County of Savoy

State · 1260–1539 CE · at its largest around 1402 CE

County in the western Alps controlling key passes between France and Italy, which was raised to the Duchy of Savoy in 1416.

On its lands while it lasted

Chambéry (c. 1260 CE): Capital of County of Savoy (1260–1416).
Pernes-les-Fontaines (c. 1274 CE): Capital of Comtat Venaissin (1274–1320).
Monaco (1297 CE): Capital of Principality of Monaco (1642–today), Kingdom of Monaco (1815–1939).
Carpentras (c. 1320 CE): Capital of Comtat Venaissin (1320–1790).
Grenoble (c. 1349 CE): Capital of Dauphiné (1349–1351).
John Calvin (1509 CE – 1564 CE): French theologian and reformer who led the Reformation in Geneva. His Institutes of the Christian Religion shaped Reformed and Presbyterian Protestantism.