Aimon (I), count of Geneva

Père Anselme numbers him Aimon (II).

Events

Date of Birth: about 1060 - 1065.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Cawley. Duparc states that Aimon is attested as comes in 1080, 1084, 1090, 1091, 1103, and 1124.

Date of Death: 12 May, about 1125 - 1128.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley. Duparc gives before 1128.

Relationships

Father: Géraud, count of Geneva.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:156) and by Duparc.

Mother: Tetberga.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (2:156) and by Duparc. Duparc states that she was of the House of Savoy.

Spouse: Ita.

This relationship is given by Duparc, who notes that Ita died before 1091 and that her origin is unknown. Cawley suggests that, given the chronology, Aimon had a second wife.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Duparc. Cawley suggests that Amédée and Guillaume are children of an unknown second wife of Aimon.)

Géraud.

Amédée (I) (died 28 June 1178), count of Geneva, married Mathilde de Cuiseaux.

Guillaume.

References

Anselme de Sainte-Marie. Histoire Généalogique et Chronologique de la Maison Royale de France, des Pairs, Grands Officiers de la Couronne, de la Maison du Roy et des Anciens Barons du Royaume. 9 Volumes (Paris: 1726-1733).

Cawley, Charles. “Aimon (I) de Genève” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Duparc, Pierre. Le Comté de Genève: IX^e -XV^e.Siècle. (Mémoires et documents publiès par la Société d’histoire et d’archéologie de Genève, tome XXXIX, Deuxième edition revue, 1978).