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{{Short description|1355 treaty between Savoy and France}}
{{For|other treaties of Paris|Treaty of Paris (disambiguation)}}
The '''Treaty of Paris''' was signed in 1355 between [[Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy]] and the first [[Dauphin of France#History|dauphin]], future [[Charles V of France]]. Overall, the treaty benefited Savoy financially and politically by expanding and consolidating its territory, and it benefited France by ending dispute with Savoy and gaining it as an ally in the [[Hundred Years War|war against England]].

The dauphin ceded to Savoy the "entire barony of Faucigny, the barony of Gex and its dependencies in the Valromey, the homage of the [[Amadeus III of Geneva|count of Geneva]], suzerainty over all fiefs located in the Genevois, as well as the [[Valbonne]]... [and] everything belonging to the dauphin between the rivers [[Ain (river)|Ain]] and [[Albarine]] on the approaches to [[Bresse]] and [[Bugey]]".<ref>Cox, p. 103–4</ref>

Savoy surrendered holdings in the [[Viennois]], and Amadeus renounced his engagement with an heiress of [[County of Burgundy|Burgundy]] to instead marry [[Bonne of Bourbon]], bringing Savoy into closer alliance with the Valois king of France, [[John II of France|John the Good]].

The swap of territories meant that local nobles would have to shift their allegiances from the dauphin to the Count of Savoy, and it was therefore initially resisted. For example, [[Amadeus III of Geneva]] objected to the treaty because he would have to pay homage to Amadeus VI, his former ward. But the treaty was quickly enforced by the dauphin, who was eager to secure Savoy's troops to fight against [[Edward the Black Prince]].<ref>Cox, p. 112–14</ref>

==See also==
*[[The Hundred Years War]]
*[[List of treaties]]

==References==
* {{cite book | last=Cox | first=Eugene L. | title=The Green Count of Savoy | url=https://archive.org/details/greencountofsavo0000coxe | url-access=registration | location=Princeton, New Jersey | publisher=Princeton University Press | year=1967 | lccn=67-11030 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/greencountofsavo0000coxe/page/103 103–114]}}
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==External links==
*[http://www.cc-pays-de-gex.fr/tourisme/adt/uk/lieux/frontiere.htm Inheritance: A Land of Borders]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
*[http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/fr-savch.html Chablais (Traditional Province, Savoy, France)]

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