Pierre II of Savoy (1203, Suze - May 15th 1268, Pierre-Châtel), was Seigneur of Vaud (1233 - 1268), Count de Richmond (1241 - 1266), then count de Savoie, of Aoste and Maurienne (1263 - 1268).

He was the son of Thomas I {{er}}, count de Savoie, of Aoste and Maurienne, and Marguerite (or Beatrice) of Geneva.

Junior, it accepted the country of Vaud in Apanage with died of his father. His/her niece Éléonore of Provence being been engaged to Henri III, king d' Angleterre, it accompanied it there in 1236, because it felt too much with narrow in the province of the Faucigny where he had married Agnès. The future count de Savoie thus put himself at the service of his nephew per alliance, the king of England.

In 1241, Henri III, happy with the arrival of his/her uncle, armed it knight in the cathedral with Westminster, allotted to him vast domains in the county of Richmond, the honor of Richmond , and it is thus recorded like Count de Richmond in the Pairie of England. During its stay in England, it is initiated with the British accounting methods.

In 1242, it inherits his/her Aymon brother, count de Chablais. Its nephew Boniface dies in 1263. Although this last has sisters, that Thomas, his older brother already deceased has wire, the Savoyard habit the fact of inheriting as a more close relative. He then becomes count de Savoie, punishes the revolted Piedmontese one which had killed its nephew and organizes his States while taking as a starting point what he saw in France and England: bailliage, Room of the accounts, deposit of files. He also makes remake the fortifications of several fortified towns.

He had married in 1234 Agnès († 1268), countess of Faucigny, girl of Aimon II of Faucigny and Beatrice of Burgundy. They had had:

• Beatrice de Faucigny (1237 - 1310), lady of Faucigny, married in 1253 with Guigues VII (1225 - 1269), dolphin of Viennese, then in 1273 Gaston VII of Moncade (1225 - 1290), Viscount of Béarn

Sources

• Files of Savoy
• Genealogy of the house of Savoy