Humbert III, count of Savoy

Count of Maurienne

Count of Savoy

Events

Date of Birth: 4 August 1136.

Place of Birth: Avigliana.

The date and place are given by Cawley

Date of Death: 4 March 1189.

Place of Death: Chambéry.

The date and place are given by Cawley.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Hautecombe.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Amédée III, count of Savoy.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Previté-Orton (p. 313), by Demotz, and by Cognasso.

Mother: Mathilde d’Albon.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Previté-Orton (p. 313), by Demotz, and by Cognasso.

Spouse: Faydive. Married by January 1152.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 318), by Palluel-Guillard, and by Demotz.

Spouse: Gertrude de Flandre. Married about 1155, divorced before 1162.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 319), by Palluel-Guillard, and by Demotz.

Spouse: Klementia von Zähringen. Married 1164.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 329), by Palluel-Guillard, and by Demotz.

Spouse: Béatrix de Vienne. Married about 1175.

This relationship is given by Previté-Orton (p. 345), by Palluel-Guillard, and by Demotz.

Children (by Klementia):

(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.)

Alix (about 1166 - 1174).

Sophie (Éléonore) (died 3 December 1202) married Azzo VI d’Este.

Children (by Béatrix):

Thomas I (1178 - 1 March 1233), count of Savoy, married Marguerite de Genève.

References

Cawley, Charles. “HUMBERT III Comte de Maurienne” in Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

Cognasso, Francesco. “Amedeo III, conte di Savoia” in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani Volume 2 (1960).

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

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

Palluel-Guillard, André. “HUMBERT III (LE SAINT OU LE BIENHEUREUX)” in La Maison de Savoie at sabaudia.org.

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