House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was a dynasty of nobles who traditionally had their domain in Savoy, a region between Piedmont, Italy, France and French-speaking Switzerland. They once had claims on the modern canton of Vaud in Switzerland, but their access to it was cut by Geneva during the Reformation, after which it was conquered by Bern.

Name, motto, titles

Name of the dynasty: Real Casa di Savoja.

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Motto: FERT

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:The Motto is believed an acronym of

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• "Foedere Et Religione Tenemur" (We will be kept together by the pact and by religion)

:but others suggest:

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• "Fortitudo Eius Rhodum Tenuit" (His strength preserved Rhodes) or
• "Fides Est Regni Tutela" (Faith is the protection of the kingdom)
• the proposed origin from "Foemina Erit Ruina Tua" (Woman will be your ruin) is obviously only a satire.

Titles of the Crown at the time of Vittorio Amedeo III:

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:VITTORIO AMEDEO III, per la grazia di Dio Re di Sardegna, Cipro e Gerusalemme; Duca di Savoja, Monferrato, Chablais, Aosta, e Genevese; Principe di Piemonte ed Oneglia; Marchese d'Italia Saluzzo, Susa, Ivrea, Ceva, Maro, Oristano, Sezana; Conte di Moriana, Geneva, 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 Imperio in Italia.

Related Topics:
Sardegna - Cipro - Gerusalemme - Monferrato - Chablais - Aosta - Genevese - Piemonte - Oneglia - Saluzzo - Susa - Ivrea - Ceva - Maro - Oristano - Sezana - Moriana - Geneva - Nizza - Tenda - Asti - Alessandria - Goceano - Vaud - Faucigny - Vercelli - Pinerolo - Tarantasia - Lumellino - Val di Sesia

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The English translation is: VICTOR AMADEUS III, by the Grace of God, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem, Duke of Savoy, Montferrat, Chablais, Aosta and Genoa, Prince of Piedmont and Oneglia, Marquess in Italy, of Saluzzo, Susa, Ivrea, Ceva, Maro, Oristano, Sezana, Count of Maurienne, Geneva, Nice, Tende, Asti, Alessandria, Goceano, Baron of Vaud and Faucigny, Lord of Vercelli, Pinerolo, Tarantasia, Lumellino, Val di Sesia, Prince and perpetual Vicar of the Holy Roman Empire in Italy.

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