Humbert I "Whitehands", count of Maurienne

Count of Maurienne

Count of Chablais

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Place of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 1 July, between 1047 and 1051.

Place of Death: unknown.

Previté-Orton (p. 40) discusses the evidence, concluding that perhaps 1 July 1048 was the date.

Place of Burial: Saint-Jean de Maurienne.

The place is given by Palluel-Guillard.

Relationships

Father: unknown.

Several conjectures exist.

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Auxilia.

This relationship is given by Guichenon (1:193). There have been differing suggestions made regarding her identity. Demotz calls her Ansilia, daughter of Anselm, rector of St-Maurice d'Agaune. Wolf gives Anselm (von Equestergau) and Alduid as her parents.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Amadeus I, count of Maurienne and of Chablais, married Adelais.

Burchard, archbishop of Lyon.

Aymon.

Otto (about 1017 - 1 March 1060), count of Maurienne and of Chablais, married Adelaide of Susa.

References

Demotz, B. Savoyen genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Guichenon, Samuel. Histoire généalogique de la royale maison de Savoie Tome 1 (Turin, 1778).

Palluel-Guillard, André. “HUMBERT I «AUX BLANCHES MAINS»” in La Maison de Savoie at sabaudia.org.

Previté-Orton, C.W. The Early History of the House of Savoy (1000-1233) (Cambridge U.P., 1912).

Wolf, Armin. Ahnen deutscher Könige und Königinnen: Alternativen zu dem Werk von Eduard Hlawitschka. 2010. Selbstverlag des Herold, Berlin.