Humbert I, Count of Savoy

This article is about the Count of Savoy. For the King of Italy, see Umberto I of Italy.
Umberto I
Count of Savoy
SuccessorAmadeus I
Bornc. 980
Died1047/1048
Hermillon, County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire
BuriedSaint-Jean-de-Maurienne Cathedral
Noble familySavoy (founder)
Spouse(s)(possibly) Ancilla
IssueAmadeus I
Aymon
Burchard
Otto
FatherAmadeus, Count of Belley

Humbert I (Italian: Umberto I; c. 980 – 1047), better known as Humbert the White-Handed (French: Humbert aux blanches-mains) or Humbert Whitehand (Italian: Umberto Biancamano),[2] was the count of Savoy from 1032 until his death and the founder of the House of Savoy.

Of obscure origins, his service to the Holy Roman Emperors Henry II and Conrad II was rewarded with the counties of Maurienne and Aosta and lands in Valais, all at the expense of local bishops and archbishops; the territory came to be known as the county of Savoy.

  1. ^ "History of House of Savoy". Archived from the original on 2016-12-07. Retrieved 2014-01-15.
  2. ^ The title was held to signify his generosity, but may have been a posthumous confusion of a late-medieval record which referred to the walls of his castle (in Latin) as blancis moenibus.[1]