Amadeus IV, count of Savoy

Events

Date of Birth: about 1195.

The date is given by Cognasso.

Date of Death: 11 July 1253.

Place of Death: Montmélian, Savoy.

The date and place are given by Cognasso

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Hautecombe.

The place is given by Cognasso.

Relationships

Father: Thomas I, count of Maurienne, count of Savoy.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 417), by Palluel-Guillard, by Cox, by Cognasso, and by Demotz.

Mother: Marguerite of Geneva.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 417), by Palluel-Guillard, by Cognasso, and by Cox.

Spouse: Marguerite of Burgundy.

This relationship is given by Palluel-Guillard and by Cox (p. 24). It is recorded in the will of Marguerite’s mother (abstracted in the Regeste Dauphinois t. 2, nos. 6973 and 6975).

(doubtful) Spouse: Anna (Marguerite) de Viennois.

Walter and Cognasso give Anna as the mother of the Beatrice who married Manfredo and the Beatrice who married Bonifacio.

Spouse: Cecile des Baux. Married 18 December 1244 at Orange (by proxy).

This relationship is given by Palluel-Guillard and by Cox.

Children (by Marguerite):

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Beatrice married (1) Manfredo III, marquis of Saluzzo; married (2) Manfredo, king of Sicily.

Marguerite married Bonifacio II, marquis of Montferrat; married (2) Aymar (III), count of Valentinois.

Children (by Cecile):

Boniface, count of Savoy.

Beatrice married Pierre “le Bouvier” de Salins, lord of Châtelbelin; married (2) Manuel de Castilla y León.

Eleanor married Guichard de Forez.

Constance.

References

Chevalier, Ulysse. Regeste Dauphinois (Valence, 1912-1926).

Cognasso, Francesco. "Amedeo IV, conte di Savoia" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Volume 2, 1960).

Cox, Eugene L. The Eagles of Savoy: The House of Savoy in Thirteenth Century Europe. (Princeton University Press, 1974).

Demotz, B. "Amadeus IV. Graf von Savoyen" in Lexikon des Mittelalters (München, Zürich, 1980-1998) Teilband 1 (1980) S. 499.

Palluel-Guillard, André. “AMEDEE IV” 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).

Walter, Ingebord. “Beatrice di Savoia, regina di Sicilia” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 7 (1970).