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# Peter II Grey at Savoy Court Standing before the Palace of the Savoy in 1247, one could scarcely imagine the intricate matrimonial machinations that Peter, Count of Savoy, orchestrated within these grand walls—a place that functioned less as a residence and more as a carefully curated marriage ma...

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Here in the Palace of the Savoy, Peter, Count of Savoy, lodged the many "beautiful foreign ladies" whom he brought in 1247 from the Courts of Europe, before marrying them to his wards, a large number of rich young English nobles