Individual Details
Beatrice of Savoy
(1198 - 1267)
According to Wikipedia:
Beatrice of Savoy (c. 1198 - c. 1267)[1] was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. She was Countess consort of Provence by her marriage to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence.
Family
Her paternal grandparents were Humbert III, Count of Savoy, and Beatrice of Viennois. Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Geneva and Beatrice de Faucigny. Beatrice of Savoy's mother, Margaret, was betrothed to Philip II of France. While Margaret was travelling to France for her wedding, she was captured by Beatrice's father, Thomas. He took her back to Savoy and married her himself. Thomas' excuse was that Philip II was already married, which was true.
Beatrice was the tenth of fourteen children born to her parents. Her siblings included: Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy; Thomas II of Piedmont; Peter II, Count of Savoy; Philip I, Count of Savoy; Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury; Avita the Countess of Devon; and Margherita of Savoy wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg.
Marriage and issue
Beatrice betrothed on 5 June 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence; they married in December 1220. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all lived to adulthood, and married kings. Their only son, Raymond died in early infancy.
Margaret, Queen of France (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor, Queen of England (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
Sanchia, Queen of Germany (1225-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice, Queen of Sicily (1229-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
Raymond of Provence, died young
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According to Wikipedia:
Beatrice of Savoy (c. 1198 - c. 1267)[1] was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. She was Countess consort of Provence by her marriage to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence.
Family
Her paternal grandparents were Humbert III, Count of Savoy, and Beatrice of Viennois. Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Geneva and Beatrice de Faucigny. Beatrice of Savoy's mother, Margaret, was betrothed to Philip II of France. While Margaret was travelling to France for her wedding, she was captured by Beatrice's father, Thomas. He took her back to Savoy and married her himself. Thomas' excuse was that Philip II was already married, which was true.
Beatrice was the tenth of fourteen children born to her parents. Her siblings included: Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy; Thomas II of Piedmont; Peter II, Count of Savoy; Philip I, Count of Savoy; Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury; Avita the Countess of Devon; and Margherita of Savoy wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg.
Marriage and issue
Beatrice betrothed on 5 June 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence; they married in December 1220. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all lived to adulthood, and married kings. Their only son, Raymond died in early infancy.
Margaret, Queen of France (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor, Queen of England (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
Sanchia, Queen of Germany (1225-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice, Queen of Sicily (1229-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
Raymond of Provence, died young
Beatrice of Savoy (c. 1198 - c. 1267)[1] was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. She was Countess consort of Provence by her marriage to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence.
Family
Her paternal grandparents were Humbert III, Count of Savoy, and Beatrice of Viennois. Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Geneva and Beatrice de Faucigny. Beatrice of Savoy's mother, Margaret, was betrothed to Philip II of France. While Margaret was travelling to France for her wedding, she was captured by Beatrice's father, Thomas. He took her back to Savoy and married her himself. Thomas' excuse was that Philip II was already married, which was true.
Beatrice was the tenth of fourteen children born to her parents. Her siblings included: Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy; Thomas II of Piedmont; Peter II, Count of Savoy; Philip I, Count of Savoy; Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury; Avita the Countess of Devon; and Margherita of Savoy wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg.
Marriage and issue
Beatrice betrothed on 5 June 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence; they married in December 1220. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all lived to adulthood, and married kings. Their only son, Raymond died in early infancy.
Margaret, Queen of France (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor, Queen of England (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
Sanchia, Queen of Germany (1225-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice, Queen of Sicily (1229-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
Raymond of Provence, died young
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According to Wikipedia:
Beatrice of Savoy (c. 1198 - c. 1267)[1] was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. She was Countess consort of Provence by her marriage to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence.
Family
Her paternal grandparents were Humbert III, Count of Savoy, and Beatrice of Viennois. Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Geneva and Beatrice de Faucigny. Beatrice of Savoy's mother, Margaret, was betrothed to Philip II of France. While Margaret was travelling to France for her wedding, she was captured by Beatrice's father, Thomas. He took her back to Savoy and married her himself. Thomas' excuse was that Philip II was already married, which was true.
Beatrice was the tenth of fourteen children born to her parents. Her siblings included: Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy; Thomas II of Piedmont; Peter II, Count of Savoy; Philip I, Count of Savoy; Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury; Avita the Countess of Devon; and Margherita of Savoy wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg.
Marriage and issue
Beatrice betrothed on 5 June 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence; they married in December 1220. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all lived to adulthood, and married kings. Their only son, Raymond died in early infancy.
Margaret, Queen of France (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor, Queen of England (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
Sanchia, Queen of Germany (1225-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice, Queen of Sicily (1229-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
Raymond of Provence, died young
Events
| Birth | 1198 | ||||
| Marriage | Dec 1220 | Chambery, Savoie, France - Ramon Berengar, 4th Count of Provence | |||
| Death | 1267 |
Families
| Spouse | Ramon Berengar, 4th Count of Provence (1198 - 1245) |
| Child | Eleanor of Provence (1217 - 1291) |
| Child | Marguerite of Provence (1221 - 1295) |
| Child | Sanchia Berenger of Provence (1228 - 1261) |
| Child | Beatrice Berenger of Provence (1229 - 1267) |
| Father | Thomas I, Count of Savoy ( - 1233) |
| Mother | Margaret of Geneva (1180 - 1253) |
| Sibling | Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197 - 1253) |
| Father | Thomas I, Count of Savoy (1178 - 1233) |
| Mother | Margaret of Geneva (1180 - 1253) |
| Sibling | Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy (1197 - 1253) |