Peter I of Savoy
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Peter I was count of Savoy and margrave of Turin jointly with his brother Amadeus II of Savoy
Amadeus II of Savoy
Amadeus II was the Count of Savoy from 1078 to 1080. His life is obscure and few documents mention him. During his reign he was overshadowed by his mother, but he had good relations with the Papacy and, for a time, the Holy Roman Emperor.-Before his countship:The second son of Otto, Count of...

 from c. 1060 to 1078. He ruled only nominally, as true power was in the hands of his mother, Adelaide of Susa
Adelaide of Susa
Adelaide of Susa was the Marchioness of Turin from 1034 to her death. She moved the seat of the march from Turin to Susa and settled the itinerant court there...

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He married with Agnes of Aquitaine
Agnes of Aquitaine, Countess of Savoy
Agnes of Aquitaine was a daughter of "Count William of Poitiers", probably William VII, Duke of Aquitaine and his wife Ermesinde...

, (or Agnes of Poitiers), the daughter of "William of Poitou" (speculated to have been William VII of Aquitaine
William VII of Aquitaine
William VII , called the Eagle or the Bold , was the duke of Aquitaine and count of Poitou between 1039 and his death, following his half-brother Odo.William was the third son of William V of Aquitaine, the eldest by his third wife, Agnes of Burgundy...

), she may have previously been married to Ramiro I of Aragon
Ramiro I of Aragon
Ramiro I was de facto the first King of Aragon from 1035 until his death. Apparently born before 1007, he was the illegitimate son of Sancho III of Navarre by his mistress Sancha de Aybar...

. They had two daughters, Agnes, d.after1110; m.1080 Ct Friedrich von Luetzelburg, Mgve of Susa (died 1092) and Alice, d.ca 1111; m.1099 Mgve Boniface of Vasto
Boniface del Vasto
Boniface del Vasto was the margrave of Western Liguria from 1084 to 1125, the son and successor of Otto. He was of the Aleramici family, which also furnished the margraves of Montferrat...

 and Saluzzo.

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