Charles I | |
Succession: | Duke of Savoy |
Reign: | 22 September 1482 – 13 March 1490 |
Predecessor: | Philibert I |
Successor: | Charles II |
Birth Date: | 28 March 1468 |
Birth Place: | Carignano, Piedmont, Duchy of Savoy |
Death Place: | Pinerolo, Duchy of Savoy |
Spouse: | Blanche of Montferrat |
Father: | Amadeus IX |
Mother: | Yolande of Valois |
House: | Savoy |
Charles I (28 March 1468 - 13 March 1490), called the Warrior, was the Duke of Savoy from 1482 to 1490 and titular king of Cyprus, Jerusalem, and Armenia from 1485 to 1490.
Charles was son of Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy, and Yolande of Valois, daughter of king Charles VII of France.
Charles was 17 when Charlotte of Cyprus, titular Queen of Armenia and Jerusalem, surrendered her rights to Cyprus, Armenia, and Jerusalem to him. He was the next legitimate heir in line from King Janus of Cyprus and Armenia. The kingdom itself was held by the Republic of Venice, but the Savoy dynasty continued to claim it.
Charles married his second cousin Blanche Palaiologina (Bianca di Monferrato) (1472 - 1519), daughter of William VIII, Marquess of Montferrat, and Elisabetta Sforza.
After Charles died from tuberculosis, Blanche was regent of the Duchy of Savoy from 1490 to 1496. They had: