Edward of Savoy-Achaea

Edward of Savoy-Achaea (c. 1322–1395) was a younger son of Philip I, lord of Piedmont, and Catherine de la Tour du Pin. He became a Cluniac monk in 1346 and rose through church offices, becoming abbot of Saint-Just in 1366 and bishop of Belley in 1371.

In 1375, after the murder of Bishop Guichard Tavelli, he was moved to Sion, called the richest of the Savoyard sees. There his cousin Amadeus VI sold him most of the murderer's estates for 46,000 florins, leaving him deep in debt. The Valaisans rose against him, and Amadeus burned Sion and put him back on the throne.

He had served Pope Clement VI as honorary chaplain from 1347. In 1386 the pope named him archbishop-count of Tarentaise, where he died in 1395.