Turin (Italy) History Siege, 1640
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- Work cat.: Campeggiamenti, ouero, Istorie del Piemonte, 1643.
- Encycl. Britannica online, June 8, 2006(Turin became the capital of the duchy of Savoy in 1563. It was besieged in 1640 and 1706 (during the War of the Spanish Succession) by the French)
- The Catholic encyclopedia, via WWW, June 8, 2006(in article on Turin: In 1638, during the quarrel of the regency, the city was besieged by the French and defended by Prince Thomas of Savoy)
- World history at KMLA Web site, June 8, 2006:History of Savoy-Piemont/Savoy 1610-1660 (a French army retook Turin in 1640)
- Everything2 Web site, June 8, 2006:In the year 1640 ... (in Italy French general Henri de Lorraine, comte de Harcourt defeats a Spanish army twice his size and captures Turin after a three month siege and countersiege)
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The 1640 siege of Turin (22 May–20 September 1640) was a major action in two distinct wars: the Franco-Spanish War (1635–59) and the Piedmontese Civil War. When Thomas Francis, Prince of Carignano and his Piedmontese faction captured Turin, the French garrison supporting the Regent Christine Marie of France retired within the citadel and continued to resist. A Franco-Piedmontese army led by Henri de Lorraine, count of Harcourt and Henri de la Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne invested the forces under Prince Thomas within the city. Finally, a Spanish army under Diego Felipez de Guzmán, Marquis of Leganés appeared and encircled the French besiegers. In this triple siege, the Spanish army surrounded the French army which surrounded Prince Thomas' Piedmontese who surrounded the French controlled citadel. In the end the French prevailed; Prince Thomas surrendered on terms and was allowed to march his troops elsewhere, leaving Turin in French control. Turin is a major city in the northwest part of modern-day Italy.
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