Lord of Piedmont

The lordship, later principality of Piedmont (Italian: Piemonte, French: Piémont) was originally an appanage of the Savoyard county and as such its lords were members of the Savoy-Achaea branch of that illustrious house. The title was inherited by the elder branch of the dynasty in 1418, at about which time Savoy was elevated to ducal status and Piedmont to princely status. When the House of Savoy was given the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Savoyard's used the style of Prince of Piedmont for their heir apparent. This first came into use by Prince Victor Amadeus of Savoy.

The usage was retained when the House of Savoy became Kings of Italy, "Prince of Piedmont" becoming roughly equivalent to the British "Prince of Wales".

[edit] Lords of Piedmont

????–1233 Thomas I, also Count of Savoy
1233–1259 Thomas II, son of previous
1259–1282 Thomas III, son of previous
1282–1334 Philip I, son of previous, also Prince of Achaea (1301–1307)
1334–1367 James, son of previous, claimant to Achaea
1368–1368 Philip II, son of previous
1368–1402 Amadeus, brother of previous, claimant to Achaea
1402–1418 Louis, brother of previous

[edit] Princes of Piedmont

Note: Lighter shade of blue means that the person was not titled Prince of Piedmont, being only the first in the line of succession.

Name	Heir of	Birth	Became heir to the throne	Ceased to be Prince of Piedmont	Death	Other titles before/whilst Prince	Princess of Piedmont
Prince Philip Emmanuel	Charles Emmanuel I	3 April 1586		9 February 1605			-
Prince Victor Amadeus later Victor Amadeus I	Charles Emmanuel I	8 May 1587	9 February 1605 brothers death	26 July 1630 became Duke	7 October 1637		Princess Christine of France
Prince Francis Hyacinth later Francis Hyacinth	Victor Amadeus I	14 September 1632		7 October 1637 became Duke	4 October 1638		-
Prince Victor Amadeus	Victor Amadeus II	6 May 1699		22 March 1715		Regent of Savoy Regent of Sicily	-
Prince Charles Emmanuel later Charles Emmanuel III	Victor Amadeus II	27 April 1701	22 March 1715 brother's death	3 September 1730 became King	20 February 1773	Duke of Aosta	Countess Palatine Anne of Sulzbach Landgravine Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg
Prince Charles Emmanuel later Charles Emmanuel IV	Victor Amadeus III	24 May 1751	20 February 1773 father became King	16 October 1796 became King	6 October 1819		Marie Clotilde of France
Prince Victor Emmanuel later Victor Emmanuel II	Charles Albert I	14 March 1820	27 April 1831 father became King	23 March 1849 became King	9 January 1878		Archduchess Adelaide of Austria
Prince Umberto later Umberto I	Victor Emmanuel II	14 March 1844	23 March 1849 father became King	9 January 1878 became King	29 July 1900		Princess Margherita of Savoy
Prince Umberto later Umberto II	Prince Victor Emmanuel later Victor Emmanuel III	15 September 1904		9 May 1946 became King	18 March 1983		Princess Marie José of Belgium
Prince Vittorio Emanuele	Umberto II	12 February 1937	9 May 1946 father became King	12 June 1946 Monarchy abolished			-