Editing Louis, Duke of Savoy

{{Short description|Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Ludovico I
| image        = Lodovico di Savoia.jpg
| caption      = Imagined portrait of Ludovico by [[Francesco Maria Ferrero di Lavriano|Ferrero di Lavriano]], 1701
| succession   = [[Duke of Savoy]]
| reign        = 6 January 1440 – 29 January 1465
| predecessor  = [[Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy|Amadeus VIII]]
| successor    = [[Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy|Amadeus IX]]
| father       = [[Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy|Amadeus VIII]]
| mother       = [[Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy|Mary of Burgundy]]
| spouse       = [[Anne of Cyprus]]
| house        = [[House of Savoy]]
| issue        = {{plainlist|
*[[Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy]]
*[[Louis of Cyprus|Louis, King of Cyprus]]
*[[Philip II, Duke of Savoy]]
*[[Margaret of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol|Marguerite, Countess of Saint-Pol]]
*[[Charlotte of Savoy|Charlotte, Queen of France]]
*[[Marie of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol|Maria, Countess of Saint-Pol]]
*[[Bona of Savoy|Bona, Duchess of Milan]]
*[[Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont|Jacques, Count of Romont]]}}
| birth_date   = {{birth_date|1413|2|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place  = [[Geneva]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|1465|1|29|1413|2|21|df=yes}}
| death_place  = [[Lyon]]
}}
'''Ludovico I''' or '''Louis I''' ([[Italian language|Italian]]: Lodovico; 24 February 1413 – 29 January 1465) was Duke of [[Savoy]] from 1440 until his death in 1465.

==Life==
Louis was born at [[Geneva]] the son of [[Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy]] and [[Mary of Burgundy, Duchess of Savoy|Mary of Burgundy]];{{sfn|Ward|Prothero|Leathes|1911|loc=table 67}} he was the first to hold the title of [[Prince of Piedmont]]. On 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434), at [[Chambéry]], he married Princess [[Anne of Cyprus]],{{sfn|Ward|Prothero|Leathes|1911|loc=table 67}} an heiress of the [[Kingdom of Cyprus]] and the defunct [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]]. The family lived in [[Allaman Castle]], Vaud/Switzerland and as Count de Vaud, Savoy tried to conquer the [[Duchy of Milan]], then under the ''[[Repubblica Ambrosiana]]'', but failed.

In 1452 he received the [[Shroud of Turin]] from [[Margaret de Charny]].{{sfn|Grendler|2017|p=260}} It was held by the [[House of Savoy]] until 1946, at the end of the [[Kingdom of Italy]] and bequeathed to the [[Holy See]] in 1983.

Louis died at [[Lyon]] in 1465, while returning from [[France]].

[[File:Lesser coat of arms of the Kingdom of Italy (1890).svg|125px|right|thumb|Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Savoy]]

==Issue==
Louis and Anne had:
# [[Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy|Amadeus IX]] ([[Thonon-les-Bains|Thonon]], 1 February 1435 – 30 March 1472), Duke of Savoy, married [[Yolande of Valois|Yolande of France]]{{sfn|Hand|2013|loc=Appendix 4}}
# [[Louis of Cyprus|Louis]] (Thonon, 5 June 1436 – [[Ripaille]], 12 July 1482), Count of Geneva, King of Cyprus.
# Marie ([[Morges]], March 1437 – Thonon, 1 December 1437)
# Jean (1437?–1440)
# [[Philip II, Duke of Savoy|Philip II]] (Thonon, 5 February 1438 – [[Torino]], 7 November 1497), Duke of Savoy, married [[Margaret of Bourbon (1438–1483)|Margaret of Bourbon]]{{sfn|Hand|2013|loc=Appendix 4}}
# [[Margaret of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol|Marguerite]] ([[Pinerolo]], April 1439 – [[Bruges]], 9 March 1485), married firstly in December 1458 [[Giovanni IV Paleologo]], [[Marquis of Montferrat]] and secondly [[Pierre II de Luxembourg]], Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, Marle, and Soissons
# Pierre (Genève, c. 2 February 1440 – [[Torino]], 21 October 1458), Archbishop of Tarentasia.
# Janus ([[Genève]], 8 November 1440 – [[Annecy]], 22 December 1491), Count of Faucigny and Geneva, married Helene of Luxembourg, daughter of [[Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol]], and his first wife [[Jeanne de Bar, Countess of Marle and Soissons]]
# [[Charlotte of Savoy|Charlotte]] ([[Chambéry]], 16 November 1441 – [[Amboise]], 1 December 1483), married King [[Louis XI of France]]{{sfn|Fletcher|2000|p=75}}
# Aimon (Genève, 2 November 1442 – Genève, 30 March 1443)
# Jacques (Genève, 29 November 1444 – Genève 1 June 1445)
# Agnes (Chambéry, October 1445 – [[Paris]], 16 March 1509), married [[François d'Orléans, Count of Dunois]].{{sfn|Ward|Prothero|Leathes|1911|loc=table 67}} Their son was [[Louis I d'Orléans, duc de Longueville]]
# Jean Louis (Genève, 26 February 1447 – Torino, 4 July 1482), Bishop of Genève{{sfn|Vaughan|1975|p=65}}
# [[Marie of Savoy, Countess of Saint-Pol|Maria]] (Pinerolo, 20 March 1448 – 13 September 1475), married [[Louis de Luxembourg, Count of Saint-Pol|Louis of Luxembourg, Count of St. Pol, of Brienne, de Ligny, and Conversano]], [[Constable of France]]
# [[Bona of Savoy|Bona]] ([[Avigliana]], 12 August 1449 – [[Fossano]], 17 November 1503), married [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], [[Rulers of Milan|Duke of Milan]]{{sfn|Hand|2013|loc=Appendix 4}}
# [[Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont|Giacomo]] (Genève, 12 November 1450 – [[Ham in Picardy]], 30 January 1486), Count of Romont, Lord of Vaud{{sfn|Vaughan|1975|p=65}}
# Anne (Genève, September 1452 – Genève, 1 October 1452)
# François (Annecy, 19 August 1454 – Torino 6 October 1490), [[Archbishop of Auch]] and [[Bishop of Geneva]]
# Jeanne (died without alliance, 1455?)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Sources==
*{{cite book |title=The Longman Companion to Renaissance Europe, 1390–1530 |first=Stella |last=Fletcher |publisher=Pearson Education Limited |year=2000 }}
*{{cite book |title=The Jesuits and Italian Universities, 1548–1773 |first=Paul F.  |last=Grendler |publisher=The Catholic University of America Press |year=2017 }}
*{{cite book |title=Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe, 1350-1550 |first=Joni M. |last=Hand |publisher=Routledge |year=2013  }}
*{{cite book |title=Valois Burgundy |first=Richard |last=Vaughan |publisher=Penguin Books Ltd  |year=1975 }}
*{{cite book |title=The Cambridge Modern History |editor-first1=A.W. |editor-last1=Ward |editor-first2=G.W. |editor-last2=Prothero |editor-first3=Stanley |editor-last3=Leathes |volume=XIII |publisher=The Macmillan Company |year=1911 }}

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