Emmanuel Philibert, Duke o Savoy

Emmanuel Philibert
Duke o Savoy
Ring	17 August 1553 – 30 August 1580
Predecessor	Charles III
Successor	Charles Emmanuel I
Born	8 July 1528 Château de Chambéry, Chambéry
Dee'd	30 August 1580(1580-08-30) (aged 52) Ducal Pailace, Turin, Italy
Buirial	Chapel o the Haly Shroud
Spouse	Marguerite o Fraunce
Issue	Charles Emmanuel I, Duke o Savoy
Full name Emanuele Filiberto di Savoia
Hoose	Hoose o Savoy (main line)
Faither	Charles III o Savoy
Mither	Infanta Beatrice o Portugal
Releegion	Roman Catholic
Seegnatur

Emmanuel Philibert, Duke o Savoy 8 Julie 1528 – 30 August 1580) wis Duke o Savoy frae 1553 tae 1580. He is remembered for the Italianisation o the Hoose o Savoy, as he recovered the savoyard state which haed been invaded an occupied bi Fraunce while he wis a child) following the Battle o Saunt Quentin in 1557 an subsequently moved the capital tae Turin an made Italian the official language in Piedmont.

Mairiage

He wis a suitor o Lady Elizabeth Tudor but they niver mairit. He mairit Marguerite o Fraunce, daughter o Francis I o Fraunce on 9 Julie 1559.

Childer

1. Charles Emmanuel I, Duke o Savoy mairit Caterina Micaela o Austrick, Infanta o Spain an haed childer.

Ither wabsteids

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