Savoie

Savoie shield

(sävwä´) (pron: saa-vwah)

Capital: Chambéry (pron: shawn-bay-ree)
French annexation: 1860

Called the Cross of Savoy, these arms may have been given by the pope to Amédée of Savoy when he was sent to fight in the crusades.

Savoie provincial map
Information courtesy of State Historical Society of North Dakota