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Louis, Duke of Savoy had great ambitions, and managed to reach some of them. Some of his 19 children would go on to hold high office and make good marriages....
Life. Louis was born at Geneva the son of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy and Mary of Burgundy; [1] 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, [1] an heiress of the Kingdom of Cyprus and the defunct Kingdom of Jerusalem.
Jan 23, 2022 · Biography. Louis I (Ludovico I or Lodovico I in Italian; 21 February 1412/1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death. Life. He was born at Geneva the son of Antipope Felix V and Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to hold the title of Prince of Piedmont. He married at Chambéry on 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434 ...
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Duke Louis was succeeded by his son, Amadeus IX, "The Blessed" (1435-1472). The much-loved Third Duke of Savoy was born destined to succeed his father but would have preferred a contemplative life like many of his ancestors. For political reasons his mother imposed a marriage with Yolanda of Valois, sister of St. King Louis IX of France.
Français: Louis Ier de Savoie. English: Louis, Duke of Savoy. Louis I de Savoie was born 21 February 1413 to Amédée VIII de Savoie (1383-1439) and Marie de Bourgogne (1380-1422) and died 29 January 1451 of unspecified causes. He married Anne de Lusignan (1419-1462) 1 November 1433 JL in Chambéry.
Savoy, an important power in the region ruled by Duke Victor Amadeus II, at first sided with France. In the early 1700s, the Duchy of Savoy included the larger Italian state of Piedmont. The latter, a large, prosperous region with fertile fields, was so important that the dukes had long since moved their capital to Turin.
granddaughter of Louis and Anne, Jeanne, queen of France, was declared a saint by Pope Pius XII in 1950. Let me try to put this clearly. Charles VII Valois was king of France. Louis I was Duke of Savoy. Charles VII had a daughter, Yolande, who, betrothed to Louis' firstborn, Amadeus IX, was living at the Savoy court, as was the custom in those ...
