Beatrix of Vienne, countess of Albon

Events

Date of Birth: 1161.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Cawley.

Date of Death: 15 December 1228.

Place of Death: Château de Vizille, Isère.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Ayes, near Grenoble.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Guigues (X), count of Albon

This relationship is given by Giordanengo and by Manteyer (p. 115).

Mother: Beatrix

This relationship is given by Cawley, who notes that the origin of Beatrix “has been the subject of considerable controversy”, and by Manteyer (p. 115).

Spouse: Alberic “Taillefer” de Toulouse, count of Saint-Gilles.

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 115) and by Giordanengo.

Spouse: Hugues III, duke of Burgundy. Married 1183.

This relationship is given by père Anselme (1:541) and by Petit (2:205), by Manteyer (p. 116), and by Giordanengo.

Spouse: Hugues, lord of Coligny-le-Neuf

This relationship is given by Manteyer (p. 116).

Children (by Hugues III, duke of Burgundy):

(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.)

André (1184 - 14 March 1237), count of Albon, married (1) Beatrix de Sabran; married (2) Semnoresse de Poitiers; married (3) Beatrice di Monferrato.

Mathilde married Jean, count of Auxonne and of Chalon.

Marguerite married Amadeus IV, count of Savoy.

Children (by Hugues, lord of Coligny-le-Neuf):

Beatrix married Albert, lord of La Tour-du-Pin.

Evidence

The will of Beatrix is abstracted in the Regeste Dauphinois (t. 2, nos. 6973 and 6975).

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. “BEATRIX” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

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

Giordanengo, Gérard. Le droit féodal dans les pay de droit écrit: L’exemple de la Provence et du Dauphiné XII^e-début XIV siècle. (École Française de Rome: 1988).

Manteyer, Georges de. “Les origines du Dauphiné de Viennois: la première race des comtes d’Albon (843-1228)” in Bulletin de la Société d’études des Hautes-Alpes (1925). pp. 50-140; pp. 307-426.

Petit, Ernest. Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne de la Race Capétienne avec des Documents Inédits et des Pièces Justificatives (Dijon, 1885-1905).