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 XIIe-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).