Beatrice of Albon

Béatrice d' Albon (* 1161, † December 16, 1228 at the Castle of Vizille ) was from 1162 Dauphine of Viennois, Countess of Albon, Grenoble, Oisans and Briançon; she was the daughter of Guigues d' Albon V., Dauphin of Viennois and Beatrice of Montferrat.

Her father died when she was only 1 year old, so they ( † 1164 ) was under the regency of her grandmother Clementia of Burgundy, who put their might to get her a husband.

Already 1164. Aged three years and in the year of death of her grandmother, she was married. Her husband was Alberic Taillefer of Toulouse, the second son of Raymond V, Count of Toulouse and Constance of France, even only seven years old, but the nephew of King Louis VII - the approach of the Dauphiné, which belonged to the Empire, to the Kingdom of France, had begun.

After the death of the grandmother, the mother took over the regency for Béatrice. Alberic Taillefer died in 1183 without issue. In the same year, on September 1, married the young widow again, this time the Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (* 1148, † 1192 ), with whom she had three children.:

  • André Guigues VI. (* 1184, † 1237 ), Dauphin of Viennois
  • Married Mahaut (* 1190; , † 1242 ), the 1214 Johann Count of Chalon and Auxonne († 1267 * 1190 )
  • Anne (* 1192, † 1243 ), the 1222 Amadeus IV (* 1197, † 1253 ), Count of Savoy married.

Hugo III. took part in the Third Crusade and died in 1192 in Tyre. The following year, Béatrice was a her third marriage, this time with a nobleman from Bresse, Hugo of Coligny (* 1170, † 1205 ), Lord of Coligny -le- Neuf, with whom she had two more children:

  • Beatrix, † 1240/41, Dame de Malleval et de Rochechaume; ∞ Albert III. , Sire de La Tour ( -du Pin), † 1259/60 ( House La Tour -du-Pin ). Her grandson Humbert I of La Tour du Pin married his cousin 3rd degree, Anne, granddaughter of Guigues VI. , And Dauphin of Viennois was.
  • Marie, 1234/66 Dame de Varey, de Vaux et de Saint- Sorlin; ∞ 1241 Raoul ( Rodolphe ), 1253 Count of Geneva, † 1265
  • Dauphin of Viennois
  • House Albon
  • Older house Burgundy
  • Born in 1161
  • Died in 1228
  • Woman
List of Counts of Albon and Dauphins of Viennois Guigues V of Albon March of Montferrat Louis VII of France Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy
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