Ebal I of Challant (French: ''Ébal I
er de Challant'' or ''Ébal le Grand'',
[Édouard Aubert, ''La Vallée d'Aoste'', 1860.] Italian: ''Ebalo I di Challant'' or ''Ebalo Magno''; died 1323) was a nobleman of the
Challant family of
Aosta Valley
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Biography
He was the son of Godefroi I of Challant, viscount of
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 ...
, and Beatrice of Geneva. He inherited from his paternal uncle the titles of Aosta and the fiefs of
Challant,
Graines,
Ussel,
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 ...
and
Saint-Marcel. Ebal married Alasia of Montjovet, from whom he obtained part of
Montjovet
Montjovet ( Valdôtain: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Aosta Valley region of north-western Italy. Montjovet lies in the lower Aosta Valley, between France and Switzerland.
Though it only has an area of 18.7 square kilometers, the commune has ...
.
In 1295 he renounced to the title of viscount of Aosta, which thus returned to 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 ...
, receiving in exchange the remaining lands of Montjovet. During his c. 50 years of countship, he was a faithful ally of
Amadeus V of Savoy
Amadeus V (1252/1253 – 16 October 1323) was Count of Savoy from 1285 to 1323.
Biography
Amadeus was the son of Thomas II of Savoy and Beatrice Fieschi. Through his mother he was a grandnephew of Pope Innocent IV. Following his marriage to ...
, but kept good relationships with the latter's main enemies, the
Marquisses of Montferrat
The March (also ''margraviate'' or ''marquisate'') of Montferrat was a frontier march of the Kingdom of Italy during the Middle Ages and a state of the Holy Roman Empire. The margraviate was raised to become the Duchy of Montferrat in 1574.
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. In 1280 he intervened with Amadeus to obtain the releasing of
William VII of Montferrat
Guillaume VII de Montferrat.
William VII (c. 1240 – 6 February 1292), called the Great Marquis ( it, il Gran Marchese), was the twelfth Marquis of Montferrat from 1253 to his death. He was also the titular King of Thessalonica.
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. In 1297 he was appointed as general lieutenant of Montferrat by Marquis
John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
* John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna
* John I o ...
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His death in 1323 at
Challant was followed by a dispute among his heirs. This lasted until 1337, when his sons agreed to give Fénis to Ebal's grandson
Aymon and Ussel and Saint-Marcel to
Ebal II of Challant.
References
External links
Historical notes on Aosta Valley
Sources
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Challant family
1323 deaths
13th-century births