Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont

Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont (12 November 1450 – 30 January 1486) was a member of the House of Savoy and military commander during the Burgundian Wars.

Early life

Jacques was the seventh son of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne of Cyprus. In 1460, his father gave him as an appanage the region of Vaud, under the title of Count of Romont. He participated courageously in the Battle of Guinegate in 1479, where he was wounded, helping to beat the army of King Louis XI of France and keeping the County of Flanders for Mary.

In 1484 Jacques of Savoy married Marie de Luxembourg (1462–1546), his niece and the granddaughter of Louis of Luxembourg-Saint-Pol, Count of Saint-Pol. They had one child, Françoise Louise of Savoy (1485–1511). She married Henry III of Nassau-Breda but died without issue.

Jacques received Saint-Pol from King Charles VIII of France, with other fiefs in Flanders and Brabant out of the inheritance of Louis of Luxembourg.

Jacques of Savoy died on 30 June 1486 in the Château de Ham, an old possession of the Counts of Saint-Pol.

Ancestry