Lombardy is in the lowlands and culturally more significant and easier to defend.
It's also traditionally and to this day far richer. The Dukes of Milan (the Sforzas and Visconti, for those of us keeping score with the Italian Renaissance *g*) were always throwing their weight around for a reason, and rich Northern Italy complaining about having to finance poor Southern Italy is a thing to these day, often politically exploited. ("Lega Nord", anyone?) Being offered to trade Savoy for Milan/Lombary is like trading a bungalow for a villa.
Same reason: his wife is Anne d'Orleans, daughter not just of gay Philippe but of unhappy first wife Henrietta Anne, who is the daughter of Charles I and thus in line for the throne
cahn, Henriette Anne = Minette. .Also, Anne was her younger (surviving) daughter; her older daughter was the one who married Carlos II the Genetic Wonder, Last Habsburg in Spain, when Sophie & Sophie Charlotte were visiting Versailles. Meaning Victor Amadeus is the brother-in-law of the genetic wonder. Also the uncle by marriage to Franz Stephan, FS, since FS' mother is Liselotte' and Philippe the Gay's daughter Elisabeth who marries the Duke of Lorraine. And of course, this makes VA the brother-in-law to Philippe the Regent, Liselotte's son. Like most players, he's related to everyone!
The Anne biographer I'm reading points out that this meant that Anne (born 1665) was sent to live with her grandmother, who died in 1669, which resulted in her being sent to live with her aunt, who died in 1670, which resulted in her being sent back to England to live with her mother, who then died in 1671. This was a traumatic experience for little Anne.
No wonder she clung hard to childhood friend Sarah, future Sarah Churchill played by Rachel Weisz in The Favourite!
One of the Angelique novels which includes Minette's death actually has little Anne being present (as in, being in the same room, not just the same palace) when she gruesomely dies, but I don't know how historical that is.
It's also traditionally and to this day far richer.
As lowlands often are compared to mountainous regions: better soil for growing crops and easier transportation.
Being offered to trade Savoy for Milan/Lombary is like trading a bungalow for a villa.
Which is why VA never found any takers.
One of the Angelique novels which includes Minette's death actually has little Anne being present (as in, being in the same room, not just the same palace) when she gruesomely dies, but I don't know how historical that is.
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Re: Victor Amadeus II: Why is he always switching sides? Part 2
Date: 2022-01-03 07:34 am (UTC)It's also traditionally and to this day far richer. The Dukes of Milan (the Sforzas and Visconti, for those of us keeping score with the Italian Renaissance *g*) were always throwing their weight around for a reason, and rich Northern Italy complaining about having to finance poor Southern Italy is a thing to these day, often politically exploited. ("Lega Nord", anyone?) Being offered to trade Savoy for Milan/Lombary is like trading a bungalow for a villa.
Same reason: his wife is Anne d'Orleans, daughter not just of gay Philippe but of unhappy first wife Henrietta Anne, who is the daughter of Charles I and thus in line for the throne
The Anne biographer I'm reading points out that this meant that Anne (born 1665) was sent to live with her grandmother, who died in 1669, which resulted in her being sent to live with her aunt, who died in 1670, which resulted in her being sent back to England to live with her mother, who then died in 1671. This was a traumatic experience for little Anne.
No wonder she clung hard to childhood friend Sarah, future Sarah Churchill played by Rachel Weisz in The Favourite!
One of the Angelique novels which includes Minette's death actually has little Anne being present (as in, being in the same room, not just the same palace) when she gruesomely dies, but I don't know how historical that is.
Re: Victor Amadeus II: Why is he always switching sides? Part 2
Date: 2022-01-04 12:00 am (UTC)As lowlands often are compared to mountainous regions: better soil for growing crops and easier transportation.
Being offered to trade Savoy for Milan/Lombary is like trading a bungalow for a villa.
Which is why VA never found any takers.
One of the Angelique novels which includes Minette's death actually has little Anne being present (as in, being in the same room, not just the same palace) when she gruesomely dies, but I don't know how historical that is.
Nor I.