Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732

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Name (Hebrew)
ויטוריו אמדאו ה-1, מלך סרדיניה, 1666-1732
Name (Latin)
Victor Amadeus I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732
Other forms of name
Vittorio Amedeo I, King of Sicily, 1666-1732
Victor Amadeus I, King of Sicily, 1666-1732
Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, 1666-1732
Vittorio Amadeo I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732
Vittorio Amedeo I, King of Sardinia, 1666-1732
Vittorio Amedeo II, Duke of Savoy, 1666-1732
ויטוריו אמדאו הראשון, מלך סרדיניה, 1666-1732
Date of birth
1666-05-14
Date of death
1732-10-31
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 13103874
Wikidata: Q209579
Library of congress: n 82106898
Sources of Information
  • An Account of the late persecution of the Protestants in the vallys of Piemont, by the Duke of Savoy and the French King, 1686.
  • Enc. Amer., 1977:v. 28, p. 84 (Victor Amadeus became Duke of Savoy, 1675; abdicated in 1730)
  • Enc. Brit., 9th ed., 1985:v. XXI, p. 342, article on Savoy (Victor Amadeus exchanged his kingdom of Sicily for that of Sardinia in 1720; abdicated in 1730)
  • Encyc. Amer., 1997(Victor Amadeus II, duke of Savoy and later (as Victor Amadeus I) king of Sicily and of Sardinia)
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Wikipedia description:

Victor Amadeus II (Italian: Vittorio Amedeo Francesco, Arpitan: Victor-Amèdê, French: Victor-Amédée; 14 May 1666 – 31 October 1732) was the head of the House of Savoy and ruler of the Savoyard states from 12 June 1675 until his abdication in 1730. He was the first of his house to acquire a royal crown, ruling first as King of Sicily (1713–1720) and then as King of Sardinia (1720–1730). Among his other titles were Duke of Savoy, Duke of Montferrat, Prince of Piedmont, Marquis of Saluzzo and Duke of Aosta, Maurienne and Nice. Louis XIV arranged his marriage in order to maintain French influence in Savoy, but Victor Amadeus soon broke away from the influence of France. At his father's death in 1675, his mother, Marie Jeanne Baptiste of Nemours, was regent in the name of her nine-year-old son and would remain in de facto power until 1684 when Victor Amadeus banished her further involvement in the state. Having fought in the War of the Spanish Succession, he was rewarded with the Kingdom of Sicily in 1713, but he was forced to exchange this title for the poorer Kingdom of Sardinia in 1720. Reigning for over 55 years, he is the longest-reigning monarch in Savoyard history, surpassing Charles Emmanuel I. Victor Amadeus left a considerable cultural influence in Turin, remodeling the Royal Palace of Turin, Palace of Venaria, Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi, as well as building the Basilica of Superga where he rests.

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