Peter I (c. 1048 – 9 August 1078) was

count of Savoy The titles of count, then of duke of Savoy are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the county was held by the House of Savoy. The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy at th ...

and

margrave of Turin The March or Marquisate of Turin ( it, marca di Torino) was a territory of medieval Italy from the mid-10th century, when it was established as the Arduinic March ( la, marca Arduinica). It comprised several counties in Piedmont, including the c ...

jointly with his brother Amadeus II of Savoy from c. 1060 to 1078. He ruled only nominally, as true power was in the hands of his mother,

Adelaide of Susa Adelaide of Turin (also ''Adelheid'', ''Adelais'', or ''Adeline''; – 19 December 1091) was the countess of part of the March of Ivrea and the marchioness of Turin in Northwestern Italy from 1034 to her death. She was the last of the Ardu ...

. Peter presided over court hearings alongside Adelaide and also issued several donation charters with her and his brothers Amadeus II of Savoy and Otto. Shortly before his death, Peter united with Bishop

Cunibert of Turin Cunibert of Turin (died c.1082) was an Italian bishop. According to Anselm of Besate, Cunibert was a member of the Besate dynasty from Milan. Cunibert is first documented as bishop of Turin at the Council of Pavia (October 1046). His episcopate las ...

in an attempt to drive Abbot Benedict II from his abbey of

San Michele della Chiusa The Sacra di San Michele, sometimes known as Saint Michael's Abbey, is a religious complex on Mount Pirchiriano, situated on the south side of the Val di Susa in the territory of the municipality of Sant'Ambrogio di Torino, in the Metropolitan C ...

. Peter married Agnes of Aquitaine, c.1065. They had two daughters: *Agnes (d.after 1110), who married

Frederick of Montbéliard Frederick of Montbéliard or Frederick of Mömpelgard (died 29 June 1091) was from a noble family in Lotharingia. Through marriage he became margrave of Turin (1080–1091). Life Frederick was a younger son of Count Louis of Montbéliard (died 1 ...

in 1080. After marrying Agnes, Frederick became margrave of Turin (r.1080-1091).Previté-Orton, ''Early History'', p. 244; Hellmann, ''Grafen'', pp. 25f. * Alice (d.ca 1111), who may have married Margrave Boniface of Vasto and Saluzzo in 1099

References

* C.W. Previté-Orton, ''The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000–1233)'' (Cambridge, 1912), accessible online at:
archive.org
*S. Hellmann, ''Die Grafen von Savoyen und das Reich: bis zum Ende der staufischen Periode'' (Innsbruck, 1900), accessible online (but without page numbers) at

*A.M. Patrone, 'Agnes di Poitiers,' in
Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani
– Volume 1 (1960)

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1040s births 1078 deaths 11th-century Counts of Savoy {{Italy-hist-stub