Louis (Savoie) de Savoie (1488 - 1502)

Born 1488 in Chambéry, Duché de Savoie

Ancestors

Died 1502 at about age 14 in Chambéry, Duché de Savoie [uncertain]

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Biography

Louis de Savoie was born in 1488 in Chambéry, capital of the Duché de Savoie, although his father was "Philippe, Sans Terre" (Philip without Land), issued from the Lesser Branch of the royal Maison de Savoie. It was only with his nephew's untimely death that Philippe became Philippe II, Duc de Savoie, in 1496. ^[1]

Louis was his father's 4th son and the 2nd by Philippe's 2nd marriage to Dame Claudine de Brosse (1450; † 1513), daughter of John II of Brosse, Count of Penthièvre, in France, and his wife, Nicole de Châtillon. As such, he had little prospect of ever succeeding his father, even after Philippe unexpectedly acceded to the Savoyard throne. So, in keeping with European aristocratic tradition, young Louis de Savoie, was destined for a religious career in the Roman Catholic Church. In 1491, at just 3 years old, he was named "Prévôt de l'Hospice du Grand-Saint-Bernard," a medieval monastery and traveler's hospice in the Alps, now in Valais Canton, Switzerland, at that time within the Duché de Savoie. It's doubtful that young Louis ever lived at the rigorous, remote mountain monastery as the title was more-or-less honorific. Prévôt was a religious designation and headed the priestly Canons (Chanoines) of the monastery; as such the Prévôt's presence was only required for the annual meeting in August. ^[2]

It is likely that young Louis continued to live in his parents' palace in Chambéry. Unfortunately, he caught ill and died in his 14th year: 1502, most-likely at Chambéry, Duché de Savoie. As a cleric, he never married and had no children. His body was interred at the Abbaye d'Hautecombe, located in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille on the western shore of Lake Bourget in the French departement of la Savoie.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Philippe II de Savoie article (in French) on Fr.Wikipedia
2. ↑ Chanoines reguliers du Grand Saint Bernard article (in French) on Fr.Wikipedia
3. ↑ Categorie: Personalities Inhumes dans l'Abbaye d'Hautecombe article (in French) in Fr.Wikipedia. Louis de Savoie is listed for 1491-1494. It states that "despite his youth, he was named 'Abbé commendataire' of the Congregation of the Grand St. Bernard". His younger brother, Philippe de Savoie, followed him as the Prévôt.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Savoie-1231 was created through the import of Holmes.ged on 20 May 2011.