Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 1125-1157

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.

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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.

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.

Royal Ancestors of Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 1125-1157

Kings France: Great x 11 Grand Daughter of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King of the Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 1125-1157
Number after indicates the number of unique routes of descent. Descendants of Kings and Queens not included.

Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon [1]

Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal [1]

Ancestors of Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 1125-1157

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 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 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