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Peter II, Count of Savoy
Peter II was count of Savoy from 1263, called the 'little Charlemagne'. An uncle of Queen Eleanor of Provence, he spent years at the English court, where the Savoy Palace in London was named after him. He won the Vaud and extended Savoyard power north of Lake Geneva.
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