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http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAVOY.htm THOMAS de Maurienne, son o f HUMBERT III Comte de Maurienne et de Savoie & his fourth wife Béatr ix de Vienne [Bourgogne-Comté] (Château de Carbonara 1178 after 26 J un-Moncalieri 1 Mar 1233, bur Saint-Michel de la Cluse). An undated ch arter records a donation to Saint-Maurice by "felicis memorie Humbertu s… Savoie comes" and the confirmation by "Thomas filius eiusdem comi tis" [1]. He succeeded his father in 1189 as THOMAS I Comte de Maurien ne et de Savoie, under the regency of Guglielmo V Marchese di Monferra to who brokered a favourable settlement to Comte Humbert III's disput e with the empire [2]. As Marchese Guglielmo was absent in Palestine a t the time of the death of Comte Humbert III, the regency was presumab ly held and the negotiations carried out by his son Bonifazio, who suc ceeded as Marchese di Monferrato in 1192. This hypothesis appears conf irmed by the following charter: "Thomas… Mauriannensis comes et marc hio Italiæ" confirmed the donations made by "pater meus… [et] domin i comitis Humberti… abavi mei" to the canons of Saint-Jean de Maurie nne, with the advice of "B. matris mee et… tutore meo Bonifacio marc hione Montisferrati", by charter dated 12 Jun 1189 [3]. "Thomæ comiti s et marchionis… et… Nichola filia comitis Gebennarum" granted pri vileges to the citizen of Susa by charter dated 25 Feb 1198 [4]. He us ed the title Comte de Savoie: "Thomas comes Sabaud. et Amedeus eius fi lius" granted rights to the abbey of San Marco by charter dated 5 Ma r 1200 [5]. Comte Thomas supported the imperial party over the Guelfs , and was appointed Imperial Vicar in Italy. Philipp King of Germany g ranted him Moudon in Vaud, and Chieri and Testona in Piemonte in 1207 . He also acquired Carignano, Pinerolo, Moncalieri, Vigone, Albenga an d Savona in Piemonte. "Thomas Maurianensis comes et marchio" donated p roperty to the abbey of Saint-Maurice, with the consent of "filiis sui s Amedeo et Humberto", by charter dated 8 Nov 1217 [6]. A charter date d 1224 records an agreement between "Thomæ com. Sabaud" and the bisho p of Sion, witnessed by "ipse Thomas comes, Amedeus primogenitus illiu s, Comitissa uxor Thomæ, eorum quatuor filii clerici… Willelmus, Th omas, Petrus et Bonifacius" [7]. He bought the town of Chambéry in 12 32. The ''Chronicle'' of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines records the deat h in 1232 of "comitis Thome de Sabaudia" [8]. An indication of the pre carious financial position of the counts of Savoy is provided by a thi rd testament, dated 2 Nov 1240, made by Thomas´s son "Amadeus com Sab . et marchio in Italia" who repeated the nomination of "Thomæ, Flandr iæ comiti, fratri suo" as his heir to "totius comitatus sui Sabaudi