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Louis I de Savoie
Baron de Vaud
(1254–1303)

Biographical

Baron de Vaud 1286–1303†
Seigneur de Chillon
Seigneur de Bugey 1286–1303†
Seigneur de Valromey 1286–1303†
Seigneur d'Oigney 1291–1303†
Seigneur de Moudon 1286
Seigneur de Romont 1286
Seigneur de Rue 1286
Seigneur de Conthey 1286
Seigneur de Saillon 1286
Seigneur de Nyon 1286
Seigneur d'Aubonne 1286

In his youth, Louis had taken up arms with Turin against Asti, and was made prisoner. Afterwards, he went to France, and in 1281 he joined the counts of Valentinois in their fight against the counts of Roussillon. In 1282 he followed King Louis of France to Africa against the Saracens, and was present at the siege of Tunis. After the king's death, he returned to France and lived at the court of King Philip I. The Emperor gave him the right to mint his own coinage in 1284. After the death of his uncle, Philippe I, Count of Savoy, Louis contested his will which appointed his brother, Amédée, as successor to Savoy. He accepted a compromise where he would be granted the fief of Vaud and many other lands, in exchange for him accepting the succession of his brother as 14th count of Savoy (to the exclusion of Philippe of Achaia, son of their older brother, Thomas III). He joined Charles II of Anjou, King of Naples, in the Sicilian war against Aragon, and died there.

Place of third marriage: Castellamare di Stabia
Place of death: Naples
Place of burial: Abbey of Hautecombe, Savoy

Son of Thomas II de Savoie and Beatrice Fieschi. He was married firstly to Adeline of Lorraine, with issue, secondly to Jeanne de Montfort in 1278, with issue, and thirdly to Isabelle d'Aulnay (her second marriage; †1341).

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