Expansion of the Duchy of Savoy

Name: Expansion of the Duchy of Savoy
Start: 1440
End: 1449

Type Event Region Italy Time 1440–1449

In the 1440s, under Amadeus VIII and his successors, the Duchy of Savoy consolidated its Alpine territories through diplomatic marriages, territorial…

Timeline

1440Rivoli · PiedmontDuke Amadeus VIII of Savoy abdicated and entered the church as the antipope "Felix V"; his son Louis succeeded as duke, and the duchy entered a new phase of territorial integration and foreign dealings.
1441–1447Northwestern Italy · NorthwestThe Duchy of Savoy navigated between Milan's Visconti family and the Republic of Genoa, consolidating control over the Piedmont valley corridors through marriage alliances and territorial exchanges, avoiding absorption by larger neighbors.
1448–1449Turin · PiedmontThe duchy gradually brought the fiefs of Piedmont under direct rule, strengthened Turin's status as a political center, and built fortifications at Alpine passes to secure north-south communications.

Sources

Encyclopaedia Britannica: House of Savoy https://www.britannica.com/topic/House-of-Savoy
A History of Italy, 1700-1860 — Stuart Woolf (1991)