Cambridge University Press 0521551463 - War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690-1720 Christopher Storrs Index More information INDEX Absolutism: concept and historiography 11; archives, Savoyard 177 war and 73; importance of cooperation and aristocratic constitutionalism, voiced by collaboration in 72–3; alternative models Chambre des Comptes, Chambery 251 of integration 277, 285; and social change army, Savoyard as reinforcement of ducal 221–2 power 20–21, 41, 93, 271–2; as example of Accademia Reale, Turin 135, 236, 254 expanding state 61–2, 72; growth of 23; ad hoc missions, importance of in wartime 182 field army and garrisons 28; composition of Aglie, San Martino di, conte 232 ducal forces 31; recruiting 31; Aiguebelle, baron d’ 243 recruitment of criminals 35;pay 34–5; Aix, Seyssel, marquis d’, Victor Amadeus militia 36; use of foreign troops 43–59; (1679–1754) and family 144, 189, 239, reluctance to serve and desertion 40; 245, 250, 258 dependence upon troops of allies 54; Alba, province of 39, 77, 181, 183, 184, 254, dependence upon allies for artillery and 271 munitions 57–8; problems of dependence Alessandria, town and province, newly 60–1; organisational development and acquired territory 30, 38, 193 growing standardisation 61; development Alley, Joly, d’, vibailli of Duchy of Aosta 291 of uniforms 62; weaponry 62; continued Alpine frontier 20, 123, 124, 144, 148 lack of uniformity 34, 67; fraud 23, 34, Anderson, Matthew 171 63–4; commissariat 65–6; non-military Andorno, marchese d’ (d. 1719) 206, 245, 307 role of army 71; reform of militia after Anne, Queen, of England/Britain 152 1713 71 Anne-Marie d’Orleans, Duchess of Savoy, Arnaud, Henri, pastor 53, 295 Queen of Sicily and Sardinia, consort of artillery train 82 Victor Amadeus II 151, 191 Asti, town and province 252, 253 Annunziata, Savoyard Chivalric Order Audiberti, official 139 193–94, 229, 250, 255 Avigliana, community of (Piedmont) 29, 30 Aosta, Duchy and Valley 19, 55, 64, 65, 77, 79, 90, 102, 168, 174, 181; pays d’e´tats 277; Bagnasco, Carlo Gerolamo del Carretto, Conseil des Commis 278, 284–5, 293; marchese di (c. 1650–1712) 54, 231, 254 Coutumier 278, 289; bishop of 279; Balbiana di Colcavagno, Caterina (1670–1719), ducal patronage 279–80; importance and noblewomen 250–1 role of in wars 281, 290; war devastation banditry 269, 273, 275 247, 281, 283; ducal anxiety regarding 285; Barberis, Walter 17, 22–3, 40, 72, 224 jealousy of privileges 285; attack on Barbero, Alessandro 224 privileges 288; Cour des Connoissances Barcelonette valley 4, 52, 94, 123, 144, 149, 289; Estates of general 77, 277–78; 182, 282, 309 (1694) 284, 286, 289; (1706) 292; Bard, fortress 27, 46, 65 (1712) 292; (1718) 292 nobility of 226, Barge (Piedmont) 174, 302 228 Basilio, military contractor 66, 67 338 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521551463 - War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690-1720 Christopher Storrs Index More information index 339 battaglione, of Piedmont 36 Cacherano di Mombello, conte 229; Bava, noble family 235, 257 Cacherano d’Osasco, conte 256 Bavaria, Max Emanuel, elector of, cousin of Caissotti, Carlo Luigi 231 Victor Amadeus II 8, 32, 156, 160, 201 Camera dei Conti, Turin 78–9, 93, 201, Beik, William 12, 265, 221 203–5, 228 Belfanti, C.M. 265 Canale, Malabaila di, conte and family 227 Bellegarde, chevalier de 126 capitation tax 90, 248 Bellegarde, marquis de, chancellor 287 Caraffa, count, Imperial general 161 Beltramo, Biagio 279, 289 Caraglio, Isnardi di, marchese di and family Be´ly, Lucien 132 194, 206, 227, 255, 259, 260 Benzo di Cavour, conte Giuseppe Antonio, career officials 175–6 secretary for war 50, 173, 174, 190, 191, Carignano, appanage, prince and house of 269–70, 299 78,138, 140, 149–50, 196, 228 Benzo di Santena, conte Carlo Ottavio, Carmagnola, community of (Piedmont) 269 governor of Mondovi, Montmelian and Caroccio, Carlo, diplomat 126, 127, 133 Cherasco 274 Carron, conte Felice Dionisio, governor of Bern 45, 147, 164, 168 Trino and Susa 182, 187–9 Bernardi, Giuseppe Tommaso, affair (1704) Carutti, Domenico see Risorgimento, 212–13 historiography Berta, Giovanni Antonio, conte di Casa Savoia see House of Savoy Mongardino, banker and councillor of Turin Casale (Monferrato), fortress, siege and council, 249 surrender of (1695) 1, 30, 41, 49, 58, 61, Berwick, Duke of 132 174, 250; senate of 248, 260, 266; militia Biandrate Aldobrandino di San Giorgio, 71 marchese Guido Francesco and family 230, Caselette, conte di, Antonio, president of 254 Turin Senate 212 Biella, province and town 45, 183, 214, 249 Castellamare (Sicily), siege of 212 Birago di Vische, conte and family 232, Catalonia, war in 7, 216 234–5, 242 Catinat, marshal, French commander 37, 55, Black, Jeremy 12, 21, 221 65, 207, 270, 272 Blaeu brothers of Amsterdam and Atlas de cavalcata tax 90, 247, 256 Savoye 147 Cavallo, Sandra 17, 224, 230 Blonay, Louis de, noble 243 Cerutti, Simona 17 Bolingbroke, viscount, Henry St John 135, Ceva, province and marquisate 42, 267–8, 162 270, 272, 274 Bonney, Richard 76 Chabod, Federico 171 Borel, Catherine 309 Chabod, marquis of Bourg-Saint-Maurice borrowing, ducal forced loans 95, 97, 98; (Savoy) and family 239 salary and pension arrears 97; abroad 99; Chambre des Comptes, Chambe´ry 78–9, foreign subsidies and 108 102, 201, 203–5, 266, 228, 230, 251, 261, Bra, commuinty of (Piedmont) 41, 94, 253, 266 257, 258 Chamlay, marquis de French diplomat 270 Brandenburg, elector of see king of Prussia Charles Emanuel I, Duke of Savoy Brandizzo, Nicolis di, conte 129 (1580–1630) 5, 24, 78, 79, 116, 178, 229, Brewer, John 9, 13, 172 269, 278, 288 Brianc¸on (France) 27, 169 Charles Emanuel II, Duke of Savoy Brianc¸on (Brianzone), Carron de 52, 130, (1630–1675) 22, 34, 76, 87, 133, 179, 194, 134 215, 222, 230, 240, 241, 278, 280, Bricherasio, community of (Piedmont) 86, Charles Emanuel III, king of Sardinia 302 (1730–73) 92, 119, 125, 163, 198, 277 Brussels 128 Chaˆtillon, baron de, Franc¸ois-Jerome de Bugey 169 Challant 279, 281, 285 Bulferetti, Luigi 222, 223 Chaumont, marquis de, Louis Deschamps bureaucracy and its limits in the Savoyard 175, 256 state 142–3, 171, 186 Chittolini, Giorgio 265 Buschetti, conte di 288, 229 Chivasso 56 Buttigliera, community of (Piedmont) 68, church clergy, taxation of, 91–2; clash with 243 and Concordats (1727, 1741) 18, 91–2; © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 0521551463 - War, Diplomacy and the Rise of Savoy, 1690-1720 Christopher Storrs Index More information 340 index church (cont.) Delescheraine, president 212 de´vots in Turin 299; Inquisition 177, 300, Della Rocca, conte 38 305 Demonte 27, 63 Cigliano, community of 21 desertion 41 Cinzano, della Chiesa, marchese di 128 Despine, G.-B., Savoyard secretary at The clientage 142, 187, 269, 276 Hague after 1713 130 coinage, manipulation of 100 De Tillier, E.-G 279, 288 Colomba, banker 113 De Tillier, J.-B 249, 278 Compans di Brichanteau, Giovanni Giuseppe, Des Hayes (Desais) 273, 254 senator 184 Dijkveld, Everard van Weede, heer van, comparto dei grani (grain tax) 77, 89, 120 confident of William III 146, 162 conquest, right of 20 diplomacy, Savoyard importance of 122; Constitutions of 1723 21, 68, 194; of 1770 failures of 122–23; expansion after 1690 (170) 126–8; diplomatic ranks 129; unofficial and contadore generale 175–6, 191 secret diplomacy 131–2, 143; posts and contractors, use of 66–7, 173 ciphers 132–3; growth of foreign contributions, military, levied by enemy in diplomatic presence in Turin 134; Savoyard state 100, 282, 284; and by allies diplomatic gifts 136; problems associated in France 133 with expansion 138; organisation of corruption, of officials 39 Savoyard diplomacy pre 1717 138; Cortanze, Roero di, Ercole, marchese and correspondence 139; reform of family 129, 146, 189, 259 organisation of in 1717 145; functions and Costa di Polonghera, conte 234; Costa della objectives 146; as source of models for state Trinita, conte 38, 247 organisation:147; general characteristics of Costeis, Antonio, banker 86 156; reputation of, and double-dealing Coudre´e, Allinges, marquises of 228, 239 124, 161; dissimulation as sign of weakness Council for Artillery, Building and 161; exploitation of weakness 161–2; Fortifications 176 methods 163; essentially ‘reactive’ 164–5; Council of Finances 79, 112, 120, 172, 175, relazioni 165; impact on diplomats 165; 177 ‘new diplomatic history’ 125. See also Council of State 189–90 maxims of state, royal treatment court, Savoyard 191, 206, 246 directors (direttori) of provinces 179 Cumiana, community (Piedmont) 86 Dogliani, Solaro di Moretta, marchese di 255, Cumiana, Canalis di, abbe´Francesco 132 259 Cuneo, town and province (Piedmont) and Doria di Cirie`, G.-B, governor of Aosta 289 siege 27, 52, 83, 92, 93, 185, 187, 250, Doria del Maro, Carlo Alessandro, abbate of 269, 273; militia of 273 Vezzolano (d. 1726) 253 Cyprus, kingdom of, claimed by Victor Dronero, marchese di 137, 180 Amadeus 153 Druent, marchese see Provana Danckelman, Eberhard von, Prussian minister edicts, ducal, as propaganda 213–14 163 Einaudi, Luigi 75, 76, 213 Daun, marshal, imperial commander 29, 66, Elias, Norbert 191 135 Emanuel Filibert (1556–80) 76, 77, 173, 175, Dauphine´, invasion of (1692) 2, 6, 58, 61, 94, 178, 215, 229, 269, 277, 279 100, 174, 270, 272, 282, 284 e´tapes 33, 65, 173, 174, 180, 188, 284, 286 David, ducal patrimoniale generale 288–89 Eugene, Prince of Savoy of Soissons branch debts, owed by emperor 82; Savoyard 97 (d. 1736) 3, 27, 66, 56, 149, 160, 163, De Gubernatis