Savoy Military occupation
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Territories militarly occupied by the Duchy of Savoy.
Establishment
May 1613: In 1613, the Duke of Savoy, Charles Emmanuel I, launched a military campaign to expand his territory. His forces successfully attacked and occupied the towns of Alba, Moncalvo, and Trino.
Chronology
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Was a war of succession from 1613 to 1617 over the Duchy of Montferrat in northwestern Italy.
June 1615: Treaty of Asti of June 21, 1615.
October 1616: Charles Emmanuel I sent a new army supported by French forces in September 1616, using as an excuse the fact that Spain was not respecting the terms of the agreement ( also due to the new governor of Milan, don Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Colonna, who was against the agreement reached in Asti). The Savoy forces initially defeated the Spanish and took Alba.
September 1617: After a treaty was signed in Paris, Spanish and Savoiard forces left the regions occupied during the War of the Montferrat Sucession.
Were a series of wars in Europe (and the overseas possessions of European countries) the 16th, 17th and early 18th that started after the Protestant Reformation. Although the immediate causes of the wars were religious, the motives were complex and also included territorial ambitions.
2.1.Nine Years' War
Was a conflict between France and the Grand Alliance, a coalition including the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, England, Spain, and Savoy. It is considered the first war that saw fighting globally because battles occured in Europe, America, Africa and India.
2.1.1.Italian Theatre (Nine Years' War)
Was the Italian Theatre of the the Nine Years' War.
August 1692: Duke of Savoy with 29,000 men (substantially exceeding Catinat's number who had sent some troops to the Netherlands) invaded Dauphiné via the mountain trails shown to them by the Vaudois. The Allies invested Embrun, which capitulated on 15 August.
October 1692: With their commander falling ill with smallpox, and concluding that holding Embrun was untenable, the Allies abandoned Dauphiné in mid-September.
July 1695: Casale (Casal Monferrato) surrendered to Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, in 1695.
2.1.2.Peace of Ryswick
Were a series of treaties that ended the Nine Years' War.
September 1697: Peace of Ryswick: Status quo ante bellum, Savoiard forces leave the regions occupied in the Duchy of Mantova.
Disestablishment
September 1697: Peace of Ryswick: Status quo ante bellum, Savoiard forces leave the regions occupied in the Duchy of Mantova.
