René of Savoy
René of Savoy (1473 – 31 March 1525) was a French nobleman and soldier. He was count of Villars (1497) and of Tende (1501). Known as "the Great Bastard of Savoy", he was the illegitimate son of Philip II, Duke of Savoy[1] and Libera Portoneri - this made him the originator of the Savoie-Villars (or Savoie-Tende) branch of the House of Savoy.
Biography
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He was legitimated in 1499, by his half-brother Philibert II. He was the second husband of Anne Lascaris[2] - a daughter of the count of Tende, she was countess of Tende, marquise of Marro, lady of Prela, of Villeneuve and of Menton. René and Lascaris married on 28 January 1501 at Tende, during René's governorship of Nice. The count of Tende gave most of his lands with his daughter as her dowry and the marriage contract required that René take the name and coat of arms of the counts of Tende.
In 1501 Philibert II remarried, to
Philibert died suddenly in 1504 and René faced opposition from the Holy Roman Emperor when he tried to succeed to Philibert's duchy of Savoy - his half brother Charles III became duke instead. As half-brother of Louise of Savoy, René was uncle to Francis, Count of Angoulême. When Francis acceded to the French throne as Francis I, René was made governor of Provence and grand sénéchal of Provence in 1515,[3] then Grand Master of France (surintendant of the Maison du Roi) by letters patent of 31 October 1519, posts he held until his death. 1519 also saw René finally regain the duchy of Savoy. On 2 January 1562 Emmanuel Philibert declared by letters patent that Claude of Savoy was count of Tende and that his descendants could succeed to Savoy if the direct line died out.[4]
Around 1519-1520, René built a grand
He died at Pavia on 31 March 1525, seven days after sustaining serious injuries during the Battle of Pavia.[4] After René's death, Louise of Savoy put a value-estimate on the ship and it was bought by Francis I from the countess of Villars and Tende between July and August 1526.
Marriages and issue
On 28 January 1501, he married Anne Lascaris, countess of Tende (1487–1554), daughter and heiress of Jean-Antoine Lascaris, Count of Tende and Ventimiglia, dame of Chateau Montfort in La Colle sur Loup, and of Isabelle d'Anglure, widow of Louis de Clermont-Lodève, with whom he had the following children:[4]
- Claude de Savoie
- Anne de Montmorency (1492 † 1567)[6]
- Marguerite (died 15 July 1591), married Antoine of Luxembourg, count de Brienne;
- Honorat II of Savoy,
- Isabelle, in 1527 married René de Batarnay, count de Bouchage
References
- ^ Cholakian & Cholakian 2006, p. 317.
- ^ Coolidge 1916, p. 202-203.
- ^ Édouard Baratier, Georges Duby, and Ernest Hildesheimer (ed.s), Atlas historique. Provence, Comtat Venaissin, principauté d’Orange, comté de Nice, principauté de Monaco, Librairie Armand Colin, Paris, 1969
- ^ a b c Les manuscrits du C.E.D.R.E. – Dictionnaire Historique et Généalogique, vol. III. Le Royaume d'Italie, volume I. Cercle d'Études des Dynasties Royales Européennes (president, Jean-Fred Tourtchine), Paris, 1992, pp. 74-75. (French). ISSN 0993-3964.
- ^ Vester 2012, p. 23-24.
Sources
- Cholakian, Patricia Francis; Cholakian, Rouben Charles (2006). Marguerite de Navarre. Columbia University Press.
- Coolidge, W. A. B. (1916). "The History of the Col de Tenda". The English Historical Review. 31, No. 122 (Apr). Oxford University Press: 193–223.
- Vester, Matthew Allen (2012). Renaissance dynasticism and apanage politics : Jacques de Savoie-Nemours, 1531-1585. Truman State University Press.
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