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In the mid-13th century the Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II made the County of Aosta (the Valle d'Aosta) a duchy; its arms were carried in the Savoia coat-of-arms until the reunification of Italy, 1870. The region remained part of Savoy lands, with the exception of a French occupation, 1539 – 1563. At the Risorgimento, Duke of Aosta became the courtesy title given to the eldest son of the King of Italy of the House of Savoy. It carries with it the subsidary titles of Prince della Cisterna e di Belriguardo, Marquess di Voghera, and Count di Ponderano. In 1890, it was first awarded, however, to a cousin of the king, H.R.H. Prince Amedeo of Sardinia and Italy, Duke of Aosta, Prince della Cisterna e di Belriguardo, Marquess of Voghera, and Count of Ponderano, who was a Prince of Sardinia. The following have been Dukes of Aosta
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