Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1416 – 1860

Duchy of Savoy

A state of 1416 – 1860 — 444 years in Europe. It replaced County of Savoy. It was replaced by Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) and followed by Kingdom of Sardinia. The atlas records 10 things within it — wars and battles 5 · people 5. Its line of rulers holds 2 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
444 years
1416 – 1860
Rulers
2
the Duke
Most ground
67,100 km²
in 1713
Within it
10
recorded rows
Symbols
2
on record, with years
Map: Duchy of Savoy in 1713, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Duchy of Savoy in 1713, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 67,100 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Duchy of Savoy in 1416, first mapped

1416 · first mapped · 35,900 km²

Duchy of Savoy in 1713, at its largest

1713 · at its largest · 67,100 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000County of Savoy: 1003 – 1416Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861): 1720 – 1861Kingdom of Sardinia: 1324 – 1861Duchy of Savoy: 1416 – 1860

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

Rulers

Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.

Amadeus VIII of Savoy · 1416 – 1440 · ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathCharles Albert of Sardinia · 1831 – 1847 · no death date to read the end against1500160017001800
left alive by a regular roadending not on record
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Amadeus VIII of Savoy1416 – 144024 yearsended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Charles Albert of Sardinia1831 – 184716 yearsending not on record

2 rulers, 2 with terms dated as terms, covering 1416 – 1847. Median reign 20 years. 0 of 1 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

145015001550160016501700

35,900 km² in 1416, 67,100 km² in 1716; at its largest 67,100 km² in 1716. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

  • Flag of Savoie
    flag, undatedFlag of Savoie · Public domain
  • Blason duché fr Savoie
    coat of arms, undatedBlason duché fr Savoie · Public domain

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1400 – 1499: 3 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14001500 – 1599: 2 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15001600 – 1699: 4 recorded — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16001700 – 1799: 1 recorded — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other17001800 – 1899: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800

1400 – 14993 rows · 1 wars and battles

1500 – 15992 rows

1600 – 16994 rows · 3 wars and battles

1700 – 17991 row · 1 wars and battles

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood444 years

    stood longer than 83% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held67,100 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 38% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median24 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 72% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record2

    has more rulers on record than 34% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 16 causes the record names and 4 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

County of Savoy · Linked · 1003 – 1416County of SavoyDuchy of Milan · In the article · 1395 · “Due to the proximity of the Spanish controlled Duchy of Milan and Savoyard defeats in the previous century, French troops were garrisoned in forts (such as Pi…”Duchy of MilanHoly Roman Empire · Coincidence · 962 – 1806Holy Roman EmpireDuchy of Savoy · 1416 – 1860Duchy of SavoyKingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861) · Linked · 1720 – 1861Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)Kingdom of Sardinia · Linked · 1324 – 1861Kingdom of Sardinia10001200140016001800
in the articlelinkedcoincidence

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q426025 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.