House of Savoy

House of Savoy
House of Savoy
Parent family	Ottonians (possibly)
Country	County of Savoy; Duchy of Savoy; Sicily; Sardinia; Italy; France; Spain; Albania; Croatia; Jerusalem; Cyprus; Armenia; Paraguay;
Founded	1003
Founder	Humbert I of Savoy
Current head	Disputed: Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy, Prince of Venice; Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta;
Final ruler	Umberto II of Italy
Titles	See list 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) ;
Estate(s)	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	See list 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) ;
Website	ordinidinasticicasasavoia.it

The House of Savoy (Italian: Casa Savoia, French: 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.

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.