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Humbert I, bâtard de Savoie
Seigneur d'Arvillard
(–1374)

Biographical

Seigneur d'Arvillard 1364–74†
Seigneur des Marches 1364
Seigneur des Molettes 1352–74†
Seigneur de l'Ecluse <1338–52
Chevalier

Castellan of Montmelian 1357–74†
Bailiff of Montmelian 1357–74†
Bailiff of Genevois 1344
Bailiff of Chablais 1344
Castellan of Chatelard-en-Bauges ?–1374†
Castellan of Maurienne ?–1374†
Castellan of Chillon ?–1374†
Castellan of Tarentaise <1338; ? –1374†

In 1339 Humbert accompanied his father to Paris in the expedition against the English at Buironfosse. His father married him to the heiress of Arvillard in 1341, and in 1342 he was granted a pension for his services to King Philippe VI. In 1347, he is mentioned as one of the nobles taking part in a treaty of alliance between Savoy and Burgundy, and in 1355, he was serving in Flanders for King Jean II in the war against the English. He was imprisoned in 1357 by the Visconti, but was released. In 1362 he was sent as one of the ambassadors appointed to conclude a treaty with the Marquis of Montferrat, and in 1366 he accompanied his brother Amédée to Venice who continued on to the Orient. He assisted Bona de Bourbon when she was regent of Savoy during her husband's absence. In 1352 he had exchanged Ecluse for Molettes.

Place of first marriage: Savoy

Illegitimate son of Aymon de Savoie and an unknown woman. He was married firstly to Andrée d'Arvillard in 1341, and secondly to Marguerite de Chevron-Villette in 1361, and had issue. He also had illegitimate issue.

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