Prince 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. The crown prince bore the constitutionnal title of principe ereditario, and was granted a princely title : alternatively prince of Piedmont or prince of Naples.

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

Princes of Piedmont

Note: The names in bold denotes those that succeeded to the throne.

Picture	Name	Heir of	Birth	Became heir to the throne	Created Prince of Piedmont	Ceased to be Prince of Piedmont	Death	Other titles before/whilst Prince	Princess of Piedmont
	Philip Emmanuel	Charles Emmanuel I	3 April 1586			9 February 1605			—
	Victor Amadeus	8 May 1587	9 February 1605 brothers death		26 July 1630 became Duke	7 October 1637		Christine Marie
	Francis Hyacinth	Victor Amadeus I	14 September 1632			7 October 1637 became Duke	4 October 1638		—
	Victor Amadeus	Victor Amadeus II	6 May 1699			22 March 1715			—
	Charles Emmanuel	27 April 1701	22 March 1715 brother's death		3 September 1730 became King	20 February 1773	Duke of Aosta	Anne Christine (1722–1723) Polyxena Christina (1724–1730)
	Charles Emmanuel	Victor Amadeus III	24 May 1751	20 February 1773 father became King		16 October 1796 became King	6 October 1819		Marie Clotilde
	Victor Emmanuel	Charles Albert	14 March 1820	27 April 1831 father became King		23 March 1849 became King	9 January 1878		Adelaide Francisca
	Umberto	Victor Emmanuel II	14 March 1844	23 March 1849 father became King		9 January 1878 became King	29 July 1900		Margherita Maria
	Umberto	Victor Emmanuel III	15 September 1904			9 May 1946 became King	18 March 1983		Marie José
	Victor Emmanuel	Umberto II	12 February 1937	9 May 1946 father became King		12 June 1946 Monarchy abolished			—

Insignia

See also

• Line of succession to the former Italian throne