Louis of Savoy - Definition and Overview

Louis (Ludovico or Lodovico in Italian, b.1413-d.1465) was the Duke of Savoy from 1440 to 1465.

He married Anne of Lusignan, titular heiress of Cyprus and Jerusalem and a daughter of a king of Cyprus. They had 6 children:

1. Amedeo
2. Louis (b.1436-d.1482), married Charlotte of Lusignan
3. Margaret (d.1483)
4. Charlotte (b.1442-d.1483), married Louis XI of France
5. Filippo
6. Bona (b.1449-d.1503), married Galeazzo Maria 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.