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Honoré I de Savoie
Comte de Tende
(1538–72)

Other names: Honorat

Biographical

Comte de Tende 1566–72†
Conte di Sommariva 1566–72†
Seigneur de Cipières 1566–72†
Signore del Maro 1566–72†
Signore di Prela 1566–72†
Seigneur de Villeneuve 1566–72†
Seigneur de Cagnes 1566–72†
Seigneur de la Garde 1566–72†
Seigneur de le Loubet 1566–72†
Seigneur d'Antibes 1566–72†
Seigneur de Marignane 1566–72†
Seigneur de Chastellard 1566–72†
Seigneur de Moyennant 1566–72†
Knight of the Orders of Order of St Michael 1563 [France]

Grand Sénéchal of Provence 1566
Governor of Provence 1566

A fervent Catholic, Honoré was sent to Provence in 1562 against the Protestants, and was in conflict with his father, governor of Provence, and a supporter of the Protestant party. His army took Orange that year, and then laid siege to Sisteron, depriving the Protestants of the last place in the region under their control. This was followed by the retaking of Montpellier which had previously fallen into the hands of Protestants. He then marched on Saint-Gilles, but his army was defeated, suffering large casualties. Honoré was forced to flee Provence. His subsequent attempts to subdue the Huguenots were unsuccessful. Honoré was suspected, by some, in the involvement of his brother, René, a supporter of the Protestants. His own death was sudden, not without the suspicion of poisoning.

Place of birth: Marseille
Place of death: Avignon
Place of burial: Avignon Sainte-Praxède

Son of Claude de Savoie and Marie de Chabannes. He was married firstly to Clarissa Strozzi in 1558, and secondly to Madeleine de La Tour in 1572. He had no issue.

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