Everything about Victor Amadeus I Duke Of Savoy totally explained
Victor Amadeus I (
Italian:
Vittorio Amedeo I di Savoia,
May 8 1587 –
October 7 1637) was the Duke of Savoy from
1630 to
1637. He was also titular
King of Cyprus and
Jerusalem. He was also known as the
Lion of Susa.
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Biography
He was born in
Turin to
Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy and
Catherine Micaela of Spain. He spent much of his childhood at the Spanish court in
Madrid. When his brother prince Filippo Emanuele died, he became legitimate heir to the duchy and received the loyalty swore of the court at
Racconigi on
January 21 1607.
After a crisis with relationships with Spain, he was married to
Henry IV of France's daughter
Christine Marie.
Victor Amadeus became Duke of Savoy after his father's death in
1630. Charles Emmanuel's policies had brought a great instability in the relationships with France and Spain, and troops were needed to defend the Duchy. As money was lacking to recruit mercenaries or train indigenous soldiers, Victor Amadeus signed a peace treaty with Spain. With the
Treaty of Cherasco, Savoy was given back
Pinerolo, although, according to a secret point of the agreement, that important stronghold was to remain to France in exchange of
Geneve.
Subsequently, under the direction of
Cardinal Richelieu, Victor Amadeus attempted to create an anti-Spanish league in
Italy. In
1637 he crushed a Spanish army at
battle of Mombaldone.
On
September 25 of that year, Victor Amadeus fell ill after a dinner offered by the Duke of Créqui. Carried to Turin, he died here on
October 7.
Ancestors
Marriage and issue
He married
Christine Marie of France (
1606-
1663), Regent of the Duchy from
1637 to
1663 and a daughter of
Henry IV of France and
Marie de' Medici. They had children including:
- Louis Amadeus (1622-1628).
- Francesco Giacinto (1632-1638).
- Carlo Emanuele (1634-1675).
- Louise Christine (1629-1692).
- Margaret Yolande (1635-1663), married Ranuccio II Farnese, Duke of Parma.
- Adelaide Henrietta (1636-1676), married Ferdinand Maria of Wittelsbach, Elector of Bavaria.
- Caterina Beatrice (1636-1637).
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