Humbert of Savoy (''c''.1318–1374) was the eldest, but illegitimate son of
Aymon, Count of Savoy, and half-brother of
Amadeus VI. He first appears in documents in 1338 as sire of
Ecluse and
castellan
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of
Tarentaise. He accompanied his father to
Paris
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in 1339 and took part in the campaign against the
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near
Buironfosse
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Population
Standoff of 1339
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, part of the
Hundred Years' War
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.
In 1341 Humber married Audise Andrée (Andrea), heiress of Arvillars, near
Montmélian
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, and established a local dynasty there: his eldest son, Humbert II, inherited Arvillars, and his second, Amadeus, held the lordship of
Mollettes. Humbert's second wife was Marguerite de Chevron-Villette. Under Amadeus VI he was castellan of
Chillon, then
Maurienne
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,
Châtelard-en-Bauges and again of Tarentaise. In 1357 he was made ''
bailli
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'' of the
County of Savoy
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and castellan of Montmélian, and held both until his death.
Issue
with Audise d'Arvillard
* Humbert II
* Catherine ,married Guillaume II de Luyrieux.
* Antoine
with Marguerite de Chevron-Villette
* Amadeus
References
*Cox, Eugene L. (1967). ''The Green Count of Savoy: Amadeus VI and Transalpine Savoy in the Fourteenth Century''. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 353–54.
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1374 deaths
Year of birth uncertain
People from the Savoyard state