He married Anne of Lusignano[?], titular heiress of Cyprus and Jerusalem and a daughter of a king of Cyprus. They had 6 children:
In 1453 he received, from the Counts of Charmy[?], the Shroud of Turin, which would have been property of the house of Savoy until 1946, at the end of the Kingdom of Italy, when it became property of the Holy See.
See also: Kings of Savoy
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