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If his circumspection in regard to Philip's sensibilities went so far that he even refused to grant a dispensation for the marriage of Amadee's daughter, Agnes, to the son of the dauphin of Vienne -- a truly peacemaking move according to thirteenth-century ideas, for Savoy and Dauphine were as usual fighting on opposite sides -- for fear that he might seem to be favoring the anti-French coalition, he would certainly never take the far more drastic step of ordering the return of Gascony to Edward, even though, as he admitted to the English ambassadors, he had been advised that the original cession was invalid.
As white people began going to Harlem to watch black dancers, according to Langston Hughes: " The lindy-hoppers at the Savoy even began to practice acrobatic routines, and to do absurd things for the entertainment of the whites, that probably never would have entered their heads to attempt for their own effortless amusement.
Fleury's diplomatic moves would bring additional powers into the war that had no interest in Polish affairs, most notably Spain and the Charles Emmanuel, the King of Sardinia who was also the Duke of Savoy.
In Ives's view this would also be around the minimum age that a girl could be a Maid of Honour, as Anne was to the regent, Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy.
On 8 February, an agreement was concluded with the empress Anna of Savoy, whereby he and John V Palaiologos would rule jointly.
As Ida showed signs of flagging, producer Richard D ' Oyly Carte realised that, for the first time since 1877, no new Savoy opera would be ready when the old one closed.
This attention to detail was typical of Gilbert's stage management and would be repeated in all of his Savoy Operas.
He would show up one morning per week, to take care of Savoy business.
After checking the finances of The Savoy, Mariea and Moe would go for their afternoon
Piedmont would gain the Austrian territories of Lombardy and Venetia ) and some territories of the former Venetian Commonwealth in the Adriatic, as well as the Duchies of Parma and Modena, while France would be rewarded with Piedmont's territories in Savoy and Nice.
Because Napoleon had not fulfilled the terms of his agreement with Piedmont, he would not gain Savoy and Nice.
If his wife were Genevan, it would explain how the house of Savoy came to possess so early a large portion of the Genevois.
In 1453 he received, from Margaret de Charny, the Shroud of Turin, which would be property of the house of Savoy until 1946, at the end of the Kingdom of Italy.
Not only was she his father Amadeus ' first cousin, in such a way that her rights would naturally descend to this line, but also she was the widow of Charles's paternal uncle Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva ( d. 1482 ).
His mother urged him to agree to the marriage as this would have left Marie Jeanne permanently in control of the Duchy of Savoy as Regent because her son would have had to live in Portugal with his new wife.
Good-natured but naive, Savoy would be loved by his subjects for his generosity.
In 1858, they met at Plombières-les-Bains ( in Lorraine ), where they agreed that if the French were to help Piedmont combat Austria, which still occupied the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia in northern Italy, France would be awarded Nice and Savoy.
In 1859 Emperor Napoleon III and Camillo Cavour, the prime minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia, signed a treaty of alliance against Austria: France would help Sardinia to fight against Austria and Sardinia, in return, would give Nice and Savoy to France.
In July 1981 The Soul Clan officially reunited for a sold out concert at the Savoy Theater in Manhattan, New York City ( with Pickett stepping in for Conley, who was in Europe at the time ), but it was the last time they would work together " after a chaotic concert punctuated with a " busted sound system, dead mikes, band miscues, and ' unauthorized backstage personnel ' scuttled plans for a tour.
Other possible allies – the Dutch Republic, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, and the Republic of Venice – sent letters saying they would not be able to offer Frederick assistance if he accepted the Bohemian offer ; only Gabriel Bethlen offered words of encouragement.
Upon his marriage to Maria Anna of Savoy, the court physician considered it unlikely that he would be able to consummate the marriage.

Savoy and then
Claude Louis Berthollet was born in Talloires, near Annecy, then part of the Duchy of Savoy, in 1749.
He then accompanied Marshal Schomberg to England in 1688, and the following year became minister of the French church in the Savoy area of London.
One sister, Gisela, was married to Humbert II, Count of Savoy, and then to Renier I of Montferrat ; another sister, Maud, was the wife of Eudes I of Burgundy.
She was then married to the Crown Prince of Castile and Aragon John, Prince of Asturias, and after his death to Philibert II of Savoy, after which she undertook the guardianship of her deceased brother Philip's children, and governed Burgundy for the heir, Charles.
Carte used his profits from the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership to build the Savoy Theatre in 1881, and their joint works then became known as the Savoy operas.
Turning to the west, in 1281 he compelled Count Philip I of Savoy to cede some territory to him, then forced the citizens of Bern to pay the tribute that they had been refusing, and in 1289 marched against Count Philip's successor, Otto IV, compelling him to do homage.
Marie Joséphine ( as she was known in France ) was a daughter of the then Duke and Duchess of Savoy, future king Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia.
Early in 1077 Amadeus, with his mother and brother Peter, then Count of Savoy, hosted his sister Bertha, and his brother-in-law, Bertha's husband, the Emperor Henry IV.
While negotiating a peace accord, he was at first held in the Savoy Palace, then at a variety of locations, including Windsor, Hertford, Somerton Castle in Lincolnshire, Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire and briefly at King John's Lodge, formerly known as Shortridges, in East Sussex.
In 1349 the Dauphiné fell to France, while in 1388 the county of Nice passed from Provence to the house of Savoy, which also then held Piedmont as well as other lands on the Italian side of the Alps.
But in 1859 they lost to the house of Savoy both the Milanese and the Bergamasca, and in 1866 Venetia proper also, so that the Trentino was then their chief possession on the southern slope of the Alps.
If the nexus of Carte and the Savoy Theatre is used to define " Savoy Opera ," then the last new Savoy Opera was The Rose of Persia ( music by Sullivan, libretto by Basil Hood ), which ran from 28 November 1899 – 28 June 1900.
After the queen died, she served in the same capacity to Louise of Savoy, then Eleanor of Austria.
In 1954 producer Ozzie Cadena, then with Savoy Records, convinced Johnson to set up a combo with trombonist Kai Winding: the " Jay and Kai Quintet.
Philip then remarried, to Princess Matilda of Portugal, daughter of Afonso I, the first King of Portugal, and Maud of Savoy.
The textbook was the Bible, and the originally intended curriculum started with learning to read and then progressed to the catechism. Statue of Robert Raikes on the Embankment between the River Thames and the Savoy Hotel, London
In reaction to the Quadruple Alliance of 1718, the Duke of Savoy then joined the Alliance and went to war with Spain.
For a short time he preached with success at the Inns of Court, and then at the invitation of the master of the Savoy, Walter Balcanqual, and the brotherhood of that foundation, became lecturer at their chapel of St Mary Savoy.
The Palace of Necessidades ( then official residence of the young King ) was bombarded, forcing Manuel to move to the Mafra National Palace, where he rendezvous'd with his mother, Queen Amélia, and his grandmother, the Queen Mother Maria Pia of Savoy.
On the occasion of the creation of Prince Henry as Prince of Wales in 1610, Cavendish was made a Knight of the Bath, subsequently travelled with Sir Henry Wotton, then ambassador to the Duke of Savoy, and on his return married his first wife, Elizabeth Basset ( before 1602 – 17 April 1643 ), daughter of William Basset of Blore, Staffordshire by his wife Judith Austen, and widow of Henry Howard, third son of the 1st Earl of Suffolk.

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