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In 1031-1032 Humbert I of Savoy, the founder of the House of Savoy, received the title Count of Aosta from the Emperor Conrad II of the Franconian line and built himself a commanding fortification at Bard.
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One sister, Gisela, was married to Humbert II, Count of Savoy, and then to Renier I of Montferrat ; another sister, Maud, was the wife of Eudes I of Burgundy.
It is the church in which Cardinal Humbert in 1054 excommunicated Michael I Cerularius – which is commonly considered the start of the Great Schism.
Umberto I ( c. 980 – 1047 / 1048 ) ( in French, Humbert aux blanches-mains ; in Italian, Umberto Biancamano ) was the first Count of Savoy from 1032, when the County of Vienne, which had been sold to the Archdiocese of Vienne, was divided between the County of Albon and the Maurienne.
Before his death, Leo IX had sent a legatine mission under Cardinal Humbert of Silva Candida to Constantinople to negotiate with Patriarch Michael I Cerularius in response to his actions concerning the church in Southern Italy.
In this document he is called " Count of Belley " ( comes Bellicensium ), but it is almost certainly the same Count Amadeus as the son of Humbert I.
He was son of Humbert, the first Count of Savoy, and his wife Ancilla of Lenzburg, and ascended the throne after the death of his elder brother, Amadeus I of Savoy.
He was the son of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy, the daughter of William I of Burgundy.
The house descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia ( Umberto I " Biancamano "), ( 1003 – 1047 or 1048 ).
Ancestry and even the very filiation of Humbert I of Savoy is not clear, as there are four possibilities, one of them giving him a Teutonic ancestry including as his ancestor Widukind.
The House of Savoy was the ruling family of Savoy descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia ( or " Maurienne "), who became count in 1032.
# Agnès of Thiers, Seigneur of Montpensier-daughter who married Humbert IV of Beaujeu, Sire of Beaujeu and Seigneur of Montpensier ( Humbert I )
Humbert and Savoy
Henry II wanted to secure the southern borders of Aquitaine and decided to betroth his youngest son to Alais, the daughter and heiress of Humbert III of Savoy.
As part of this agreement John was promised the future inheritance of Savoy, Piemonte, Maurienne, and the other possessions of Count Humbert.
Excavated in 1893, the year of the silver wedding anniversary of Italy's King Humbert and his wife, Margherita of Savoy, who have supported archaeological fieldwork at Pompeii.
* Henry II of England & Humbert III, Count of Savoy agree to wed their respective heirs, John of England & Alicia.
His son Humbert II, who was later Count of Savoy, is well known, but in 1082 the Count of Savoy was Otto II.
Humbert and House
Painting by Marius Granet ( 1777-1849 ). In 1265, as a young man, he was received into the Order of the Templars in a chapel at the Beaune House, by Humbert de Pairaud, the Visitor of France and England.
After the fall of the latter in 1032, it became part of the lands of Count Humbert I of the House of Savoy.
The House of Savoy was the ruling family of Savoy, descended from Humbert I, Count of Sabaudia ( or " Maurienne "), who became count in 1032.
Other original items on show in Westport House are a fine collection of old English and Irish silver, which include some 18th-century Irish " potato " or dish rings ; Waterford glass ; a library with many old Irish books and the Mayo Legion Flag which was brought to Ireland by General Humbert when he invaded the country in 1798, and which has been in Westport House since.
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