Marguerite (Margaret) of Geneva, Countess of Savoy

1179 - 1257  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Marguerite (Margaret) of Geneva
  Suffix	Countess of Savoy
  Born	ca 1179	Geneva, Switzerland
  Gender	Female
  Died	08 Apr 1257	Pierre-Chatel Departement de l'Isère Rhône-Alpes, France
  Buried	Abbaye de Hautecombe Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille Departement de la Savoie Rhône-Alpes, France
  	Grave location and tomb effigy photo: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=22441610
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Geneva She was the daughter of William I, Count of Geneva, and Beatrice de Faucigny (1160-1196). She was supposed to become the third wife of Philip II of France. However, when her father was escorting her to France in May of 1195, Thomas I of Savoy carried her off. Attracted by her youth and her beauty, Count Thomas then married her himself, claiming that Philip II was already married (the French King had married Ingeborg of Denmark in 1193 but had repudiated her soon thereafter). Margaret's father fell sick and died after the wedding, and her mother died the following year. Margaret was the mother of either 14 or 19 children. The children of Marguerite and Thomas I of Savoy were: 1. Amedeo, his immediate successor 2. Umberto, d. between March and November 1223 3. Tommaso, lord and then count in Piedmont and founder of a line that became the Savoy-Achaea 4. Aimone, d. 30 August 1237, Lord of Chablais 5. Guglielmo (William of Savoy), Bishop of Valence and Dean of Vienne 6. Amadeo of Savoy, Bishop of Maurienne 7. Pietro, who resided much in England, became Earl of Richmond, and ultimately in 1263 became the disputed count of Savoy 8. Filippo, archbishop of Lyon, who resigned, through marriage became Count Palatine of Burgundy and ultimately in 1268 became the disputed count of Savoy 9. Bonifacio who became archbishop of Canterbury 10. Beatrice of Savoy, d. 1265 or 1266, married in December 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence (1209-1245) and was mother of four Queens-consort 11. Alasia of Savoy, abbess of the monastery of St Pierre in Lyon (d.1250) 12. Ágatha of Savoy, abbess of the monastery of St Pierre in Lyon (d.1245) 13. Margherita of Savoy, d. 1273, married in 1218 to Hartmann IV of Kyburg 14. Avita of Savoy (1215-92) who married Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon and Robert Aguillon (d.1286).
  Person ID	I36271	Master File
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016

  
  

  Family	Tommaso (Thomas) I of Savoy, Count of Savoy, ,   b. ca 1178, Aiguebelle, Departement de la Savoie Rhône-Alpes, France ,   d. 01 Mar 1233, Moncalieri Città Metropolitana di Torino Piemonte, Italy  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Children	+ 1. Amadeus IV of Savoy, Count of Savoy,   b. 1197, Montmélian, Savoie, Italy ,   d. 24 Jun 1253, France  (Age 56 years)
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F14971	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart