Biography of Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy 1197-1253

Paternal Family Tree: Savoy

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252

In 1195 [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 17) and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 15) were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [his grandfather] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy.

In 1197 Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 19) and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 17).

Around 1217 Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 20) and Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy (age 25) were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of Hugh III Duke Burgundy and Beatrice of Albon Duchess Burgundy (age 56). He the son of Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 39) and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 37). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 6th July 1218 [his brother-in-law] Odo III Duke Burgundy (age 52) died. His son Hugh (age 5) succeeded IV Duke Burgundy.

Before 4th March 1223 [his daughter] Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 26) and [his wife] Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy (age 31).

In 1233 [his son-in-law] Manfred King Sicily (age 1) and [his daughter] Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo (age 9) were married. She the daughter of Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 36) and [his wife] Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy (age 41). He the illegitmate son of Frederick I King Jerusalem II Holy Roman Emperor (age 38) and Bianca Lancia. They were fifth cousins. She a great x 4 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

In 1233 [his son-in-law] Manfred III Marquess Saluzzo and [his daughter] Beatrice Savoy Marchioness of Saluzzo (age 9) were married. She the daughter of Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 36) and [his wife] Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy (age 41).

On 1st March 1233 [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 55) died. His son Amedeo (age 36) succeeded IV Count Savoy.

Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

Chronica Majora. January 1236. Anno Domini 1236, which was the twentieth year of the reign of King Henry the Third, he held his court at Winchester at Christmas, where he observed that festival with rejoicings. He was at this time anxiously looking for the return of the special messengers, whom he had sent into Provence to Raymond (age 38), count of that province, with letters containing his own inmost thoughts about contracting a marriage with his daughter Eleanor (age 13). This said count was a man of illustrious race and brave in battle, but, by continual wars, he had wasted almost all the money he possessed. He had married the [his sister] daughter (age 38) of [his father] Thomas, the late count of Savoy, and sister of the present count, Amadeus (age 39), a woman of remarkable beauty, by name Beatrice. This lady had issue by the aforesaid count, two daughters of great beauty, the elder of whom, named Margaret (age 15), was married to Louis (age 21), the French king, as we are told by a clerk named John de Gates; and the king of England had now, by the aforesaid messengers, demanded the younger one, a young lady of handsome appearance, in marriage. In order to obtain this favour, he had secretly sent Richard, prior of Hurle, in advance, who faithfully and with diligence brought the matter to a conclusion. On the prior's returning and telling the king the result, the latter sent him back to the count with some other messengers, namely, the bishops Hugh of Ely, and Robert of Hereford, and the brother of Robert de SANFORD, the master of the Knights Templars. These messengers were received by the count on their arrival in Provence with the greatest honour and respect, and from his hands received his daughter Eleanor, for the purpose of being united to the King of England; she was also attended by her uncle, [his brother] William, bishop elect of Valentia; a man of distinction, and by the count of Champagne, a relation of the English king. The king of Navarre, on learning that they would travel through his territories, went joyfully to meet them, and accompanied them as a guide through his dominions during a journey of five days and more; he also, from his natural generosity, paid all their expenses, both for horses and attendants. Their retinue consisted of more than three hundred horsemen, not including the people who followed them in great numbers. On reaching the boundaries of France, they obtained not only a safe but honourable passage through that country, under conduct of the French king and his queen, the sister of the lady about to be married to the English king, and also of Blanche (age 47), the French king's mother. They embarked at the port of Sandwich [Note. Should be Wissant], and with full sail made for Dover, Kent [Map], where they arrived, after a quick passage, before they were expected.

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In 1243 [his wife] Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy (age 51) died.

On 18th December 1244 Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 47) and Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy (age 14) were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 64).

In 1245 [his son] Boniface Savoy was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 48) and [his wife] Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy (age 15).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1250 [his daughter] Beatrice Savoy was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 53) and [his wife] Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy (age 20).

In 1252 [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 72) died.

On 24th June 1253 Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 56) died without male issue. His son [his son] Boniface (age 8) succeeded Count Savoy.

In 1275 [his former wife] Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy (age 45) died.

[his daughter] Constance Savoy was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy and Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy.

[his daughter] Margaret Savoy was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy and Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy.

[his daughter] Eleanor Savoy was born to Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy and Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy.

Biography of Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy 1197-1253

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