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Personal data Béatrix de Savoie Comtesse de Provence 

• Alternative name: Beatrice di Savoia
• She was born on November 1, 1198 in Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, França.
• She was christened after October 31, 1198 in França.
• (note1) .Source 1

  Source: Becky J. Williams, Ed McCrocklin, John McGinty, et al.

• She died on January 4, 1267 in Chambeire, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, França, she was 68 years old.
• She is buried after January 3, 1267 in Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, département de la Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, França.
• A child of Tommaso di Savoia and Beatrice Marguerite de Genève
• This information was last updated on September 26, 2025.

Household of Béatrix de Savoie Comtesse de Provence

She is married to Ramon Berenguer.

They got married on June 5, 1219 at Aix-en-Provence, Provence, França, she was 20 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Marguerite Berenguer  1221-1295 
2. Éléonore de Provence  1223-1291 
3. Béatrice de Provence  1223-1267 

Notes about Béatrix de Savoie Comtesse de Provence

Béatrix de Savoie Comtesse de Provence
Beatrice di Savoia

Sources: Author: Williams, Becky J.; McCrocklin, Ed; McGinty, John; et al.; Title: "Beatrice di Savoia," (Publication site: Salt Lk. City UT, Publisher: Family Search, Publication date: xx Sept MMXXV)

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/details/LC7J-DQJ

"... Beatrice di Savoia Last Changed: April 27, 2025 [NN-Christian name not given] Falkner Sex Female Last Changed: October 4, 2022 Patricia [NN-family name not given]

Birth 1 November 1198 Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France Last Changed: September 9, 2024 Rodney Piper

Christening 1198 France Last Changed: January 18, 2025 [NN-anonymous, code-DavideTT]

Death 4 January 1267 Chambeire, Côte-d'Or, Burgundy, France Last Changed: March 6, 2024 Gail Elizabeth Eskridge

Burial 1267 Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, Departement de la Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France

Reason: La plupart des renseignements d'état-civil et les liens de parenté correspondent. Certains détails présentent des conflits mineurs. Numéros d'identification : G8QL-8XT et G8TG-9TY. Last Changed: November 27, 2022 Thomas F. Kelly Jr.

Alternate Name Also Known As Beatrice de savoie
Alternate Name Also Known As beatrix

Marriage Place December 1220 Chambbery, Savoie, France

Title of Nobility From 1220 to 1245 Countess of Provence
Title Between 1220 and 1267 Countess of Provence
Countess of Provence from 1220 to 1267
Title of Nobility • 0 Sources Countess of Savoy

Spouses & Children

Comte Raymond Berenger IV de Provença et de Forcalquier Male 1195-1245 KZT9-DPC [<-ancestor]
Beatrice di Savoia Female 1198-1267 LC7J-DQJ [<-ancestress]
Marriage 5 June 1219 Aix-en-Provence, Provence, France

Children (6)

[1] de Provence Male 1220-1220 GFFG-846
[2] Marguerite de Provence reine de France Female 1221-1295 L8WY-WSB [<-ancestress]
[3] Raimund de Provence Male 1221-Deceased 9MQK-8BN
[4] Béatrice de Provence Female 1223-1267 9MNJ-ZHM [<-ancestress]
[5] Queen Eleanor of Provence Female 1223-1291 9HD3-MC1 [<-ancestress]
[6] Sancha de Provence Female 1228-1261 MJYB-YMJ

Parents & Siblings

Tommaso di Savoia I Male 1178-1233 LY9J-4WR [<-ancestor]
Beatrice Marguerite de Genève Female 1180-1257 LBP9-Y7L [<-ancestress]
Marriage May 1195 Savoie, France

Children (10)

[1] Amedeo di Savoia IV Male 1197-1253 9Q3R-1RB
[2] Beatrice di Savoia Female 1198-1267 LC7J-DQJ [<-ancestress]
[3] Tommaso di Savoia II Male 1199-1259 GXQJ-PSJ
[4] Aimone di Savoia Male 1200-1242 9Q3R-1K4
[5] Peter Ii Earl of Richmond Disputed Count of De Savoy Male 1203-1268 LDLH-WX3
[6] Filippo I di Savoia archivescovo di Lione Male 1207-1285 GJ9M-WY6
[7] Alice de Savoie , abbesse de St Pierre de Lyon Female 1209-1277 GZ21-71Q
[8] Margherita di Savoia Female 1212-1273 GXQT-TCN
[9] Avita De Savoie Female 1215-1292 GM34-Y7Z
[10] Bonifacio di Savoia archivescovo di Canterbury Male 1217-1270 M1V9-3C4

Brief Life History

Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson, Vol. 2 pg 298; Vol. 3 pg 28; Vol. 4 pg 629

... daughter of Thomas (or Tommaso) I, Count of Savoy, Marquis in Italy
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Foundation for Medieval Genealogy:

BEATRIX de Savoie, daughter of THOMAS I Comte de Savoie & his wife Marguerite [Beatrix] de Genève ([1205]-Dec 1266 or 4 Jan 1267). Matthew of Paris names her as daughter of "comitis Sabaldiæ Thomæ iam mortui, sororem comitis Sabaldiæ adhuc viventis Amidei", when he records the marriage of her daughter to Henry III King of England. The contract of marriage between "Thomas comes Sabaldie et marchio in Ytalia filia sua" and "Raimundi Berengarii comitis Provinciæ et Forcalquerii" is dated 5 Jun 1219, and names "A. et V. filii Thomæ comitis et A. cometissa uxor eius" as guarantors. She transformed the court at Aix into one of the most celebrated in Europe. After quarrelling with her son-in-law Charles Comte d'Anjou over the usufruct of the county of Provence she retired to Echelles in Savoy. The marriage of her daughter Eléonore with Henry III King of England in 1236 signalled the establishment of close ties between the English court and the house of Savoy, the foreign immigrants becoming increasingly unpopular in England and contributing to the difficulties experienced by the king with his barons. The testament of "Beatricis relictæ Raimundi Berengarii comitis Provinciæ", dated 14 Jan 1264, confirms her previous testaments appointing "Reginarum filiarum suarum Margarethæ Franciæ et Alienoræ Angliæ, fratrum suorum Bonifacii archiepiscopi Cantuar. et Petri comitis Sabaudiæ" as her heirs, chooses burial "in hospitali Scalarum", and adds bequests to "Philippo electo Lugdun. fratri suo altero Agneti comitissæ Sabaudiæ dominiæ Fuciniaci, Cæciliæ relictæ Amedei Sabaudiæ comitis, Beatrici relictæ Thomæ de Sabaudia comitis...Contissoni Eleonoræ aliæ filiæ Thomæ comitis Contissoni dominæ Medullionis nepti suæ Margarithæ matri marchionis Montisferrati nepti suæ, Rodulpho archiepiscopo Tarantas, A. episcopo de Dyone consanguineo testatricis, Petro episcopo Hereford filiabus Rodolphi et Henrici de Gebennis, et filiæ domini de Camera" as well as numerous bequests to religious institutions, orders "Contissona filia Amedei comitis Eleonoræ filiæ Thomæ fratris sui" to fulfil religious bequests, and appoints "Johannem archiepiscopum Viennensem et Rodulphum Tarantasiensem, Philippum electum Lugdun. fratrem suum, episcopum Gratianopolitanum, Humbertum abbatem Altacumbæ et Stephanum archidiaconum Cantaruensium" as her executors. A second testament of "Beatrix relicta Dom. Reymundi Berengarii comitis provinciæ", dated 22 Feb 1264, chooses burial "in ecclesia Hospitalis S. Joannis Hierosolymitani", adds bequests to "Thomam Amedeum et Ludovicum filios quondam Dom. Thome fratris mei Alienore filie predicti comitis Thome filie Contissone de Medullione filie domini de Camera Beringarie filie Dom. Benedicti de Castellione Beatrice Andegavie comitisse". The testament of "Bonifacius archiepiscopus Cantuarensis", dated 11 Oct 1264, made bequests to "sorori suæ comitissæ Provinciæ sorori suæ alteræ comitissæ de Quiborc". A second necrology of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne records the death "II Non Jan" of "vidua dna comitssa Provincie".
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Wiki (5-2012):
Beatrice of Savoy (1205 - 4 January 1267) was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Margaret of Geneva. She was Countess consort of Provence by her marriage to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence.

Her paternal grandparents were Humbert III, Count of Savoy, and Beatrice of Viennois. Her maternal grandparents were William I, Count of Geneva and Beatrice de Faucigny. Beatrice of Savoy's mother, Margaret was betrothed to Philip II of France. While Margaret was traveling to France for her wedding, she was captured by Beatrice's father, Thomas. He took her back to Savoy and married her himself. Thomas' excuse was that Philip II was already married, which was true.

Beatrice was the tenth of fourteen children born to her parents. Her siblings included: Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy, Thomas II of Piedmont, Peter II, Count of Savoy, Philip I, Count of Savoy, Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury, Avita the Countess of Devon and Margherita of Savoy wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg.

Beatrice betrothed on 5 June 1219 to Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence; they married in December 1220. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all lived to adulthood, and married kings. Their only son, Raymond died in early infancy.

Margaret, Queen of France (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
Eleanor, Queen of England (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
Sanchia, Queen of Germany (1228-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
Beatrice, Queen of Sicily (1234-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
Raymond of Provence, died young

Beatrice came to England to see her third daughter Sanchia wedded to Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, brother-in-law of Eleanor. Beatrice's husband Ramon Berenguer IV was detained by state difficulties which his wife solved by getting a loan from her son-in-law Henry III of four thousand marks.

When Ramon Berenguer had died on 19 August 1245, he left Provence to his youngest daughter. Beatrice's daughter and namesake then became one of the most attractive heiresses in medieval Europe. Various suitors had tried to seize her, so Beatrice of Savoy placed the younger Beatrice in a safe fortress, secured the trust of its people then went to the Pope for his protection. In Cluny during December 1245, a secret discussion, between Pope Innocent IV, Louis IX of France, his mother Blanche of Castile and his brother Charles of Anjou, took place. It was decided that in return for Louis IX supporting the Pope militarily, the Pope would allow Charles of Anjou, youngest brother to the French King, to marry Beatrice of Provence. But Provence was to never go to France outright through Charles. It was agreed that if Charles and Beatrice had children, the county would go to them; if there was no issue, then the county would go to Sanchia of Provence. If Sanchia died without an heir, Provence would go to the King of Aragon.

The generally good relationship between the four sisters also did much to improve the relationship of the French and English kings. It brought about the Treaty of Paris, where differences were resolved. Beatrice and all her four daughters participated in the talks.

Beatrice of Savoy was granted the usufruct of the county of Provence for her lifetime, according to her husband's will. Beatrice outlived her third daughter Sanchia and came close to outliving her youngest daughter Beatrice, who died months after her mother (Beatrice the elder died in January, Beatrice the younger died in September). Beatrice of Savoy died on 4 January 1267.
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'Plantagenet Ancestry', by Douglas Richardson pg 653
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geni.com
Beatrice de Savoy, Beatrice De Orléans, "Countess consort of Provence"
Birth: 1205 Birthplace: Chambéry, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
Death: 4 January 1267 Caen, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Place of Burial: France
Immediate Family:
Daughter of Thomas I, comte de Savoie and Marguerite Beatrice of Savoy
Wife of Raymond Bérenger IV, comte de Provence
Mother of Marguerite de Provence, reine consort de France; Eleanor of Provence, Queen Consort of England; Sanchia of Provence, Queen of the Romans; Beatrice di Provenza, regina consorte di Sicilia; Raymond de Provence; and Henry de Bath
Sister of Amadeus IV, count of Savoy; Humbert comte de Savoie; Thomas II, comte-régent de Savoie; Aymon de Savoie; Guillaume de Savoie; Pietro comte de Savoie-Faucigny, II; Boniface de Savoie; Filippo I, comte de Savoie; Alix de Savoie; Agathe de Savoie and Marguerite de Savoie.
Half sister of Beraud de Savoie; Benoit de Savoie; Amedee de Savoie, Bishop of Maurienne and Avoie de Savoie.
Occupation: Countess consort of Provence, Celebrated with her husband for learning and literary taste, Grevinna av Savoy, Countess of Provence, Countess of Savoy, Countess of Province"
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