Boniface I of Challant (French: ''Boniface I^er de Challant'', Italian: ''Bonifacio I di Challant''; died 26 February 1426) was a nobleman of

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

, Italy, a member of the

Challant family Challand-Saint-Anselme ( Valdôtain: ; Issime wae, z'uabra Tschallanh); is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of northwestern Italy. Main sights * Church of Saint-Anselme * Shrine of Sainte Anne People Bianca Maria, the Countes ...

who was lord of

Fénis Fénis ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. It is especially known for Fénis Castle Fénis Castle ( it, Castello di Fénis, french: Château de Fénis) is an Italian medieval castle loca ...

Biography

He was the elder son of

Aymon of Challant Aymon II of Challant (French: ''Aymon de Challant'', Italian: ''Aimone di Challant''; 1305 – c. 1387) was a nobleman of the Challant family of Aosta Valley. Biography He was the son of Godefroi II di Challant, the first son of Ebal I of ...

and inherited the lordship of

, including

Fénis castle Fénis Castle ( it, Castello di Fénis, french: Château de Fénis) is an Italian medieval castle located in the town of Fénis. It is one of the most famous castles in Aosta Valley, and for its architecture and its many towers and battlemente ...

(whose enlargement he continued). In 1381 he married Françoise of Roussillon, daughter of count James of Roussillon and received as dowry several lands in the

Bresse Bresse () is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Bourgogne-Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term ''Bresse'' has two meanings: ''Bresse bourguignonne'' (or ''louhannaise''), whic ...

region of France. Boniface held several military positions for the

Counts of Savoy The titles of count, then of duke of Savoy are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the county was held by the House of Savoy. The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy at the ...

, including those of marshal of Savoy from 1384 to 1418, governor of

Piedmont it, Piemontese , population_note = , population_blank1_title = , population_blank1 = , demographics_type1 = , demographics1_footnotes = , demographics1_title1 = , demographics1_info1 = , demographics1_title2 ...

(since 1410), as well as that of Savoyan ambassador to

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

and other countries. In 1407-1408, he perhaps visited the

Saint Catherine's Monastery Saint Catherine's Monastery ( ar, دير القدّيسة كاترين; grc-gre, Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης), officially the Sacred Autonomous Royal Monastery of Saint Katherine of the Holy and God-Trodden Mount Sinai, ...

Mount Sinai Mount Sinai ( he , הר סיני ''Har Sinai''; Aramaic: ܛܘܪܐ ܕܣܝܢܝ ''Ṭūrāʾ Dsyny''), traditionally known as Jabal Musa ( ar, جَبَل مُوسَىٰ, translation: Mount Moses), is a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. It is ...

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. He died at

Pierre-Châtel Pierre-Châtel () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Geography Lac de Pierre-Châtel and the Pierre Percée are located in the commune. Population Personalities Peter II of Savoy and Boniface I of Challant died i ...

in 1426. He was buried in the convent of St. Francis in

Aosta Aosta (, , ; french: Aoste , formerly ; frp, Aoûta , ''Veulla'' or ''Ouhta'' ; lat, Augusta Praetoria Salassorum; wae, Augschtal; pms, Osta) is the principal city of Aosta Valley, a bilingual region in the Italian Alps, north-northwest of ...

. His tomb was later transferred in 1798 by Philippe-Maurice de Challant in the Aymavilles Castle, to avoid vandalisms by the French revolutionary army. It was eventually transferred in the

Aosta Cathedral Aosta Cathedral ( it, Cattedrale di Aosta; Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta e San Giovanni Battista; french: Cathédrale d'Aoste; Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption et Saint-Jean-le-Baptiste) is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Aosta, in north ...

cloister in 1872.

Sources

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boniface 01 Of Challant Date of birth unknown 1426 deaths Challant family