Archbishop Boniface Savoy 1207-1270

Paternal Family Tree: Savoy

Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy 1180-1252

In 1195 [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 17] and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 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.

Around 1207 Archbishop Boniface Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 29] and Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 27].

Around 1217 [his brother] Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy [aged 20] and [his sister-in-law] Margaret Burgundy Countess Savoy [aged 25] were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of Hugh III Duke Burgundy and Beatrice of Albon Duchess Burgundy [aged 56]. He the son of [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 39] and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 37]. They were fourth cousins. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King William "Conqueror" I of England.

On 5th June 1219 [his brother-in-law] Raymond IV Count Provence [aged 21] and [his sister] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Countess Provence. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy [aged 41] and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 39]. He the son of Alfonso Barcelona II Count Provence and Gersenda II Sabran Countess Provence [aged 39]. They were fourth cousins.

In 1224 [his brother] Bishop William of Savoy was elected Bishop Valence.

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

In 1239 [his brother] Bishop William of Savoy died.

In 1241 [his brother] Archbishop Philip of Savoy [aged 34] was elected Bishop Valence.

On 18th December 1244 [his brother] Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy [aged 47] and [his sister-in-law] Cecilia Baux Countess Savoy [aged 14] were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. The difference in their ages was 33 years. He the son of [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 64].

In 1245 [his brother] Archbishop Philip of Savoy [aged 38] was elected Archbishop of Lyons.

On 15th January 1245 Archbishop Boniface Savoy [aged 38] was consecrated Archbishop of Canterbury at Lyon, France [Map] by Pope Innocent IV during the First Council of Lyon.

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.

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In 1252 [his brother] Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders [aged 53] and [his sister-in-law] Beatrice Fieschi were married. He the son of [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 72].

In 1252 [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy [aged 72] died.

On 24th June 1253 [his brother] Amedeo Savoy IV Count Savoy [aged 56] died without male issue. His son [his nephew] Boniface [aged 8] succeeded Count Savoy.

In 1257 Bishop Hugh de Balsham was elected Bishop of Ely by the monks of Ely contrary to King Henry III of England and the Archbishop of Canterbury Boniface of Savoy [aged 50]. Boniface declared the election invalid, and attempted to install Adam Marsh in the see. Both sides appealed to Rome. The election was confirmed by Pope Alexander IV in 1257.

In 1257 [his brother-in-law] Baldwin Redvers 7th Earl Devon [aged 20] and [his sister] Margherita Savoy Countess Devon were married. She by marriage Countess Devon. She the daughter of [his father] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and [his mother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy. He the son of Baldwin Redvers 6th Earl Devon and Amice Clare Countess Devon [aged 36].

On 10th March 1258 Bishop Walter Branscombe [aged 38] was ordained priest and was consecrated Bishop of Exeter by Archbishop Boniface Savoy [aged 51].

On 7th February 1259 [his brother] Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders [aged 60] died.

In 1263 [his nephew] Boniface Savoy [aged 18] died. His uncle [his brother] Peter [aged 60] succeeded Count Savoy.

Around 1267 [his sister] Beatrice Savoy Countess Provence [aged 69] died.

On 15th May 1268 [his brother] Peter of Savoy 1st Earl of Richmond [aged 65] died. He left the Honour of Richmond to his niece Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England [aged 45] who transferred it to the crown.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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On 21st October 1268 Bishop Ainan II was consecrated at Southwark Cathedral [Map] by Archbishop Boniface Savoy [aged 61] and Bishop Walter Branscombe [aged 48].

In 1273 [his sister] Margherita Savoy Countess Devon died.

On 18th July 1279 Archbishop Boniface Savoy [aged 72] died.

Royal Ancestors of Archbishop Boniface Savoy 1207-1270

Kings France: Great x 13 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Ancestors of Archbishop Boniface Savoy 1207-1270

Great x 4 Grandfather: Otto Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy 10 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandfather: Reginald Ivrea I Count Burgundy 7 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandfather: William I Count Burgundy 8 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 4 Grandmother: Alice Normandy Countess Burgundy 8 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 2 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy 9 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 3 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy 11 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Great x 1 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy

father: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy 12 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Archbishop Boniface Savoy 13 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Grandfather: William I Count Geneva

mother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy