Otto I, Count of Savoy

1020 - 1059  (~ 49 years)

• Name	Otto I
  Suffix	Count of Savoy
  Birth	Between 1010 and 1020
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1051
  	Count of Savoy
  	was a Count of Savoy from 1051 (or 1056) until his death.
  Name	Oddone of Savoy de Maurienne  [1]
  Name	Othon in French, Oddone in Italian
  Death	1059
  Notes	Acceded: 1051 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal10225 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_of_Savoy «b»Otto«/b» (or «i»Othon«/i» in «u»French «/u», «i»Oddone«/i» in «u»Italian «/u»), (1010 or 1020 \endash c. 1057) was «u»Count of Savoy «/u» from 1051 (or 1056) until his death. He was son of «u»Humbert I «/u», the first Count of Savoy, and his wife Ancilla, and ascended the throne after the death of his elder brother, «u»Amadeus I of Savoy «/u». Otto substantially enlarged his lands through his marriage with «u»Adelaide of Susa «/u», countess of «u»Turin «/u» and Lady of the Italian Mark, a title she had inherited from her father «u»Olderico Manfredi «/u». After this acquisition the «u»House of Savoy «/u» concentrated their expansion efforts towards Italy instead of outside the Alps as they had done before. Savoy's lands occupied much of modern «u»Savoy «/u» and «u»Piedmont «/u», although several other small states could be found between them. In 1046 he married «u»Adelaide «/u», heiress of «u»Turin«/u» and «u»Susa «/u». They had five children. «u»Peter I, Count of Savoy «/u» «u»Amadeus II, Count of Savoy «/u» «u»Otto, Bishop of Asti «/u» «u»Bertha of Savoy «/u», Countess of Moriana (d. 1087) married «u»Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor «/u». Adelaide, (d. 1080) married «u»Rudolf of Swabia «/u» (Rodolphe de Rheinfelden)
  Person ID	I3901	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Humbert (Umberto )I Whitehands de Maurienne, Count of Savoy,   b. Abt 980   d. 1048, Hermillon (Age ~ 68 years)
  Mother	Ancilla (Auxilia or Ancilia) of Lenzburg   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Adelaide (Adelais, Adeline) of Susa, Marchioness of Turin,   b. Between 1014 and 1020, Turin, Italy d. 19 Dec 1091, Camischio, Ivrea, Savoy (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	1046
  	In 1046 he married Adelaide , heiress of Turin and Susa .
  Children	1. Peter I of Savoy de Maurienne, Count of Savoy,   b. Abt 1048   d. 9 Jul 1078 (Age ~ 30 years)   2. Amadeus II of Savoy de Maurienne, Count of Savoy,   b. c .?1050   d. 26 Jan 1080 (Age ~ 30 years)   3. Otto   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Bertha of Savoy,   b. 21 Sep 1051   d. 27 Dec 1087, Mainz (Age 36 years)   5. Adelaide   d. 1080
  Family ID	F1338	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).