Victor-Amédée I
Turin, 1587-Verceil, 1637
Duke of Savoy (1630-1637).
Son of Charles-Emmanuel I, it fought initially against France, to which it had to yield Pignerol (1630), then, by the treaty of Rivoli (1635), was combined with it against Spain and took the head of the French troops in Italy.
Victor-Amédée II
Turin, 1666 - Rivoli, 1732
Duke of Savoy (1675-1730), king de Sicile (1713-1720), then of Sardinia (1720-1730).
Grandson of the precedent and son of Charles-Emmanuel II, it tied and untied alliances with the liking of his interests. Although having married a niece of Louis XIV, it was combined in Habsbourgs in 1690. Beaten by the French (1690 and 1693), it negotiated a separate peace and obtained important territorial advantages (treaty of Turin, 1696).
During the war of succession of Spain, it changed several times of camp and succeeds in being made give, with the treaty of Utrecht (1713), part of the Milanese as well as Sicily. Having lost this last country in 1718 for the benefit of Austria, it accepted Sardinia in compensation (1720). He abdicated in 1730 in favor of his son Charles-Emmanuel III.
Victor-Amédée III
Turin, 1726-Moncalieri, 1796
King de Sardaigne (1773-1796)
Lit despot, it carried out various reforms. But revolutionary France to him removed Savoy and Nice (1792) and it had to sign the armistice of Cherasco, then the treaty of Paris (1796), which devoted the abandonment of these possessions.