Humbert I of Viennois
Bust of Humbert I
Humbert I of Viennois (c. 1240 – 12 April 1307) was baron of la Tour-du-Pin and then also became, by his marriage, dauphin of Viennois. He was the son of Albert IV, baron of la Tour-du-Pin, and of Béatrice de Coligny (herself the daughter of Hugh I, lord of Coligny and of Béatrice d'Albon, dauphine of Viennois).
In 1294, Humbert became a vassal of King Philip IV of France in exchange for £500 annual pension, which would give impetus to the acquisition of the Dauphiné, by King Philip VI of France, fifty years later.[1]
In 1273 he married Anne of Burgundy (daughter of Guigues VII of Viennois) - their nine children were:
- John II (1280 † 1319), succeeded his father as dauphin of Viennois
- Hugues († 1329), baron de Faucigny
- Guigues († 1319), seigneur de Montauban.
- Alix (1280 † 1309), married John I (1275 † 1333), count of Forez in 1296
- Marie, married Aymar de Poitiers-Valentinois
- Marguerite, married Frederick I († 1336), marquis de Salucce in 1303
- Béatrice (1275 † 1347), married Hugh I of Chalon-Arlay in 1312
- Henri (1296 † 1349), bishop of Metz
- Catherine († 1337), married Philip of Savoy (1278 † 1334), count of Piedmont and prince of Achaea in 1312
References
- ↑ The kingdom of Burgundy, the lands of the house of Savoy and adjacent territories, Eugene Cox, The New Cambridge Medieval History: Volume 5, C.1198-c.1300, ed. David Abulafia, Rosamond McKitterick, (Cambridge University Press, 1999), 371.
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