"17th cen Savoy?" Topic

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Black Cavalier	18 Jul 2014 9:30 a.m. PST
I'm watching the BBC series The Musketeers, & in an episode, the Duke of Savoy features heavily. It is mentioned that France needs an alliance with Savoy because it borders Spain & would act effectively as a buffer state. I don't expect absolute historical accuracy in shows like this, but doesn't Savoy border what is now Italy? I know Spain had interests all over Europe throughout the Renaissance, but did it "own" parts of Italy? & would that area have been considered part of the actual Kingdom of Spain? Or did the Musketeers' writers completely screw up & pick a Duchy from the wrong side of France? It would seem like it should have been a simple thing to find a more geographically appropriate area to use instead.
WCTFreak	18 Jul 2014 9:43 a.m. PST
Nope Spanish Habsburgs had possesions in North Italy until the Austrian Habsburgs got them after the War of Spanish Succesion. Here a nice map:
coryfromMissoula	18 Jul 2014 9:49 a.m. PST
Wasn't Milan part of the Hapsburg holdings at that time?
Skeptic	19 Jul 2014 5:10 a.m. PST
Further to a quick search for the siege of Geneva by Savoy in 1602, and following some entries in Wikipedia, these entries would seem to cover some of what you mention: link link
Goonfighter	19 Jul 2014 2:28 p.m. PST
Wasn't the siege of Casale in the "Flashing Blade" set thereabouts?

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