Amadeus III, count of Savoy

Count of Maurienne

Count of Savoy

Events

Date of Birth: about 1095.

Place of Birth: Montmélian.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 30 August 1148.

Place of Death: Nicosia.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Humbert II “le Renforcé”, count of Savoy.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 98), by Previté-Orton (p. 276), by Demotz, and by Cognasso.

Mother: Gisèle de Bourgogne.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 98), by Previté-Orton (p. 276), by Demotz, and by Cognasso.

Spouse: Adélaïde.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 284), by Cognasso, and by Demotz. Palluel-Guillard calls her Gertrude, daughter of Simon, duke of Lorraine, which Cawley states can be dismissed as incorrect.

Spouse: Mathilde d’Albon.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Previté-Orton (p. 292), by Demotz, and by Cognasso.

Children (by Adélaïde):

(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 Cawley.)

Alix (Elise) (born about 1123-1125) married Humbert III, lord of Beaujeu.

Mathilde (about 1125 - 4 November 1157) married Afonso I, king of Portugal.

Children (by Mathilde d’Albon):

Humbert III (4 August 1136 - 4 March 1189), count of Savoy, married (1) Faydive; married (2) Gertrude de Flandre; married (3) Klementia von Zähringen; married (4) Béatrix de Vienne.

Jean.

Pierre.

Guillaume. Priest.

Agnès married Guillaume de Genève.

Marguerite.

Juliane (died 31 December 1194). Abbess of Saint-André-le-Haut, Vienne.

References

Cawley, Charles. “AMEDEE III Comte de Maurienne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cognasso, Francesco. “Amedeo III, conte di Savoia” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 2 (1960).

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

Demotz, B. Savoyen genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Palluel-Guillard, André. “AMEDEE III” in La Maison de Savoie at sabaudia.org.

Previté-Orton, Charles William. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000 - 1233). (Cambridge University Press: 1912).