Guillaume (I), count of Geneva

Events

Date of Birth: between 1131 and 1137.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The range of dates is given by Cawley. Duparc gives "Viv. dès 1137".

Date of Death: 25 July 1196.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Duparc.

Relationships

Father: Amédée (I), count of Geneva.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95) and by Duparc.

Mother: Mathilde de Cuiseaux.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95) and by Cawley. Duparc simply gives "Mathilde".

Spouse: Agnès de Savoie. Died in or before 1172.

This relationship is given by Duparc (pp. 143-4). She was the daughter of Amédée III.

Spouse: Béatrix (de Faucigny?).

This relationship is given by Duparc (p. 143). Cokayne gives Béatrice de Valperga. Duparc (p. 144) states that Béatrix was possibly the daughter of Aimon I de Faucigny.

Children (by Agnès):

(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.)

Humbert, count of Geneva.

Children (by Béatrix):

Aimon (1174 - between 1191 and 1195).

Marguerite (died 8 April 1257) married Thomas I, count of Savoy.

Amédée, bishop of Maurienne.

Guillaume (II) (died 25 November 1252), count of Geneva.

Agathe (died 1247) married Enrico (II), margrave of Carretto and Savona.

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. “GUILLAUME (I) de Genève” 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).

Duparc, Pierre. Le Comté de Genève: IX^e -XV^e.Siècle. (Mémoires et documents publiès par la Société d’histoire et d’archéologie de Genève, tome XXXIX, Deuxième edition revue, 1978).