Savoyard knights in the service of Edward I

In 1268 both prince and servant were knighted and in 1271 the latter accompanied his lord on the Ninth Crusade, where he served at Acre that year.

According to one source, it was Otto, not Eleanor of Castile, who sucked the poison from the wounded Edward after an attempted assassination.

Returning to England, Otto accompanied Edward in the Welsh Wars as his right-hand man, but also enlisted a whole retinue of fellow Savoyard knights in the service of the English crown.

[1] He was personally invited to several parliaments by writ of summons, where he was responsible as steward for receiving petitions to the king.

[3] During the Welsh uprising from 1294 he was part of the king's entourage when he was briefly trapped in Conwy Castle by the rebels in early 1295.

First mentioned 13 November 1276 when he comes to England with a message from Otto de Grandson to King Edward I.

[6] Brother of Otto de Grandson, he was in the service of Edmund, Earl of Lancaster, who, on his behalf sent a letter to the king (when Guillaume's lands were seized, he being an alien), pointing out the undesirability of such seizures.

On 4 Nov 1288, he had letters of protection when remaining in Wales in order to fortify the castle of Caernarfon.

Brother of Sir William de Cicon, was knighted by King Edward I in Wales in 1284.