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The count and countess were very generous toward local churches, and Thomas often followed his wife's lead on such matters. Thomas also understood the needs of the emerging merchant class, and worked to provide better rights for them. This included granting new charters and restructuring the
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Piedmont region against the town of Asti. In a battle at Moncalieri, he was taken prisoner and held in Turin. The two cities were seeking to force Thomas to acknowledge their independence from Savoy control. In response,
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led an army down from Savoy in 1256, and were able to force a negotiated settlement by the end of the year. In that settlement, the cities were recognized as independent, though they did not achieve the territorial or economic benefits they were originally seeking.
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to join in a siege of
Vercelli, which had recently switched allegiances from the Empire to the Pope. Not only was the attack on the city unsuccessful, but the brothers were excommunicated for it. When the brothers wrote to the new
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322:Pope Alexander IV
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238:At the urging of
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702:Categories
652:Thomas III
646:1233–1259
603:0691052166
563:References
362:Amadeus IV
209:Amadeus IV
186:Montmélian
87:Thomas ΙΙΙ
677:1237–1244
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141:Thomas II
91:Amadeus V
44:1233–1259
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366:Boniface
334:Margaret
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190:Lausanne
166:Boniface
100:Margaret
673:Hainaut
405:Louis Ι
399:Amadeus
297:Amadeus
252:Hainaut
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95:Louis Ι
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278:Edward
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102:Alice
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