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.
This guard saved Charles Emmanuel I during the siege of Mons (1590).
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.
Amadeus VIII's statutes were subsequently amended and reformed by Charles III, Duke of Savoy in 1518, by Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Savoy in 1570, and thereafter by succeeding Sovereigns.
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The order, throughout its early history and following the reforms of Charles III, was awarded for supreme recognition of distinguished services.
From 1635, Piedmont had been forced to join France in its war against Spain, fighting principally against Spanish-controlled former Duchy of Milan, though its ruler, Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy, avoided formally declaring war on Spain.
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.
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In June 2005, Trenear-Harvey was conferred with a knighthood in the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus from HRH the Duke of Savoy.
His titles and estates were inherited by his brother-in-law Amadeus VIII, Count of Savoy, who later became Duke of Savoy and Antipope.
Catinat, advancing from Fenestrelle and Susa to the relief Pinerolo, defended by the count of Tessé and which the duke of Savoy was besieging, took up a position in formal order of battle north of the village of Marsaglia, near Orbassano.
While Duke of savoy he also held the subsidiary titles of Marquess of Saluzzo, count of Aosta, Moriana and Nice, and claimant King of Jerusalem.
Following the departure of Vendôme to shore up the shattered army in the Flanders, Prince Eugène and the Duke of Savoy inflicted a heavy loss on the French under the duc d'Orléans and Ferdinand de Marsin at the Battle of Turin, driving the French out of Italy by the end of the year.
Marie of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol (1448–1475), daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy; wife of Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol
Marie of Savoy, Duchess of Milan (1411–1469), daughter of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy; wife of Filippo Maria Visconti