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bestowed upon you more of my possessions than you deserve, and you are not in the least grateful. I know you well, for it is always you who complain of things. Your whole being is full of clamor, which makes you unwilling to hold to my will and commandment." It is more probable that "Louis felt inadequately rewarded for his efforts in the wars against the emperor and the dauphin in 1282–84", than that he was a person "full of clamor".
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portray him as fighting his brother for the succession or for a larger share of the inheritance while their uncle was dying. Servion puts into Philip's mouth the following denunciation of Louis's motives, before he gathered together his barons and made them recognise
Amadeus as his successor: "I have
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In 1282 Louis's eldest brother, Thomas, died, and in the summer of 1283 his mother followed. This provoked a succession crisis, since the ruling count of Savoy, Philip, had no sons, and the sons of Thomas, thitherto his heir, were too young to hold the reins of government. In accordance with
307:, to mediate their conflict. The brothers swore not to make any private alliances with the goal of furthering their claims on the succession. If the mediation of Count Philip or Queen Margaret failed to appease both parties, then they swore to abide by the judgement of Duke Robert.
475:), scheduled for 24 May. This was the first assembly in the Savoyard lands that included "representatives of the non-noble classes". Louis's summons went out to "all noblemen, citizens, burgesses and others with them in the land of Piedmont from
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in the Vaud was repulsed in June, Louis came to the city with a body of troops to relieve it. Rudolf besieged it for six months, but starvation forced capitulation in
December, and the city was lost to Savoy.
348:, to England to explain the problem exactly. Possibly, Philip intended only to delay Louis's resort to arms. However, Philip’s will left adjudication to Queen Eleanor and King Edward.
463:. Morges was the baronial capital, where homage was received and the administration overseen. On 15 January 1285 Louis, who was at Lyon, sent a summons to the people of the
289:, and only the acquisitions in the region made by Peter II before he became count were left to Louis. In accordance with this principle, Peter's other acquisitions in the
281:. All these losses would significantly reduce the sphere of influence of whichever Savoyard prince ruled the Vaud. By the peace treaty, Moudon and the important castle of
241:, queen-mother of France and a Savoyard on her mother's side, tried to mediate between him and his brother and uncle in January 1283, to no effect. In the spring of 1283,
109:. Until his return, any Savoyard claims on English territory could not be resolved, so Henry instead granted each of the brothers an annual pension of one hundred
73:. He was in the custody of his mother, Beatrice dei Fieschi, on the death of his father in 1259, when his older brothers were hostages of the commune of
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After Philip's death, Louis did briefly make war on his brother, but he and
Amadeus arrived at a settlement in January 1286. In return for
27:, but through a series of deaths and his own effective military service, he succeeded in creating a semi-independent principality in the
340:, Margaret's sister and Henry III's wife, and her son, now King Edward, asking them to arbitrate Louis's grievances. He also sent the
498:. This match was arranged in May 1303 at Paris, and the sons of Pierre II de Grandison and Blanche later served the Count of Savoy.
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universis nobilibus, civibus, burgensibus et aliis quibuscumque in terra
Pedemontis a Monte Cinisii versus Lombardiam superius
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Ruins of a tower in the walls of
Payerne, rescued and then stoutly defended by Louis for six months against imperial troops.
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were ceded to
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by 1286. He travelled widely in the highest circles of
European nobility (the royal courts of
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would remain fiefs of the Count of Savoy. Both these places had been acquired by Savoy under
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Transalpine Savoy in the Fourteenth Century
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Payerne and
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tradition, Amadeus was recognised as Philip's heir. Louis was promised an
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The Eagles of Savoy: The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe
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and emperor-elect, was trying to enforce his authority in
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consisted of the lands held by the sire of Beaujeu in
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Wars with Geneva, the Dauphiné and the king (1281–84)
85:. As a youth, in 1270, he accompanied his brothers,
717:Girart Dorens. "Sir Otho de Grandison 1238?–1328".
93:, to England in the hopes of receiving from King
367:, including Moudon and Romont. He also received
49:, and convoked the first public assembly in the
196:and his allies broke out. Louis captured the
45:), obtained the right to mint coins from the
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719:Transactions of the Royal Historical Society
65:Youth in Savoy, England and France (1259–81)
689:F. Aubert. "Numismatique du Pays de Vaud".
97:the fiefs (and incomes) which their uncle,
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226:of certain vassals of the count.
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105:, who was then absent on the
355:, Louis received the entire
132:and Louis de Forez, sire of
753:Burials at Hautecombe Abbey
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691:Gazette Numismatique Suisse
311:Succession crisis (1284–86)
305:Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
69:Louis was the third son of
60:The Tomb of Louis I of Vaud
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116:While Louis was living in
423:Baron of Vaud (1286–1302)
136:, against the bishops of
19:(1249/50 – 1302) was the
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667:Cox (1967), 182 n. 15.
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120:in July 1281, King
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431:centred on
292:pays de Gex
206:Grésivaudan
152:, widow of
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477:Mont Cenis
469:colloquium
447:, Romont,
443:, Moudon,
401:Villeneuve
87:Thomas III
505:in 1302.
457:Les Clées
445:Estavayer
389:from the
198:Delphinal
95:Henry III
91:Amadeus V
492:Louis II
481:Lombardy
465:Piedmont
417:Cossonay
297:Genevois
295:and the
287:Thomas I
263:GĂĽmmenen
251:Helvetia
210:Grenoble
176:and the
170:Valromey
51:Piedmont
461:Vaulruz
453:Yverdon
375:in the
373:Conthey
369:Saillon
365:Veveyse
361:Aubonne
318:apanage
255:Payerne
146:Valence
134:Beaujeu
126:Angevin
17:Louis I
503:Naples
459:, and
441:Morges
413:Châtel
377:Valais
283:Romont
243:Rudolf
224:homage
220:Moudon
83:Guiers
43:Naples
35:London
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392:péage
267:Morat
174:RhĂ´ne
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162:dowry
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