Margaret of Geneva

Margaret of Geneva
Countess
Margaret of Geneva
PredecessorBeatrice of Viennois
SuccessorMargaret of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy
Bornc. 1179
Geneva, Switzerland
Diedc. 1258[1]
Paris, Kingdom of France
Spouse(s)Thomas I of Savoy
Issue
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Amadeus IV
Thomas ΙΙ
William of Savoy
Peter II
Philip I
Boniface
Beatrice
FatherWilliam I, Count of Geneva
MotherBeatrice de Faucigny (c. 1160–1196)

Margaret of Geneva (c. 1179–c. 1258[2]), was a countess of Savoy by marriage to Thomas I of Savoy.[3] She was the daughter of William I, Count of Geneva, and Beatrice de Faucigny (1160–1196).[3]

Life

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Margaret was supposed to become the third wife of Philip II of France.[4] However, when her father was escorting her to France in May 1195, Thomas I of Savoy carried her off.[5] Attracted by her beauty, Count Thomas then married her himself,[6] claiming that Philip II was already married (the French King had married Ingeborg of Denmark in 1193 but had repudiated her soon thereafter). Margaret's father fell sick and died after the wedding, and her mother died the following year.

William I de Genève descendants

After her death, she was buried at Hautecombe Abbey in Savoy.

Issue

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The children of Marguerite and Thomas I of Savoy were:

References

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  1. ^ https://epistolae.ctl.columbia.edu/woman/25343.html
  2. ^ University, Center for Teaching and Learning at Columbia. "Marguerite of Geneva". Epistolae. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Pollock 2015, p. 207.
  4. ^ Cox 1974, p. 10.
  5. ^ Cox 1974, p. 10-11.
  6. ^ Cox 1974, p. 11.
  7. ^ a b c d e Cox 1974, p. 462.
  8. ^ a b c d e Cox 1974, p. 463.

Sources

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  • Cox, Eugene L. (1974). The Eagles of Savoy : The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe. Princeton University Press.
  • Pollock, M.A. (2015). Scotland, England and France after the Loss of Normandy, 1204-1296: 'Auld Amitie'. The Boydell Press.
Preceded by Countess of Savoy
1195–1233
Succeeded by