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Umberto III "le Saint" Savoie comté de Maurienne et Savoie
(1136-1189)
Béatrix de Vienne
(Abt 1160-Bef 1230)
Guillaume de Genève
(1130-1195)
Beatrice de Faucigni
(Abt 1150-)
Tomás de Maurienne comté de Mauriene et Savoie
(After 1178-1233)
Marguerite de Genève
(Abt 1180-1236)

Amadeo comté de Savoie
(1197-1253)

 

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Anna de Bourgogne

Amadeo comté de Savoie

  • Born: 1197, Montmélian, Savoie 1017
  • Marriage: Anna de Bourgogne about 1222
  • Died: 24 Aug 1253, Montmélian, Savoie at age 56 1017
  • Buried: Abbaye de Hautecombe

bullet   Another name for Amadeo was Amadeus IV Comte de Savoie.

bullet  General Notes:

Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 28:31, 275D:28 160, Amadeus succeeded his father as Count of Savoy upon his death in 1233 and ruled until his own death in 1253. There is little record of of note accomplished during his tenure. His son, Bonifacio Roland succeeded him as count from 1253 to 1263, but little is said of his accomplishments either. The county then went to Amadeus' brother, Peter II (1263-1268), who was known as "Little Charlemagne", and then to the next brother, Philip (1268-1285). Peter aggressively expanded Savoy's influence in the tradition of his father and Philip was one most powerful rulers in Europe. Amadeus married Anna of Bourgogne, daughter of Hugues III, Duc de Bourgogne.

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Web Reference:
Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands

• Web Reference:
From Wikipedia: Amadeus comte de Savoie, d'Aoste et de Maurienne et seigneur de Piémont, the eldest of ten siblings and was born at Montmélian Castle, probably in 11971. He is the son of Thomas I, comte de Savoie, d'Aoste et de Maurienne, and Marguerite (Béatrice) de Genève. He married in 1222, Anne de Bourgogne, daughter of Hugues III, duc de Bourgogne and his wife, Béatrix, dauphine et comtesse de Viennois et d'Albon. Their children were:

Béatrice married in 1233 Manfred III, Marquis of Saluzzo. She married a second time, in 1247, Manfred, King of Sicily.

• Marguerite, married in 1235 to Boniface II, marquess of Montferrat, then Aymar III of Poitiers, Count of Valentinoisymar III of Poitiers († 1277), Count of Valentinois


Amadeo married Anna de Bourgogne, daughter of Hugues III Duc de Bourgogne and Beatrix dauphine de Viennois comtessa d’Albon, about 1222. (Anna de Bourgogne was born in Bourgogne and died in 1243 160.)


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