Louis, Duke of Savoy


Louis I was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.

He was born at Geneva the son of Antipope Felix V and Mary of Burgundy he was the first to hold the title of Prince of Piedmont. OnNovember 1433 , at Chambry, he married Princess Anne of Cyprus, an heiress of the Kingdom of Cyprus and the defunct Kingdom of Jerusalem. The family lived in Allaman Castle, VaudSwitzerland and as Count de Vaud, Savoy tried to conquer the Duchy of Milan, then under the Repubblica Ambrosiana, but failed.

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