Marguerite de Genève

Her name sometimes appears as Béatrix or Nicole.

From Duparc (p. 145):

...les Chroniques racontent que son père la destinait au roi de France Philippe-Auguste, mais que le comte Thomas en tomba amoureux et l'enleva au passage; elle eut en tout cas comme dot Cornillon et la vallée des Clefs. Ce fut une princesse glorieuse, mère d'au moins huit fils et deux filles, probablement aussi cultivée que belle; la Don de Savoya fut célébrée par le troubadour Raimbaud de Vaqueiras ver 1201...

Events

Date of Birth: probably the 1170s.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The estimated date is given by Provero.

Date of Death: 1258.

Place of Death: Pierre-Châtel.

The date and place are given by Cox (p. 283), who states in a note, "Viard, doc. 8 Cart. Iyonnais, II, doc. 547, reveals that Wurstemberger, following Pingon (IV, no. 448), is in error in giving 1257 as the date of Marguerite's death." Provero gives 1257.

Place of Burial: Abbaye de Hautecombe.

The place is given by Cawley.

Relationships

Father: Guillaume (I), count of Geneva.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Duparc (p. 145), by Provero, and by Cox (p 9), who states that it seems established beyond reasonable doubt that the wife of Thomas, count of Savoy, was the daughter of Guillaume I, count of Geneva.

Mother: Béatrix de Faucigny.

This relationship is given by Duparc and by Provero.

Spouse: Thomas I, count of Savoy. Married about 1196.

This relationship is given by Cokayne (p. 95), by Previté-Orton (p. 358), by Cox (p. 9), by Duparc (p. 145), by Provero, 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.)

Amadeus IV (1197 - 13 July 1253), count of Savoy, married (1) Marguerite de Bourgogne; married (2) Cécile des Baux.

Humbert (about 1198 - 1223).

Aymon (about 1200 - 1242).

Guillaume (about 1201 - 1 November 1239), bishop of Valence, bishop of Liège.

Thomas II (about 1202 - 7 February 1259), count of Savoy, married (1) Jeanne, countess of Flanders and Hainaut; married (2) Beatrice Fieschi.

Pierre II (about 1203 - about 14 May 1268), count of Savoy, married Agnès de Faucigny.

Béatrice (about 1205 - December 1266 or 4 January 1267) married Raimond-Bérenger IV, count of Provence.

Boniface (about 1206 - 14 July 1270), archbishop of Canterbury.

Philip (about 1207 - 16 August 1285), count of Savoy, married Alix, countess palatine of Burgundy.

Marguerite (about 1212 - 1270 or 1273) married Hartmann III, count of Kiburg.

other daughters

References

Cawley, Charles. “MARGUERITE [Beatrix]” 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).

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).

Palluel-Guillard, André. “THOMAS I, «L’AMI DES COMMUNES».” 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).

Provero, Luigi. "Margherita di Ginevra, contessa di Savoia" in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (Volume 70, 2008).