Victor Amadeus I

Victor Amadeus I (born May 8, 1587, Turin, Savoy [Italy]—died Oct. 7, 1637) was the duke of Savoy from 1630 to 1637, son of Charles Emmanuel I. The French were again occupying Savoy when his father died in 1630, but by an alliance with France (his wife Christine was a daughter of King Henry IV), Victor Amadeus managed to recover Savoy and obtain one-third of Montferrat by the Treaty of Cherasco (1631). At the same...