Editing Savoy (section)

===Duchy of Savoy===
{{main article|Duchy of Savoy}}
[[Image:Savoy2.png|thumb|320px|Map of Savoy in the 16th century. White lines are modern borders]]
On 19 February 1416 [[Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor]], made the County of Savoy an independent [[Duchy of Savoy|duchy]], with [[Amadeus VIII of Savoy|Amadeus VIII]] as the first duke.  Straddling the Alps, Savoy lay within two competing spheres of influence, a French sphere and a North Italian one.  At the time of the Renaissance, Savoy showed only modest development.<ref name="Lucas_42">Henry S. Lucas, ''The Renaissance and the Reformation'' (Harper & Bros. Publishers: New York, 1960) p. 42.</ref>  Its towns were few and small.<ref name="Lucas_42"/> Savoy derived its subsistence from agriculture.<ref name="Lucas_42"/> The geographic location of Savoy was also of military importance.<ref name="Lucas_42"/> During the [[Italian Wars|interminable wars]] between France and Spain over the control of northern Italy, Savoy was important to France because it provided access to Italy.<ref name="Lucas_42"/> Savoy was important to Spain because it served as a buffer between France and the Spanish held lands in Italy.<ref name="Lucas_42"/> In 1563 [[Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy|Emmanuel Philibert]] moved the capital from [[Chambéry]] to [[Turin]], which was less vulnerable to French interference.<ref>Robert Katz, ''The Fall of the House of Savoy'' (The MacMillan Company: New York, 1971) p. 18.</ref>

[[Vaud]] was annexed by [[history of Bern|Bern]] in 1536, and Savoy officially ceded Vaud to Bern in the Treaty of Lausanne of 30 October 1564.

In 1714, as a consequence of the [[War of the Spanish Succession]], Savoy was technically subsumed into the [[Kingdom of Sicily]], then (after that island was traded to [[Austria]] for [[Sardinia]]) the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia]] from 1720. While the heads of the House of Savoy were known as the Kings of Sardinia, Turin remained their capital.