Portrait of Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy
by VIGHI, Giacomo, Oil on canvas
Emmanuel Philibert (Italian Emanuele Filiberto; 1528-1580)was the duke of Savoy. He recovered most of the lands his father Charles III had lost to France and Spain. A skilled soldier and a wily diplomat, he was also an able administrator who restored economic equilibrium to Savoy while freeing it from foreign occupation.