Louis of Savoy
Louis (
Ludovico or
Lodovico in
Italian, b.
1413-d.
1465) was the Duke of
Savoy from
1440 to
1465.
He married Anne of Lusignano, titular heiress of Cyprus and Jerusalem and a daughter of a king of Cyprus. They had 6 children:
- Amedeo
- Louis (b.1436-d.1482), married Charlotte of Lusignano
- Margaret (d.1483)
- Charlotte (b.1442-d.1483), married Louis XI of France
- Filippo
- Bona (b.1449-d.1503), married Galeazzo Marie Sforza, duke of Milan
In
1453 he received, from Margaret de Charny, the
Shroud of Turin, which would have been property of the
house of Savoy until
1946, at the end of the Kingdom of
Italy. The
Shroud of Turin was bequeathed to the
Holy See in
1983.