Paternal Family Tree: Savoy
In 1123 [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy [aged 28] and [her mother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [her grandfather] Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy and [her grandmother] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy [aged 53].
Around 1125 Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal was born to Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy [aged 30] and Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy.
On 24th July 1128 [her future husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 18] was appointed Count Portugal.
On 26th July 1139 [her future husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 30] was appointed I King Portugal.
In 1146 Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 36] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 21] were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy [aged 51] and Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy. He the son of Henry Burgundy Count Portugal and Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez.
On 5th March 1147 [her son] Henry Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 37] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 22]. He died aged seven in 1155.
In 1148 [her daughter] Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 38] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 23]. She married before 15th August 1171 her half second cousin Ferdinand II King Leon, son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon, and had issue.
In April 1148 [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy [aged 53] died at Nicosia. His son [her brother] Humbert [aged 14] succeeded III Count Savoy.
In 1151 [her daughter] Theresa Burgundy Duchess Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 41] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 26]. She married (1) her fourth cousin Philip I Count of Flanders, son of Thierry Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex (2) 1194 her half second cousin twice removed Odo III Duke Burgundy, son of Hugh III Duke Burgundy and Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy.
In 1153 [her daughter] Malfada Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 43] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 28]. She died aged nine in 1162.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 11th November 1154 [her son] Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 45] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 29]. His nickname "Populator" not a consequence of the number of children he fathered, over sixty apparently, but his policy of populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal. He married his fifth cousin Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal, daughter of Raymond V Count Barcelona, and had issue.
Around 1155 [her brother] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy [aged 21] and [her sister-in-law] Gertrude Metz Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of Thierry Count Flanders [aged 56] and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex [aged 43]. He the son of [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and [her mother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy. They were fifth cousin once removed.
In 1155 [her son] Henry Burgundy [aged 7] died.
In 1156 [her son] John Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 46] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 31]. He died aged eight in 1164.
In 1157 [her daughter] Sancha Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 47] and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 32]. She died aged ten in 1167.
On 3rd December 1157 Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal [aged 32] died.
On 6th December 1185 [her former husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal [aged 76] died. His son Sancho [aged 31] succeeded I King Portugal and reigned for twenty six years.
[her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and Adelaide Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [her grandfather] Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy and [her grandmother] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy.
Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert "White Handed" Savoy I Count Savoy
Great x 2 Grandfather: Otto Savoy
Great x 1 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy
Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy
father: 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: Adalbert King of Italy
5 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 3 Grandfather: Otto William Ivrea I Count Burgundy
6 x Great Grandson of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 2 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 4 Grandfather: Renaud Unknown
Great x 3 Grandmother: Ermentrude Countess Burgundy
Great x 1 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 Grandfather: Richard "Fearless" Normandy I Duke Normandy
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard "Good" Normandy II Duke Normandy
Great x 4 Grandmother: Gunnora Countess Ponthieu
Great x 2 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 4 Grandfather: Conan "Crooked" Penthièvre III Duke Brittany
Great x 3 Grandmother: Judith Penthièvre Duchess Normandy 7 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
Great x 4 Grandmother: Ermengarde Gerberga Ingelger Duchess Brittany 6 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
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 1 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy
Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 11 x Great Granddaughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor
mother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy