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Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465
Ludovico I or Louis I (
Italian: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of
Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.
Life
Louis was born at
Geneva the son of
Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and
Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to hold the title of
Prince of Piedmont. On 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434), at
Chambéry, he married Princess
Anne of Cyprus, an heiress of the
Kingdom of Cyprus and the defunct
Kingdom of Jerusalem. The family lived in
Allaman Castle, Vaud/Switzerland and as Count de Vaud, Savoy tried to conquer the
Duchy of Milan, then under the
Repubblica Ambrosiana, but failed.
In 1452 he received the
Shroud of Turin from
Margaret de Charny. It was held by the
House of Savoy until 1946, at the end of the
Kingdom of Italy and bequeathed to the
Holy See in 1983.
Louis died at
Lyon in 1465, while returning from
France.
Issue
Louis and Anne had:
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Amadeus IX (
Thonon, 1 February 1435 – 30 March 1472), Duke of Savoy, married
Yolande of France
[3]
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Louis (Thonon, 5 June 1436 –
Ripaille, 12 July 1482), Count of Geneva, King of Cyprus.
- Marie (
Morges, March 1437 – Thonon, 1 December 1437)
- Jean (1437?–1440)
-
Philip II (Thonon, 5 February 1438 –
Torino, 7 November 1497), Duke of Savoy, married
Margaret of Bourbon
[3]
-
Marguerite (
Pinerolo, April 1439 –
Bruges, 9 March 1485), married firstly in December 1458
Giovanni IV Paleologo,
Marquis of Montferrat and secondly
Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle, and Soissons
- Pierre (Genève, c. 2 February 1440 –
Torino, 21 October 1458), Archbishop of Tarentasia.
- Janus (
Genève, 8 November 1440 –
Annecy, 22 December 1491), Count of Faucigny and Geneva, married Helene of Luxembourg, daughter of
Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, and his first wife
Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons
-
Charlotte (
Chambéry, 16 November 1441 –
Amboise, 1 December 1483), married King
Louis XI of France
- Aimon (Genève, 2 November 1442 – Genève, 30 March 1443)
- Jacques (Genève, 29 November 1444 – Genève 1 June 1445)
- Agnes (Chambéry, October 1445 –
Paris, 16 March 1509), married François d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. Their son was
Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville
- Jean Louis (Genève, 26 February 1447 – Torino, 4 July 1482), Bishop of Genève
-
Maria (Pinerolo, 20 March 1448 – 13 September 1475), married
Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano,
Constable of France
-
Bona (
Avigliana, 12 August 1449 –
Fossano, 17 November 1503), married
Galeazzo Maria Sforza,
Duke of Milan
[3]
-
Giacomo (Genève, 12 November 1450 –
Ham in Picardy, 30 January 1486), Count of Romont, Lord of Vaud
- Anne (Genève, September 1452 – Genève, 1 October 1452)
- François (Annecy, 19 August 1454 – Torino 6 October 1490),
Archbishop of Auch and
Bishop of Geneva
- Jeanne (died without alliance, 1455?)
References
Sources
- Fletcher, Stella (2000). The Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe, 1390–1530. Pearson Education Limited.
- Grendler, Paul F. (2017). The Jesuits and Italian Universities, 1548–1773. The Catholic University of America Press.
- Hand, Joni M. (2013). Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550. Routledge.
- Vaughan, Richard (1975). Valois Burgundy. Penguin Books Ltd.
- Ward, A.W.; Prothero, G.W.; Leathes, Stanley, eds. (1911). The Cambridge Modern History. The Macmillan Company.
Louis, Duke of Savoy Born: 24 February 1413 Died: 29 January 1465
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