The Savoy dukes have increasingly favored their…
1563 CE
The Savoy dukes have increasingly favored their Italian holdings, as French designs on Savoy, which is largely French-speaking, grow.
Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy, has spent his rule regaining what had been lost in the costly wars with France.
A skilled political strategist, he has taken advantage of various squabbles in Europe to slowly regain territory from both the French and the Spanish, including the city of Turin.
He also purchased two territories.
He transfers his capital in 1563 from Chambéry, located in the present Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France, to Turin, and replaces Latin with Italian as the duchy's official language.