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4 unusual facts about Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy


Cascarolo bianco

The grape has a long history in the region and was noted in 1606 by Giovanni Battista Croce, vineyard owner and official jeweler to Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, as growing in the hills around Torino and producing wine of high esteem.

Corazzieri

This guard saved Charles Emmanuel I during the siege of Mons (1590).

Levens

The Duke of Savoy Charles Emmanuel then revoked Annibal's command and ordered him and his son André to follow the Duke to the Turin court.

Treaty of Suza

This treaty, signed on March 11, 1629 following the French capture of the city, was agreed between Louis XIII of France and Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy.


Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

In the autumn of 1588, taking advantage of the civil war weakening France during the reign of his first cousin Henry III, he occupied the Marquisate of Saluzzo, which was under French protection.

Georg Friedrich, Margrave of Baden-Durlach

So in 1626 he moved to Thônes, where Duke Charles Emmanuel of Savoy allowed to hold Lutheran church services.

Glenmore Trenear-Harvey

In June 2005, Trenear-Harvey was conferred with a knighthood in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus from HRH the Duke of Savoy.

Louis of Piedmont

His titles and estates were inherited by his brother-in-law Amadeus VIII, Count of Savoy, who later became Duke of Savoy and Antipope.

Princess Maria Theresia of Liechtenstein

Her husband was a descendant of the Princes of Carignano, which been raised by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy into a principality as an appanage for his third son, Thomas Francis.


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