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In fact, France did not want Savoy to be annexed, but with the exception of Savoy, the duchy was gradually stripped of all its possessions west of the Alps: Bresse and Bugey, Pays de Gex (Treaty of Lyon, January 17, 1601, between Henri IV's France and Charles Emmanuel's Duchy of Savoy), Pays de Vaud north of Lake Geneva and Bas-Valais, so that ...
In 1960, the term annexation having acquired negative connotations in France, particularly after Germany's 1871 annexation of Alsace-Lorraine, the annexation was renamed Rattachement de la Savoie à la France (Incorporation of Savoy to France).
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The Treaty of Turin (Italian: Trattato di Torino; French: Traité de Turin) concluded between France and Piedmont-Sardinia on 24 March 1860 is the instrument by which the Duchy of Savoy and the County of Nice were annexed to France, ending the centuries-old Italian domination of the region.
- 24 March 1860
Jun 7, 2017 · On March 24, 1860, Savoy, the cradle of the reigning dynasty, and Nice, Garibaldi’s native Province, were ceded to France. Garibaldi, deeply wounded in his tenderest feelings, violently abused Cavour in Parliament, but the Chamber, although it respected the hero’s emotion, ratified the treaty which was at this crisis a necessary concession.
Aug 28, 2023 · Savoy has an uncommonly complicated history: coveted and contested, haggled over and passed around; first a county, then a duchy, eventually a kingdom and nowadays a mere region. Following its annexation by France in 1860, it was subdivided into two départements, or administrative districts: Savoie and Haute-Savoie.
PARIS. Thursday, June 14, 1860. This has been a proud day for LOUIS NAPOLEON. He has had many such days; he was proud the day of his magnificent reception by the capital after his return from ...
Annexed by France in 1792, Savoy was returned to Sardinia in 1815. Finally, by the Treaty of Turin (1860), Piedmont , then the ruling part of Savoy, ceded French Savoy to France. The region was annexed after a plebiscite.
