Louis, Duke of Savoy
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Louis I was Duke of Savoy from 1440 until his death in 1465.
Louis in an Illuminated miniature from the Hours of Louis of Savoy, 1445–1460
Anne of Cyprus
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Anne of Cyprus was a Duchess of Savoy by marriage to Louis, Duke of Savoy. She was the daughter of King Janus of Cyprus, and Charlotte of Bourbon; and a member of the Poitiers-Lusignan crusader dynast
Louis, Duke of Savoy
…Mary of Burgundy. He was the first to hold the title of Prince of Piedmont. On 1 November 1433 (or 12 February 1434), at Chambéry, he married Princess Anne of Cyprus, an heiress of the Kingdom of Cyprus and the defunct Kingdom of Jerusalem. The family resided at Allaman Castle, in the region of Vaud (present-day…
Detail of a tapestry. An art historian has hypothetically suggested that it could depict either Mary of Cleves or Anne of Cyprus.