James of Piedmont

James (January 1315 – May 1367) was the

Lord of Piedmont from 1334 to his death. He was the eldest son of Philip I and Catherine de la Tour du Pin. While his father had abandoned his claim to the Principality of Achaea

in 1307, James continued to use the princely title and even passed it on to his successors.

James had backed the young Angevin queen

Thomas II, Marquess of Saluzzo, and Humbert II of Viennois. Pope Clement VI spent 1348 negotiating a truce and then treaty between all the combatants, though none were satisfied with it.^[1]

In 1349, James agreed to a treaty between himself, Amadeus VI of Savoy, Amadeus III of Geneva, and the House of Visconti, rulers of Milan for mutual defence and assistance. This treaty included provisions for Galeazzo II Visconti to marry Bianca of Savoy, sister of the count.^[2]

James opposed

Amadeus VI of Savoy, but was captured at Pinerolo

and his territories confiscated. A treaty of 2 July 1362 returned them, however. James died at Pinerolo a few years later.

James married his first wife Beatrice d'Este in 1338, daughter of Rinaldo II d'Este. She died in 1339 without having children.

James remarried on 9 June 1339 to Sibyl, daughter of Raymond II of Baux and had:

Philip II
.

After Sibyl died in 1361, James remarried on 16 July 1362 to Margaret (1346 – 1402), daughter of Edward I of Beaujeu, They had two sons:

Amadeus
Louis

Notes

^ Cox 1967, pp. 63–68, 71.
^ Cox 1967, p. 78.

Sources

Cox, Eugene L. (1967). The Green Count of Savoy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.
LCCN 67-11030
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[FOOTNOTECox196763–68,_71-1] Cox 1967, pp. 63–68, 71.

[FOOTNOTECox196778-2] Cox 1967, p. 78.

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