Beatrice of Savoy, Marchioness of Saluzzo

Female Bef 1223 - 1259  (~ 35 years)


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  • Name Beatrice of Savoy 
    Suffix Marchioness of Saluzzo 
    Born Bef 4 March 1223 
    Gender Female 
    Died ca 1259 
    Notes 
    • Wikipedia
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_of_Savoy,_Marchioness_of_Saluzzo

      She was a daughter of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy and his first wife Marguerite of Burgundy and was a member of the House of Savoy by birth and by her first marriage she became the Marchioness of Saluzzo.

      Beatrice was the elder of two daughters; her younger sister Margaret was married to Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat. After the death of their mother, their father married Cecile of Baux and had further children including Boniface, Count of Savoy and a younger Beatrice.

      Beatrice was first betrothed not long after her birth on 4 March 1223 to Manfred III, Marquess of Saluzzo. However, the contract was broken off but was then renewed on 2 October 1227; a contract signed on that date refers to the dowry of Beatrice. The couple were married in March 1233. They were married for eleven years until Manfred's death in 1244, leaving Beatrice with two children and pregnant with twins. They had the following children:

      1. Alice (c. 1236-before 12 Jul 1311), married Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract and had children.

      2. Thomas (1239?1296), succeeded Manfred as Marquess.

      3. Agnes (1245-after 4 August 1265), born after her father's death, married John, son of Eustace de Vesci, no children.

      4. Margaret (born 1245), born after her father's death, twin of Agnes

      Only two years after Manfred's death on 8 May 1246, Beatrice was betrothed a second time to Manfred, an illegitimate son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor by his mistress and possible wife Bianca Lancia. Her marriage was arranged to recognize an alliance between Beatrice's father and Frederick. The couple were married by proxy in March 1247 and the marriage contract was signed on 21 April 1247. Manfred and Beatrice had one daughter, Constance (1249-1302) who went on to marry Peter III of Aragon and became mother Alfonso III of Aragon, James II of Aragon and Elizabeth of Aragon.

      In a testament from Beatrice's father dated 24 May 1253, the succession rights of Beatrice were bypassed in favor of her younger half-brother; the testament fails to mention Beatrice's second husband, possibly indicating a breakdown in the marriage. Beatrice died before 1259. Her husband became King of Sicily in 1258 and went on to marry Helena Angelina Doukaina and fathered children with her.

    Person ID I36274  Master File
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2016 

    Father Amadeus IV of Savoy, Count of Savoy,   b. 1197, Montmélian, Savoie, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jun 1253, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Mother Marguerite (Margaret) of Burgundy,   b. 1192, County of Burgundy, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1243  (Age 51 years) 
    Family ID F14972  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Manfred III di Saluzzo, Marquess of Saluzzo,   d. 1244 
    Children 
     1. Tommaso (Thomas) I di Saluzzo, Marquess of Saluzzo,   b. 1239, Provincia di Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1296, Provincia di Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 57 years)
    Last Modified 7 Oct 2016 
    Family ID F14973  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart