EFL - Enciclopedia delle Famiglie Lombarde

http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAVOY.htm BEATRIX de Savoie ([1205]-D ec 1266 or 4 Jan 1267). Matthew of Paris names her as daughter of "com itis Sabaldiæ Thomæ iam mortui, sororem comitis Sabaldiæ adhuc vive ntis Amidei", when he records the marriage of her daughter to Henry II I King of England [1]. It is improbable that she was born much later t han 1205 as she gave birth to her first child in 1221. The contract o f marriage between "Thomas… comes Sabaldie et marchio in Ytalia… f ilia sua" and "Raimundi Berengarii… comitis Provinciæ et Forcalquer ii" is dated 5 Jun 1219, and names "A. et V. filii Thomæ comitis et A . cometissa uxor eius" as guarantors [2]. She transformed the court a t Aix into one of the most celebrated in Europe. After quarrelling wit h her son-in-law Charles Comte d'Anjou over the usufruct of the count y of Provence she retired to Echelles in Savoy [3]. The marriage of he r daughter Eléonore with Henry III King of England in 1236 signalle d the establishment of close ties between the English court and the ho use of Savoy, the foreign immigrants becoming increasingly unpopular i n England and contributing to the difficulties experienced by the kin g with his barons. The testament of "Beatricis relictæ Raimundi Beren garii comitis Provinciæ", dated 14 Jan 1264, confirms her previous te staments appointing "Reginarum filiarum suarum Margarethæ Franciæ e t Alienoræ Angliæ, fratrum suorum Bonifacii archiepiscopi Cantuar. e t Petri comitis Sabaudiæ" as her heirs, chooses burial "in hospital i Scalarum", and adds bequests to "Philippo electo Lugdun. fratri su o altero… Agneti comitissæ Sabaudiæ dominiæ Fuciniaci, Cæcili