Louis, Duke of Savoy


Louis I was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.

Life

He 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, 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

  1. Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy.
  2. Louis, Count of Geneva, King of Cyprus.
  3. Marie.
  4. Jean.
  5. Philip II, Duke of Savoy.
  6. Marguerite, 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.
  7. Pierre, Archbishop of Tarentasia.
  8. Janus, 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.
  9. Charlotte, married King Louis XI of France.
  10. Aimon.
  11. Jacques.
  12. Agnes, married François d'Orléans, Duke of Longueville. Their son is Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville.
  13. Jean Louis, Bishop of Genève.
  14. Maria, married Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano, Constable of France.
  15. Bona, married Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan.
  16. Giacomo, Count of Romont, Lord of Vaud.
  17. Anne.
  18. François, Archbishop of Auch and Bishop of Geneva.
  19. Jeanne.