Charles I, Duke of Savoy

Charles I
Duke of Savoy
Reign	22 September 1482 – 13 March 1490
Predecessor	Philbert I
Successor	Charles II
Born	(1468-03-28)28 March 1468 Carignano, Piedmont
Died	13 March 1490(1490-03-13) (aged 21) Pinerolo
House	House of Savoy
Father	Amadeus IX
Mother	Yolande of Valois
Religion	Roman Catholic

Coat of Arms of the Dukes of Savoy

Charles I (28 March 1468 Carignano, Piedmont – 13 March 1490 Pinerolo), surnamed the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490.

He was son of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy and Yolande of Valois, daughter of king Charles VII of France.

Charles was related in two ways to the childless Queen Charlotte of Cyprus, titular Queen of Armenia and Jerusalem. Not only was she his father Amadeus' first cousin, in such a way that her rights would naturally descend to this line, but also she was the widow of Charles's paternal uncle Louis of Savoy, Count of Geneva (d. 1482). Charlotte however was without a kingdom, having been exiled in the 1460s from her own legitimate kingdom of Cyprus by her illegitimate half-brother.

This double relationship would serve Charles well, as in 1485, when he was 17, she surrendered her rights in Cyprus, Armenia, and Jerusalem to young Charles, her next legitimate heir in line from King Janus of Cyprus and Armenia. The kingdom itself was held by the republic of Venice, but the Savoy dynasty continued to claim it.

Family

He married Blanche Palaiologina (Bianca di Montferrato) (1472–1519), daughter of William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat, who after Charles's death was the regent of the Duchy of Savoy from 1490 to 1496. They had two surviving children.

1. Yolande Louise of Savoy (1487–1499), married Philibert II of Savoy.
2. Charles John Amadeus of Savoy (1489–1496).

Ancestry

Family of Charles I, Duke of Savoy

16. Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy 8. Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy 17. Bonne of Berry 4. Louis, Duke of Savoy 18. Philip the Bold 9. Mary of Burgundy 19. Margaret III, Countess of Flanders 2. Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy 20. James I of Cyprus 10. Janus of Cyprus 21. Helvis of Brunswick-Grubenhagen 5. Anne of Cyprus 22. John I, Count of La Marche 11. Charlotte of Bourbon-La Marche 23. Catherine of Vendôme 1. Charles I, Duke of Savoy 24. Charles V of France 12. Charles VI of France 25. Joanna of Bourbon 6. Charles VII of France 26. Stephen III, Duke of Bavaria 13. Isabeau of Bavaria 27. Taddaea Visconti 3. Yolande of Valois 28. Louis I, Duke of Anjou 14. Louis II of Naples 29. Marie of Blois 7. Marie of Anjou 30. John I of Aragon 15. Yolande of Aragon 31. Violante de Bar