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Humbert, bâtarde Savoie
Comte de Romont
(1379–1443)

Biographical

Comte de Romont 1439–43†
Seigneur de Cudrefin
Seigneur d'Estavayer
Seigneur de Montagny
Seigneur de Corbières
Seigneur de Grancour
Knight of the Order of the Collar of Savoy 1434 [Italy]

Lieutenant general of Piedmont 1403

Humbert began as an auditor tasked with overseeing the finances of castellans and governors. He sided with Bonne de Bourbon after the death of Amédée VII over the regency. He joined the war against the Turks and was captured in 1397, and was finally released in 1403. In 1409 he was ambassador to Burgundy, and in 1417, he was sent as the Duke of Savoy's representative to the Council of Constance. In 1421, he erected a chapel in the Hautecombe church, and did the same in other churches. His will is dated 10 December 1440.

Place of death and burial: Estavayer

Illegitimate son of Amédée VII de Savoie and Françoise Arnaud. He married Marguerite de Saint-Thomas.

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