Talk:House of Savoy/Archive 1

I started this article following a proposed link in Lists of incumbents, but I am now considering that really, a "kingdom of Savoy" never existed: the Duchy of Savoy (previously a County) became the Kingdom of Sardinia (later of Italy).

Thus, there have been no "Kings of Savoy", really.

Unless the title of the article is commonly used in English, it could perhaps be renamed into something else. Thank you for your comments. --G


 * Yes, I am less than happy about the title of this article. We definitely need a marker for it, however. How about "Sardinian rulers"? This would cover a multitude of sins. user:sjc


 * Well, we could perhaps risk a confusion since Sardinia as an island has a long history, Sardinia as a kingdom a different shorter one. Moreover, the history of Sardinia regards Savoy rulers only after 18th century.
 * We cannot even use "The Savoyards", since here it is mainly known as the name of a biscuit... I was thinking to something that could however recall the House of Savoy. What about "Savoy dynasty"? --G


 * Point taken. Savoy dynasty is much better. Best get one of the sysops to move the page there. user:sjc


 * That's certinly a good proposal but I haven't heard much of the term Savoy dynasty used by historian. How about House of Savoy? The family also ruled Piedmont, Sardinia etc, not just Savoy and House of Savoy is probably a more popular term though I'm not an expert on Italian history. KT2
 * I believe it is an excellent title. This is how we commonly call them (Casa Savoja) --G

I'll also break up my personal collection of the House of Savoy family trees, associate each person according to one's relationship to the "rulers" of Savoy and placed under each ruler as stub. KT2

Use Am-a-deus instead of Am-e-deus according to Encyclopedia Britannica. KT2

I removed the statement about the association with fascism and I replaced it with a link to Birth of the Italian Republic, where the end of the monarchy is described with more details. This because the statement was certainly true, but potentially misleading in such lonelyness; the House falled for many other reasons, indeed, and if it was only an indication of a succession of events in time, it was perhaps a bit partial.--G

moved the whole artcile to House of Savoy -- KT2