Chambéry
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Chambéry is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.
It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made the city his seat of power.
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Notable people
Chambéry was the birthplace of:
- François de Candie, 1st Vice-Count of Geneva, "Ancien Vidam de Genéve", (c. 1314–1360), nobleman and military commander of the Royal Guard of Savoy
- Gauvain de Candie, count of Derruyre, novelist and poet of the House of Candia, who in 1475 at age 28 he composed the famous "Chason d'Amoure" recited poems to the ducal couple of Marguerite of Austria and Philibert II, Duke of Savoy.
- César Vichard de Saint-Réal (1639–1692), novelist
- Amédée-François Frézier (1682–1773), engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer
- Benoît de Boigne (1751–1830), military adventurer in India
- Joseph de Maistre, (1753–1821) conservative political philosopher and critic of the French Revolution
- Xavier de Maistre (1763–1852), soldier and author
- Michel de Certeau (1925–1986), Jesuit and scholar
- Federico Luigi, Conte Menabrea (1809–1896), Italian prime minister and general
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See also
- Duchy of Savoy
- House of Savoy
- Archdiocese of Chambéry
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Arpitan language
- Université de Savoie
- Communes of the Savoie department
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