Louis I of Vaud

Louis I of Savoy (1253–1302), third son of Thomas II of Piedmont and Béatrice Fieschi, founded the Savoy-Vaud line. Destined for the Church, he chose arms instead. He founded Morges and defeated the lords of Cossonay-Prangins, seizing Nyon.

After disputing the county of Savoy with his brother Amadeus V, an arbitration in 1285 granted him the Pays de Vaud, where he built a semi-independent principality and secured the right to mint coins from the Holy Roman Emperor. He died in 1302 and was buried at Hautecombe, succeeded by his son Louis II.