1st Prince of Carignano 1620–1656 (1596–1656)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Emmanuel Philibert, 2nd Prince of Carignano 1656–1709 (1628–1709)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Victor Amadeus I, 3rd Prince of Carignano 1709–1741 (1690–1741)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Louis Victor, 4th Prince of Carignano 1741–1778 (1721–1778)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Victor Amadeus II, 5th Prince of Carignano 1778–1780 (1743–1780)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Emmanuel, 6th Prince of Carignano 1780–1800 (1770–1800)
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Charles Albert, 7th Prince of Carignano 1800–1831, King of Sardinia 1831–1849 (1798–1849), abdicated
  • {{tree list/final branch}} Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia 1849–1861 (1820–1878)

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= Kings of Italy =

{{main|Kingdom of Italy}}

Sources: {{cite web|url=http://genealogy.euweb.cz/savoy/savoy6.html|title=Savoy 6|website=Genealogy index|access-date=22 December 2024}}

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  • Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy 1861–1878 (1820–1878)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Umberto I, King of Italy 1878–1900 (1844–1900)
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Victor Emmanuel III, King of Italy 1900–1946 (1869–1947), abdicated
  • {{Tree list/final branch}} Umberto II, King of Italy 1946 (1904–1983), deposed

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= Emperors of Ethiopia =

{{main|Ethiopian Empire|Italian East Africa}}

= Kings of Albania =

{{main|Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943)}}

= Kings of Spain =

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  • Amadeo I, King of Spain (1870–1873), son of Victor Emmanuel II

= World War II Croatia =

In 1941, in the fascist puppet state Independent State of Croatia, Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta, grandson of Amadeo I of Spain, was formally named as the king under the name Tomislav II; he never ruled in practice as he remained residing in Italy, and formally abdicated in 1943 when Italy ended participation with the Axis Powers.

=Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia=

In 1396, the title and privileges of the final king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, Levon V, were transferred to James I, his cousin and king of Cyprus. The title of King of Armenia was thus united with the titles of King of Cyprus and King of Jerusalem.{{cite book | last = Hadjilyra | first = Alexander-Michael | title = The Armenians of Cyprus | publisher = Kalaydjian Foundation |year= 2009 | location = New York | page = 12 }} The title was held to the modern day by the House of Savoy.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

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Male-line, legitimate, non-morganatic members of the house who either lived to adulthood, or who held a title as a child, are included. Heads of the house are in bold.

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Titles of the Crown of Sardinia

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The titles of the Crown of Sardinia were the following: "VITTORIO AMEDEO III, per la grazia di Dio Re di Sardegna, Cipro, Gerusalemme e Armenia; Duca di Savoia, Monferrato, Chablais, Aosta e Genevese; Principe di Piemonte ed Oneglia; Marchese in Italia, di Saluzzo, Susa, Ivrea, Ceva, Maro, Oristano, Sezana; Conte di Moriana, Nizza, Tenda, Asti, Alessandria, Goceano; Barone di Vaud e di Faucigny; Signore di Vercelli, Pinerolo, Tarantasia, Lumellino, Val di Sesia; Principe e Vicario perpetuo del Sacro Romano Impero in Italia." The English translation is: "Victor Amadeus III, by the Grace of God, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, Duke of Savoy, Montferrat, Chablais, Aosta, and Genevois, Prince of Piedmont and Oneglia, Marquis (of the Holy Roman Empire) in Italy, of Saluzzo, Susa, Ivrea, Ceva, Maro, Oristano, Sezana, Count of Maurienne, Nice, Tende, Asti, Alessandria, Goceano, Baron of Vaud and Faucigny, Lord of Vercelli, Pinerolo, Tarentaise, Lumellino, Val di Sesia, [and] Prince and perpetual Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire in Italy."

Titles of the Crown of Italy

The titles of the Crown of Italy were the following: "Victor Emmanuel II, by the Grace of God and the Will of the Nation, King of Italy, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, Jerusalem, Armenia, Duke of Savoy, Count of Maurienne, Marquis (of the Holy Roman Empire) in Italy; Prince of Piedmont, Carignano, Oneglia, Poirino, Trino; Prince and Perpetual Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire; Prince of Carmagnola, Montmélian with Arbin and Francin, Prince bailiff of the Duchy of Aosta, Prince of Chieri, Dronero, Crescentino, Riva di Chieri and Banna, Busca, Bene, Brà, Duke of Genoa, Monferrat, Aosta, Duke of Chablais, Genevois, Duke of Piacenza, Marquis of Saluzzo (Saluces), Ivrea, Susa, del Maro, Oristano, Cesana, Savona, Tarantasia, Borgomanero and Cureggio, Caselle, Rivoli, Pianezza, Govone, Salussola, Racconigi con Tegerone, Migliabruna e Motturone, Cavallermaggiore, Marene, Modane e Lanslebourg, Livorno Ferraris, Santhià Agliè, Centallo e Demonte, Desana, Ghemme, Vigone, Count of Barge, Villafranca, Ginevra, Nizza, Tenda, Romont, Asti, Alessandria, del Goceano, Novara, Tortona, Bobbio, Soissons, Sant'Antioco, Pollenzo, Roccabruna, Tricerro, Bairo, Ozegna, delle Apertole, Baron of Vaud and del Faucigni, Lord of Vercelli, Pinerolo, della Lomellina, della Valle Sesia, del marchesato di Ceva, Overlord of Monaco, Roccabruna, and 11/12th of Menton, Noble patrician of Venice, [and] patrician of Ferrara." These titles as of 1859 were used during the unified Kingdom of Italy, which lasted from 1861 to 1946.{{cite web|url=http://heraldica.org/topics/royalty/royalstyle.htm#italy|title=Royal Styles – Italy – Titles of the king of Italy|first=Francois R.|last=Velde|website=Heraldica.org|access-date=22 December 2024}}

See also

Notes

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References

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Further reading

  • {{cite book|editor-last=Barberis|editor-first=Walter|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nIRoAAAAMAAJ|title=I Savoia. I secoli d'oro di una dinastia europea|language=it|location=Turin|publisher=Giulio Einaudi Editore|isbn=978-8-80618-593-0|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Google Books|postscript=. 248 pp.}}
  • {{cite journal |last=Bruschi |first=Ugo |date=2022 |title=The Formidable Machine: Parliament as Seen by Italian Diplomats at the Court of St James's in the First Half of the 18th Century |journal=Parliamentary History |volume=41 |issue=1 |pages=184–201 |doi=10.1111/1750-0206.12614 |issn=1750-0206 |doi-access=free }}
  • {{cite book|editor-last=Castelnuovo|editor-first=Enrico|year=2007|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KZRJAQAAIAAJ|title=La Reggia di Venaria e i Savoia. Arte, magnificenza e storia di una corte europea|language=it|location=Turin|publisher=Allemandi Editore|isbn=978-8-84221-585-1|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Google Books|postscript=. 364 pp. (I), 309 pp. (II).}}
  • {{cite book|last=Cognasso|first=Francesco|year=1941|title=I Savoia nella politica europea|series=Storia e politica|language=it|location=Milan|publisher=Institute for International Political Studies}}
  • {{cite book|last=Cox|first=Eugene L.|year=1974|title=The Eagles of Savoy. The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe|location=Princeton, New Jersey|publisher=Princeton University Press}}
  • {{cite book|last=Cozzo|first=Paolo|year=2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P70rAQAAIAAJ|title=La geografia celeste dei duchi di Savoia. Religione, devozioni e sacralità in uno Stato di età moderna (secoli XVI-XVII)|language=it|location=Bologna|publisher=il Mulino|isbn=978-8-81510-904-0|access-date=22 December 2024|via=Google Books|postscript=. 370 pp.}}
  • {{cite book|last=Katz|first=Robert|year=1972|title=The Fall of the House of Savoy. A Study in the Relevance of the Commonplace or the Vulgarity of History|location=London|publisher=Macmillan}}
  • {{cite book|last=Mack Smith|first=Denis|year=1992|title=Italy and its Monarchy|location=New Haven, Connecticut|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-27473-438-2}}
  • {{cite book|last=Osborne|first=Toby|year=2002|title=Dynasty and Diplomacy in the Court of Savoy. Political Culture and the Thirty Years' War|series=Cambridge Studies in Italian History and Culture|location=Cambridge|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-52165-268-1}}

External links

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  • [https://casarealedisavoia.it/ Official website of the House of Savoy] (in Italian)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130424192012/http://savoia.blastness.com/home.htm Official website of the Prince of Naples] (in Italian)
  • [http://www.ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it Ordini Dinastici della Real Casa Savoia] (in Italian)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301233543/http://chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/savoyhis.htm Brief history of the House with a picture of coat-of-arms] (in English)
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20000301221450/http://chivalricorders.org/royalty/gotha/italygen.htm Genealogy of recent members of the House] (in English)
  • [http://eurulers.altervista.org/savoy.html Titles of the rulers of Savoy and Sardinia] (in English)

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