Duchy of Savoy

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The Duchy of Savoy (Arpitan: Ducât de Savouè; Piedmontese: Ducà 'd Savòja; Italian: Ducato di Savoia) was a territorial entity of the Savoyard state that existed from 1416 until 1847 and was a possession of the House of Savoy. It was created when Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, raised the County of Savoy into a duchy for Amadeus VIII. The duchy was an Imperial fief, subject of the Holy Roman Empire, until 1792, with a vote in the Imperial Diet. From the 16th century, Savoy belonged to the Upper Rhenish Circle. Its territory included the current French departments of Savoie, Haute-Savoie, and the Alpes-Maritimes, Aosta Valley and most of Piedmont in Italy, and the Prince-Bishopric of Geneva in Switzerland, which eventually broke away and achieved independence as the Republic of Geneva. The main Vulgar languages that were spoken within the Duchy of Savoy were Franco-Provençal and Piedmontese.

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