Béatrice de Savoie

Events

Date of Birth: about 1207.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Pécout (p. 135). Cox (p. 9) states that she "was born at least by 1207." Cawley gives about 1205.

Date of Death: December 1264.

Place of Death: Les Échelles.

The date and place are given by Pécout (p. 284). Cawley gives December 1266 or 4 January 1267. Cox (p. 363) gives 17 January 1265.

Place of Burial: the hospice of St-Jean-des-Echelles.

The place is given by Cox.

Relationships

Father: Thomas I, count of Savoy.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Previté-Orton (p. 392), by Cox, by Pécout (p. 135), and by Palluel-Guillard.

Mother: Marguerite de Genève.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Palluel-Guillard, by Cox, and by Pécout (p. 135).

Spouse: Raimond-Bérenger IV, count of Provence and of Forcalquier. Married probably shortly after June 1219.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Previté-Orton (p. 392), by Cox, by Pécout (p. 132 ff.), and by Palluel-Guillard.

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 Cawley and Pécout.)

Raymond Bérenger (died by June 1238).

Marguerite de Provence (1221 - 21 December 1295) married Louis IX, king of France.

Éléonore de Provence (about 1223 - 24 or 25 June 1291) married Henry III, king of England.

Sancie de Provence (about 1228 - November 1261) married Richard, earl of Cornwall.

Béatrice de Provence (about 1231 - 23 September 1267), countess of Provence, married Charles de France, count of Anjou and of Maine, king of Sicily.

References

Cawley, Charles. “BEATRIX de Savoie” 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).

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

Palluel-Guillard, André. “THOMAS I, «L’AMI DES COMMUNES».” in La Maison de Savoie at sabaudia.org.

Pécout, Thierry. L’invention de la Provence: Raymond Bérenger V (1209-1235) (Perrin, 2004).

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