Louis, Duke of Savoy

Ludwig, called the Elder ( * February 21, 1413 in Geneva, † January 29, 1465 in Lyon) was Duke of Savoy, Prince of Piedmont, count of Aosta and Maurienne from 1439 to 1465, he was the son of Amadeus VIII and. Marie of Burgundy.

Since 1434 already he ruled for his father under the title of Prince of Piedmont after it turned away as a widower of politics and religion had turned. When he was elected in 1439 even anti-pope, he resigned as Duke.

He married in Chambéry on November 1, 1433 Anne de Lusignan ( 1419-1462 ) from the part of the family of Ramnulfiden, the Cyprus ruled and reigned there under the name Lusignan. She was the daughter of Janus, King of Cyprus and Jerusalem, and Charlotte of Bourbon. Louis had subsequently withstand the intrigues of the Cypriot royal household of his wife as well as the ambitions of its French and Milanese neighbors. He had to give up the Valentinois, but could not take possession after the death of the last Visconti of the Duchy of Milan.

Louis and Anne had a number of children:

  • Amadeus IX. the lucky one (1435-1472), Duke of Savoy, etc.
  • Maria (1436-1437)
  • Louis the Younger (1436-1482), Count of Geneva and King of Cyprus.
  • Johann (1438-1491), Count of Geneva
  • Margaret (* 1439 † March 9, 1484 in Bruges )
  • Peter (1440-1458), Bishop of Geneva
  • Charlotte (1441-1483) ∞ 1451 Louis XI. (1432-1483), King of France
  • Janus (1441-1491), Count of Faucigny, Governor of Nice
  • Aimon (* 1442, † 1443 )
  • Philip II Lackland (1443-1497), Duke of Savoy, etc.
  • Jacob († 1445 )
  • Agnes (1445-1508) ∞ 1466 François I d' Orléans - Longueville ( 1447-1491 ), Count of Dunois and Longueville ( House of Orléans - Longueville )
  • Johann Ludwig (1447-1482), Archbishop of Tarentaise and Bishop of Geneva
  • Maria (1448-1475), married in 1466 Louis of Luxembourg ( 1418-1475 ), Count of Saint-Pol and Ligny.
  • Bonne (1449-1503) ∞ 1468 Galeazzo Maria Sforza ( 1444-1476 ), Duke of Milan
  • Jacob (1450-1486), Count of Romont, Seigneur de Vaud
  • Anna (1452-1452)
  • Franz (1454-1490) Archbishop of Auch and Bishop of Geneva
  • Johanna († young)
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