Ludwig (Savoy)

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Ludwig (Savoy)

Ludwig , called the Elder (born 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.

From 1434 he ruled for his father Amadeus VIII under the title of Prince of Piémont , after he had turned away from politics as a widower and turned to religion. When his father was elected antipope in 1439 , he resigned as duke.

Ludwig married in Chambéry in 1433 on November 1, Anne de Lusignan (1418-1462) from the part of the family of the House of Poitiers , the Cyprus dominated and there under the name Lusignan ruled. She was the daughter of Janus , King of Cyprus and Jerusalem and Charlotte of Bourbon . As a result, Ludwig had to endure the intrigues of his wife's Cypriot court as well as the ambitions of his French and Milanese neighbors. He had to do without the Valentinois , but could not seize the Duchy of Milan after the death of the last Visconti .

In 1453, Duke Ludwig acquired the Turin Shroud from the possession of a descendant of Geoffroy de Charnys , which was to remain in the possession of the House of Savoy for more than five hundred years until 1983.

Ludwig and Anne had a number of children:

  1. ⚭ 1458 Johann IV. (1413–1464), Margrave of Montferrat ,
  2. ⚭ 1466 Peter II of Luxembourg (1440–1482), Count of Saint-Pol .

Individual evidence

  1. According to the Burgundian calendar, she died on March 9, 1483. Since the new year began with Easter in Burgundy, the year of death is 1484 according to today's calculations. According to Raphael de Smedt (ed.): Les chevaliers de l'ordre de la Toison d 'or au XVe siècle. Notices bio-bibliographiques. (Kieler Werkstücke, D 3) 2nd, improved edition, Verlag Peter Lang, Frankfurt 2000, ISBN 3-631-36017-7 , p. 200.

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predecessor Office successor
Amadeus VIII. Duke of Savoy
1440–1465
Amadeus IX.