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of Valence by 1226. Pietro was also a canon at Lausanne and served as acting bishop there until he was replaced in 1231. In 1219 he worked to get his daughter Beatrice married to the fourteen-year-old
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and its bishop. Thomas also made a policy of granting franchises and charters to towns on key trade routes, which enabled the merchant class to develop more wealth and built support for his rule.
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the "Charte des Franchises", recognising the right to administrative and political autonomy (this right was maintained until the
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and named Thomas Imperial Vicar of Lombardy. In this role, he mediated in a Genoese rebellion and a dispute between the town of
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Agatha, abbess of the monastery of St Pierre in Lyon (1277) following her sister's death (d. ?)
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Thomas fought many battles to expand his control. In 1215, his troops fought in an alliance with
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Vaillant, P. (1960). "La Politique d'affranchisement des comtes de Savoie (1195-1401)".
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from 1189 to 1233. He is sometimes numbered "Thomas I" to distinguish him from
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Thomas worked throughout his reign to expand the control and influence of the
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of the same name. His long reign marked a decisive period in the history of
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Alice (1209–1277), abbess of the monastery of St Pierre in Lyon (1250–1277)
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against Monferrato, destroying the town of Casale. In 1222, he captured
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Women, Art, and Patronage from Henry III to Edward III: 1216-1377
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and ultimately in 1268 became the disputed count of Savoy
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Margaret, d. 1273, married in 1218 to Hartmann IV of
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Count of Savoy
Humbert III
Amadeus IV
Aiguebelle
Moncalieri
Margaret of Geneva
Issue
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Amadeus IV
Thomas ΙΙ
William of Savoy
Peter II
Philip I
Boniface
Beatrice
House
Savoy
Humbert III of Savoy
Beatrice of Viennois
Count of Savoy
his son
Savoy
Aiguebelle
Humbert III of Savoy
Beatrice of Viennois
minority reign
Aosta Valley
French Revolution
Vaud

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