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Philibert I (17 August 1465,

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– 22 September 1482), surnamed the Hunter, was the son of

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and

Yolande of Valois Yolande of Valois (23 September 1434 – 23 August 1478), also called Yolande of France, was List of Savoyard consorts, Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Duke Amadeus IX of Savoy, and regent of Savoy during the minority of her son Philibert I of ...

. Philibert was Duke of Savoy from 1472 to 1482. After his father's death in 1472, his mother became regent. Philibert was betrothed to

Bianca Maria Sforza Bianca Maria Sforza (5 April 1472 – 31 December 1510) was Queen of Germany and Italy, and Empress of the Holy Roman Empire as the third spouse of Maximilian I. She was the eldest legitimate daughter of Duke Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan by ...

, daughter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza of Milan, by his second wife, Bona of Savoy, in 1474. They had no children. Initially kidnapped by Savoyard noblemen and held at Turin, the intervention of Louis XI of France led to Philibert's release. He died from

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, in Lyons, at the age of 17 and the duchy was inherited by his younger brother Charles.

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