Louis, Duke of Savoy
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Savoy
Savoy is a region of France. It comprises roughly the territory of the Western Alps situated between Lake Geneva in the north and Monaco and the Mediterranean coast in the south....
from 1440 until his death.
Life
He was born at GenevaGeneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
the son of Antipope Felix V
Antipope Felix V
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and Mary of Burgundy; he was the first to hold the title of Prince of Piedmont. He married at Chambéry
Chambéry
Chambéry is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made the city his seat of power.-Geography:Chambéry...
on 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434) Anne of Cyprus
Anne of Cyprus
Anne of Cyprus was the daughter of King Janus of Cyprus and Charlotte de Bourbon; and a member of the celebrated Lusignan crusader dynasty...
, a Princess and an heiress of Cyprus
Kingdom of Cyprus
The Kingdom of Cyprus was a Crusader kingdom on the island of Cyprus in the high and late Middle Ages, between 1192 and 1489. It was ruled by the French House of Lusignan.-History:...
and Jerusalem
Kings of Jerusalem
This is a list of kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day.-Kings of Jerusalem :...
(she was the secondary heiress all her lifetime, as her niece Queen Charlotte of Cyprus
Charlotte of Cyprus
Charlotte , was Queen of Cyprus and Princess of Antioch, as well as titular Queen of Jerusalem and Armenia.She was the eldest and only surviving daughter of King John II of Cyprus and Helena Palaiologina. At the age of 14, she succeeded to the Cypriot throne upon the death of her father in 1458...
outlived her) and a daughter of King Janus of Cyprus
Janus of Cyprus
Janus of Cyprus was a King of Cyprus, King of Armenia and a Titular King of Jerusalem from 1398 to 1432.-Biography:He was born in Genoa where his father, King James I of Cyprus was a captive...
. During his reign, the Savoyard troops attempted a conquest of the Milan
Milan
Milan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, then under the Repubblica Ambrosiana, but they failed.
In 1453 he received, from Margaret de Charny, the Shroud of Turin
Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin or Turin Shroud is a linen cloth bearing the image of a man who appears to have suffered physical trauma in a manner consistent with crucifixion. It is kept in the royal chapel of the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Turin, northern Italy. The image on the shroud is...
, which would be property of the house of Savoy
House of Savoy
The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...
until 1946, at the end of the Kingdom of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
. The Shroud of Turin was bequeathed to the Holy See
Holy See
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in 1983. Louis died at Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
in 1465, while returning from France.
Family and issue
Louis and Anne of Cyprus had 18 children, 5 of whom died young:- Amadeus IX (1 February 1435 - 30 March 1472).
- Louis of Savoy, Count of GenevaLouis of Savoy, Count of GenevaLouis of Savoy was King of Cyprus, reigning together with and in the right of his wife, Queen Charlotte of Cyprus. He was the second son and namesake of Louis, Duke of Savoy, and his wife Anne of Lusignan, daughter of King Janus of Cyprus...
(5 June 1436 - August 1482). - Giovanni (1437–1440).
- Maria (1437).
- Philip II (5 February 1438 - 7 November 1497).
- MargueriteMarguerite of SavoyMargaret of Savoy , also known as Marguerite de Savoie or Margherita di Savoia, was the eldest surviving daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy. She was the wife of Margrave John IV of Montferrat and later the wife of Pierre II de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle and Soissons...
(1439 - 9 March 1483), married firstly in December 1458 Giovanni IV Paleologo (1413–1464), Marquis of Montferrat and secondly Pierre II de LuxembourgPierre II de LuxembourgPeter II was Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, Marle and Soissons.In 1478 Peter was made a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece....
, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle, and Soissons. - Giano, Count of Faucigny and Geneva (8 November 1440 - 22 December 1491).
- Pietro, Bishop of Geneva (1440 - 21 October 1458).
- CharlotteCharlotte of SavoyCharlotte of Savoy was the second wife and only Queen consort of Louis XI of France. She had three surviving children, one of whom succeeded Louis as King Charles VIII of France, with her eldest daughter, Anne of France, acting as his regent.- Family :She was a daughter of Louis, Duke of Savoy,...
(1441- 1 December 1483), married King Louis XI of FranceLouis XI of FranceLouis XI , called the Prudent , was the King of France from 1461 to 1483. He was the son of Charles VII of France and Mary of Anjou, a member of the House of Valois....
. - Aimone (1442–1443).
- Giacomo (1445 - 20 June 1445).
- Agnes (1446 - 15 March 1509), married François d'Orléans-Longueville, Count of Dunois.
- Giovanni Ludovico, Bishop of Geneva (1447 - 4 July 1482).
- Maria (20 March 1448 - 1475), married Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and ConversanoLouis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-PolLouis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano belonged to the Ligny branch of the House of Luxemburg and was Constable of France....
, Constable of FranceConstable of FranceThe Constable of France , as the First Officer of the Crown, was one of the original five Great Officers of the Crown of France and Commander in Chief of the army. He, theoretically, as Lieutenant-general of the King, outranked all the nobles and was second-in-command only to the King...
. - BonaBona of SavoyBona of Savoy, Duchess of Milan was a the second spouse of Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan and a member of the noble Italian House of Savoy. She served as regent of Milan during the minority of her son 1476–1481....
(1449–1503), married Galeazzo Maria SforzaGaleazzo Maria SforzaGaleazzo Maria Sforza was Duke of Milan from 1466 until his death. He was famous for being lustful, cruel and tyrannical....
, Duke of Milan. - Giacomo, Count of Romont, lord of VaudJacques, Duke of SavoyJacques of Savoy was Count of Romont and Lord of Vaud. He was the son of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan. In 1484, he married Marie de Luxembourg...
(12 November 1450 - 30 January 1486). - Anna (1452).
- Francesco, Archbishop of Auch and Bishop of Geneva (1454 - 6 October 1490).