Sapaudia

Sapaudia or Sabaudia was an Alpine territory of Late antiquity and the Early Middle Ages.

[1] It developed first into Saboia[2] and thence into Italian Savoia (Savoy; French: Savoie, Arpitan: Savouè).

[1] Sapaudia first appears[2] in mention by the 4th century late-Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus,[3] who described it as the southern district of Provincia Maxima Sequanorum, the land of the Sequani enlarged by the Diocletian Reforms.

In the mid-9th century, Sapaudia was ruled by the Bosonid duke Hucbert as part of the realm of Upper Burgundy.

Upon Rudolph's death in 1032, Humbert accepted Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor's annexation of Arles and supported him in suppressing the revolts of Count Odo and Burchard.