Savoy 1

The House of Savoy
Umberto "Biancomanno = of the White Hands", Ct of Salmourenc in the Viennois in 1003, Ct of Noyon 1018, Ct of Aosta 1024 and Ct of Moriana (Maurienne) 1038, *ca 972/975, +1.7.1047/48; m.before 1020 Auxilia (possibly daughter of Ct Arnold von Lenzburg /OR Manasse Signore del Vallese) NOTE: His father may have been named Beroldus, and his mother was almost certainly the Ermengarde who as a widow m. King Rudolf III of Burgundy. Umberto was probably of Teutonic origin and a descendant of the Saxon hero Wittekind

A1.
Ct Amadeo I "Coda" of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1047/48-51), +after 18.12.1051; m.ca 1030 Adelaide d'Albon
- B1. Umberto, +ca 1051
- B2. Aimone, Bp of Belley, +1060
- B3. Thietburga; 1m: ca 1053 Sire Louis I de Faucigny (+1060); 2m: Cte Gerold II of Geneva (+1080)
A2. Burcardo, Prevosto di San Maurizio d'Agauno, Archbishop of Lyon, +1068
- B1. Aymon, fl 1041
A3. Aimon, Prevosto di San Maurizio d'Agauno, Bp of Sion, +13.7.1054/55
A4. Oddone, Marchese di Susa e Moriana 1046, Ct of Chablais, Ct of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1051-60), *ca 1020, +1.3.1060; m.ca 1046 Adelaide Marchesa di Torino e Susa (*ca 1015, +19.10.1091), dau.and heiress of Marchese Olderico Manfredi I by Berta d'Este
- B1. Ct Pietro I of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana, Marchese di Torino e Susa (1060-78), *1048/49, +ca 9.7.1078; m.1064 Agnes de Poitou (+after 13.6.1089)
  - C1. Agnes, Marchesa di Torino e Susa (1080-91) deposed, +after 1110; m.1080 Ct Friedrich von Lützelburg, Mgve of Susa (+29.6.1091)
  - C2. Alice, +ca 1111; m.1099 Mgve Boniface di Vasto and Saluzzo (+1130)
- B2. Ct Amedeo II of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana, Marchese di Torino e Susa (1078-80), *ca 1046, +26.1.1080; m.Joanna (+ca 1095), dau.of Ct Gerold I of Geneva by Gisele N
  - C1. Ct Umberto II "il Rinforzato" of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1080-1103), *ca 1072, +14.10.1103; m.ca 1090 Gisela (*ca 1075 +after 1133) dau.of Cte Guillaume II de Bourgogne
    - D1. Ct Amedeo III of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1103-48), etc; he received recognition of his titles by the Emperor 1111; *ca 1095, +Nicosia 30.8.1148; m.1123 Matilda d'Albon (+after I.1145)
      - E1. Ct Umberto III of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1148-89), *4.8.1136, +4.3.1189; 1m: 1151 Faidiva (+ca 1154) dau.of Cte Alphons-Jourdan de Toulouse; 2m: 1157 (div 1163) Gertrude of Lorraine, Css of Flanders (+1173); 3m: 1164 Klementia von Zähringen (+before 1167); 4m: 1177 Beatrix de Mâcon (+before 8.4.1230)
        F1. [4m.] Ct Tommaso I of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1189-1233), *chateau de Carbonara 20.5.1178, +Moncalieri 1.3.1233; he supported the Hohenstaufens and was appointed Imperial Vicar, a position he used to extend his lands both sides of the Alps. Towards France he gained Vaud and Bugey, and to the east Carignano and other lands; m.V.1195/1196 Beatrix/Margareta (+8.4.1257), dau.of Ct Guillaume I of Geneva
        G1. Ct Amedeo IV of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1233-53), Vicario imperiale del Piemonte 1241, *1197, +Montmélian 24.6./13.7.1253; 1m: 1215/22 Anne de Bourgogne (*1192 +1243); 2m: 1244 Cecile de Baux (+21.5.1275)
        H1. [1m.] Beatrice, +10.5.1259; 1m: 1233 Mgve Manfredo III di Saluzzo (+1244); 2m: 21.4.1247 King Manfredo of Sicily (*1232 +26.2.1266)
        H2. [1m.] Margherita, +1254; 1m: 9.12.1235 Mgve Boniface II of Montferrat (+1253/55); 2m: Aymar de Poitiers, Cte de Valentinois
        H3. [2m.] Ct Bonifacio I of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1253-63), *1244, +VI.1263
        H4. [2m.] Beatrice, +23.2.1292; 1m: 21.10.1258/68 Pierre de Chalon (+1272/74); 2m: 1274 Inft Juan Manuel of Castile (*1234 +25.12.1283)
        H5. [2m.] Eleonora; m.1269 Guichard de Beaujeu
        H6. [2m.] Constanza, living 1263
        
        G2. Umberto, *1198, +in Hungary 1223
        G3. Ct Tommaso II of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1253-59) -apparently as regent or co-ruler with his nephew, Signore del Piemonte (1233-59), Marchese di Torino e Ivrea, Ct of Flanders and Hainaut (1237-44), Vicario imperiale del Piemonte 1242, Principe di Capua 1252, *1199, +7.2.1259; 1m: 2.4.1237 Css Joanna of Flanders and Hainaut (*1188, +Marquette 15.12.1244); 2m: 1245/1251 [they had kids before this year, so either the year is in error or the kids were legitimized by the subsequent marriage of their parents] Beatrice Fieschi (+15.7.1283), dau.of Tedisio Fieschi Patrizio di Genova by Simona di Volta; for his descendants see HERE
        G4. Aimone, Signore di Chillon e del Basso Vallese 1233, sn de Villeneuve et de Chablais, +of leprosy 1242
        G5. Guglielmo, Bp of Valence 1226, Bp of Liege 1238, +of poisoning 1.11.1239
        G6. Boniface, Prior of Nantua
        G7. Amedeo, Bp of Moriana 1230, +1268
        G8. Ct Pietro II "il Piccolo Carlo Magno" of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1263-68), Signore del Vaud (1233-68), Earl of Richmond 1241 (after accompanying his niece, Eleanor of Provence, to England), *1203, +16.5.1268; m.1234 Agnes de Faucigny (+11/16.8.1268), dau. and heiress of Aimon I de Faucigny
        H1. Beatrice "la Grande Dauphina" of Savoy, Dame de Faucigny, *ca 1237, +21.11.1310, bur Melans; 1m: 1241/53 Guigues VII, Dauphin de Viennois (*1225 +1269); 2m: 2.4.1273 Gaston VII de Moncada, Vcte de Bearn (*ca 1225 +26.4.1290)
        
        G9. Ct Filippo I of Savoy, Aosta and Moriana (1268-85), Archbishop of Lyon and Bp of Valencia (1246-67), *Aiguebelle 1207, +Roussillon, Bugey 15/16.8.1285; m.11.7.1267 Adelheid von Andechs (+8.3.1279)
        G10. Bonifacio, Bp of Belley 1232, Archbishop of Canterbury (1241-68), Primate of England, *Chateau de St-Hélene-du-Lac 1207, +Chateau de St-Hélene-des-Millieres 14.7.1270; beatified 1838
        G11. Beatrice, *1206, +XII.1266; m.5.6.1219 Ct Raimund Berengar V of Provence (*1198 +19.8.1245)
        G12. Alice, Abbess of St.Pierre, Lyon 1250
        G13. Agata, Abbess of St.Pierre, Lyon
        G14. Margherita, *1212, +4.4.1270; 1m: 1.6.1218 Ct Hartmann I von Kyburg (+ca 1250); 2m: Eberhard von Laufenburg, Ct von Kyburg (+1284)
        G15. Avita; m.1237 Baldwin de Rivieres, Earl of Devon (+13.11.1261)
        G16. [illegitimate] Berold
        G17. [illegitimate] Benedict
        
        F2. [3m.] Alice Agnese, *1166, +1174
        F3. [3m.] Sophia, *1165, +3.12.1202; m.Azzo VI d'Este (*1170 +18.11.1212)
        F4. [3m.] Eleonora, +1204; m.1197 Marchese Bonifacio I del Montferrato (+4.9.1207)
        F5. [4m.] a daughter, +in 7 years
      - E2. Giovanni, a priest
      - E3. Pietro, a priest
      - E4. Guglielmo, a priest
      - E5. Elisa; m.ca 1140 Humbert III de Beaujeu (*ca 1120 +1174)
      - E6. Agnes, *ca 1138, +ca 1172; m.Ct William I of Geneva (*ca 1130 +25.7.1195)
      - E7. Matilda, *1125, +Coimbra 4.12.1157, bur there; m.1146 King Affonso I of Portugal (*25.7.1110 +6.12.1185)
      - E8. Margherita, a nun in Bons, nr Bugey, +after 1157
      - E9. Isabella
      - E10. Giuliana, Abbess of St.Andre-le-Haut, Vienne, +31.7.1194
    - D2. Guglielmo, Bp of Liege, +1130/31
    - D3. Umberto, +1131
    - D4. Guido, Abbot in Namur, Canon in Liege
    - D5. Rinaldo, Prevosto di San Maurizio d'Agauno, +after 1150
    - D6. Agnes, *ca 1105, +after 1180; m.Archambault VI de Bourbon (+1171)
    - D7. Adelaide, *ca 1092, +18.11.1154; 1m: Paris 25/30.4.1115 King Louis VI of France (*1081 +1.8.1137); 2m: 1141 (separated) Mathieu I de Montmorency (+after 1.8.1160)
  - C2. [parentage uncertain] Oddone
  - C3. Constanza; m.Marchese Oddone II del Montferrato (+20.11.1084)
  - C4. Adelaide, +1090; m.Manasses V de Coligny (fl 1066)
  - C5. Auxilia, +after 1094; m.ca 1080 Humbert II de Beaujeu (+1101)
- B3. Oddone, Bp of Asti 1073, +ca 1102
- B4. Berta, *1051, +27.12.1087; m.13.7.1066 Emperor Heinrich IV (*11.11.1050 +Liege 7.8.1106)
- B5. Adelaide, *after 1052, +1079; 1m: Cte Guigues IV d'Albon; 2m: 1067 Rudolf von Rheinfelden, Duke of Swabia, German King (*by 1027 +15.10.1080)

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