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The Savoy Theatre, which
opened on 10 October 1881, was built by Richard D'Oyly
Carte (1844 - 1901) on the site of the old Savoy Palace
in London as a showcase for the works of Gilbert and
Sullivan, which became known as the Savoy Operas as a
result. Later, the Savoy Hotel was built next to it.
The House of Savoy was the ruling family of Savoy
descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia (or "Maurienne")
(became count in 1032). Piedmont was later joined with
Sabaudia, and the name evolved into "Savoy" (or "Savoie").
Count Peter (or Piers or Piero) of Savoy (d. 1268), was
the maternal uncle of Eleanor of Provence, queen-consort
of Henry III of England, and came with her to London.
King Henry made Peter Earl of Richmond and gave him (in
1246) the land between The Strand and the Thames where
Peter built the Savoy Palace in 1263.
The Savoy Palace became the London residence of John of
Gaunt, 2nd Duke of Lancaster, until it was burned down
by Wat Tyler's followers in the Peasants' Revolt of
1381. King Richard II was still a child, and his uncle
John of Gaunt was the power behind the throne and so a
main target of the rebels.
In about 1505 Henry VII had a hospital built in the
palace ruins, and part of the old palace was used for a
military prison in the 18th century. In 1864 a fire
burned everything except the stone walls, and the
property sat empty until D'Oyly Carte bought it in 1880
to build the Savoy Theatre there. |
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