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The Counts of Savoy (Italian '''Savoia, ''' French '''Savoie''') emerged, along with the free communes of Switzerland , from the collapse of the Frankish Kingdom of Burgundy . Installed by Rudolph III, King Of Burgundy , officially in 1003 , the House Of Savoy maintained independence as counts, (to 1416) and then as dukes (see Duchy Of Savoy , 1416 to 1714 ). Counts of Savoy ''Main Branch''
Amadeus VIII was made a duke in 1416. |
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