Biography of Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy 1178-1233

Paternal Family Tree: Savoy

Around 1155 [his father] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy (age 21) and [his step-mother] Gertrude Metz Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of Thierry Count Flanders (age 56) and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex and Flanders (age 43). He the son of [his grandfather] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy.

In 1164 [his father] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy (age 30) and Clementia Zähringen Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [his grandfather] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy.

In 1178 Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy was born to Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy (age 44) and Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy.

On 04 Mar 1188 [his father] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy (age 54) died. His son Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 10) succeeded I Count Savoy.

In 1195 Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 17) abducted [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 15).

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

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

Around 1198 [his daughter] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 20) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 18).

Around 1199 [his son] Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 21) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 19).

In 1203 [his son] Peter of Savoy 1st Earl of Richmond was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 25) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 23).

In 1207 [his son] Archbishop Philip of Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 29) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 27).

Around 1207 [his son] Archbishop Boniface Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 29) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 27).

In 1209 [his daughter] Alice of Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 31) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 29).

In 1215 [his daughter] Avita Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 37) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 35).

Around 1217 [his son] Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 20) and [his daughter-in-law] 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 [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 37). They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 05 Jun 1219 [his son-in-law] Raymond Berenguer Provence IV Count Provence (age 21) and [his daughter] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence (age 21) were married. She by marriage Countess Provence. She the daughter of Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 41) and [his wife] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 39). He the son of Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence and Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence (age 39). They were fourth cousins.

On 01 Mar 1233 Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy (age 55) died. His son [his son] Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy (age 36) succeeded IV Count Savoy.

Marriage of Henry III and Eleanor of Provence

Chronica Majora. Jan 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 [his son-in-law] Raymond (age 38), count of that province, with letters containing his own inmost thoughts about contracting a marriage with his daughter [his granddaughter] 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 daughter] daughter (age 38) of Thomas, the late count of Savoy, and sister of the present count, [his son] 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 [his granddaughter] Margaret (age 15), was married to [his grandson-in-law] 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 son] 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.

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

[his daughter] Margherita Savoy Countess Devon was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.

[his daughter] Ágatha Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.

[his son] Aimone Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.

[his father] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy and [his mother] Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [his grandfather] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy.

[his father] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy and Faidiva Toulose Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [his grandfather] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy.

[his son] Umberto Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.

[his son] Bishop William of Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.

[his son] Bishop Amadeus of Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy.