Humbert I of Savoy
11th-century founder of the House of Savoy
6 dated entries naming Humbert I of Savoy, drawn from 6 separate years between 980 CE and 1048 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
Also written as Humbert I, Count of Savoy in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.
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10th century
11th century
- 1003King Rudolph III of Burgundy invests Humbert I (the White-Handed) with the domains of the Duchy of Aosta. He becomes the first count of the House of Savoy.source
- 1032Odo II, count of Champagne, invades Burgundy and seizes most of the kingdom for himself. With the assistance of Humbert I of Savoy, Queen-dowager Ermengarde (Rudolph III's widow) flees to the safety of Zürich.source
- 1034Spring – Emperor Conrad II (the Elder) leads a German military expedition via the Rhone River into Burgundy, while two Italian armies led by Archbishop Aribert and Boniface III (margrave of Tuscany) head over the Alps and join with Count Humbert I at Great St. Bernard Pass.source
- 1047Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (or 1048)source
- 1048Humbert I, founder of the House of Savoy (or 1047)source
Named in the same entries
- House of Savoy (4)
- Kingdom of Burgundy (1)
- Zurich (1)
- Odo II of Blois (1)
- Alps (1)
- Tuscany (1)
- Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (1)
- Rhône (1)