Editing Edward, Count of Savoy

{{Infobox monarch
| name         = Edward
| image        = Ritratto del Conte Edordo di Savoia.jpg
| caption      = 18th century portrait of Edward
| succession   = [[Count of Savoy]]
| reign        = 1323–1329
| predecessor  = [[Amadeus V, Count of Savoy|Amadeus V]]
| successor    = [[Aymon, Count of Savoy|Aymon]]
| issue        = [[Joan of Savoy]]
| house        = [[House of Savoy|Savoy]]
| father       = [[Amadeus V of Savoy]]
| mother       = [[Sybille of Bâgé]]
| spouse       = [[Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy|Blanche of Burgundy]]
| birth_date   = 1284
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = 1329
| death_place  = 
| burial_place = 
}}

'''Edward''' (1284–1329), surnamed '''the Liberal''', was [[Count of Savoy]] from 1323 to 1329. He was the son of [[Amadeus V, Count of Savoy|Amadeus V]] and his first wife [[Sybille of Bâgé]].

Edward was born in [[Baugé]]. He was married to [[Bianca of Burgundy|Blanche]], daughter of Duke [[Robert II of Burgundy]] and [[Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy|Agnes of France]].{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=59}} They had a daughter, [[Joan of Savoy|Joan]], who married Duke [[John III of Brittany]].
[[File:Blason duché fr Savoie.svg|thumb|right|100px|Coat of arms of the counts of Savoy]]
In 1325, Edward was attacked at [[Battle of Varey|Varey]] by [[Guigues VIII of Viennois]] and [[Amadeus III of Geneva]] as he was besieging Varey castle. Guigues won the battle and Edward barely escaped.{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=26,37}}

In 1327, the residents of [[Maurienne]] revolted against their bishop-prince. The bishop asked Edward for help, and Edward agreed, provided that he gain the administrative control of the diocese.  The bishop consented, and was restored.{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=45-46}} That same year, the bishop of Sion refused to pay him homage, which had been the custom since the time of [[Peter II, Count of Savoy]]. From then on, the bishop and the count paid each other homage on the bridge of Morge.{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=88}}

In 1328, he had wooden aqueducts built to bring fresh water directly into the courtyard of the castle at [[Chambéry]].{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=16}} His death in 1329 was unexpected and left the county to his brother, [[Aymon, Count of Savoy|Aymon]].{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=12}}

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==References==
* {{ cite book | last=Cox | first=Eugene L. | title=The Green Count of Savoy | url=https://archive.org/details/greencountofsavo0000coxe | url-access=registration | location=Princeton, New Jersey | publisher=Princeton University Press | year=1967 | lccn=67-11030 }}

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