Thomas, Count of Savoy

Thomas I of Savoy (* 1180, † 1233 ) was the only son of Humbert III. of Savoy.

He joined the Imperial friendly party in Italy ( Ghibellines ) to, after him, Philip of Swabia was the Piedmontese feudal Chieri and Testona and the Vaudois fief Moudon and appointed him imperial vicar. At the end of his life, Thomas preferred the general title of Savoy, Count of Savoy, having previously called himself Count of Maurienne.

Marriage and issue

Thomas of Savoy married Beatrix of Geneva, whose children wealth was as legendary as the beauty and intelligence. The couple had no fewer than eight sons and at least two daughters:

  • Amadeus († 1253 ), Count of Savoy
  • Humbert († 1223 )
  • Thomas († 1259 ), Count of Savoy
  • Aimon, († 1237 ), Lord of Chablais
  • Wilhelm ( † 1239 ), Bishop of Valence in 1226 and Bishop of Liège in 1238
  • Amadeus († 1268 ), Bishop of Maurienne
  • Peter († 1268 ), Count of Savoy
  • Philipp († 1285), Count of Savoy, Bishop of Valence and Archbishop of Lyon
  • Boniface († 1270), Bishop of Belley and Archbishop of Canterbury
  • Beatrix ( † 1266 ), married to Raymond Berengar V a Count of Provence. From this marriage sprang four daughters, all of whom were major queens thanks to a clever wedding policy at the intersection of German and French territorial interests: Margaret of Provence ∞ Louis IX. the Holy King of France and had with this eleven children, including the later to become King of France Philip III. and Robert of Clermont, the founder of the Bourbon dynasty.
  • Eleanor of Provence, Henry III ∞. Plantagenet King of England and had with this nine children, including the later to become King of England Edward the Long overhang.
  • Sancha of Provence ∞ Richard of Cornwall the Roman-German king who had three sons with this and thus became the ancestress of the house Cornwallis.
  • Beatrice of Provence ∞ Charles of Anjou king of Naples and Sicily and had seven children with this, including the later to become King of Naples and Sicily, Charles II of Anjou, who afterwards became Latin Empress Beatrix and afterwards became Queen of Hungary Isabella.

Swell

  • Marie José: The house Sayoven, Published by the Foundation Pro Castellione, 1994
  • House of Savoy
  • Graf ( Savoy)
  • Born in the 12th century
  • Died in 1233
  • Man
Humbert III, Count of Savoy Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy Thomas, Count of Flanders William of Savoy Peter II, Count of Savoy Philip I, Count of Savoy Beatrice of Savoy Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence Philip III of France Henry III of England Edward I of England Sanchia of Provence Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall Charles II of Naples Integrated Authority File
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