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Birth:          ABT 1175 of Geneva
Death:          8 Apr 1257 Pierre-Chatel, Isere, France
Burial:         Hautecombe Abbey, Savoy

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Geneva
Margaret of Geneva (1180?-1252), countess of Savoy, was the daughter of William I, 
Count of Geneva, and Beatrice de Faucigny (1160-1196).

She was supposed to become the third wife of Philip II of France. However, when her 
father was escorting her to France in May 1195, Thomas I of Savoy carried her off. 
Attracted by her youth and her beauty, Count Thomas then married her himself, 
claiming that Philip II was already married (the French King had married Ingeborg of 
Denmark in 1193 but had repudiated her soon thereafter). Margaret's father fell sick 
and died after the wedding, and her mother died the following year. Margaret was the 
mother of either 14 or 19 children.

Issue[edit]

The children of Marguerite and Thomas I of Savoy were:
Amadeus IV of Savoy (1197–1253)
Helena of Savoy (d. 1230)
Humbert (d. 1223)
Thomas, Count of Flanders, count in Piedmont
Elisabeth of Savoy (d. 1235)
Aimone (d. 1237), Lord of Chablais
Henry (1205-1230), Lord of Lyon
William of Savoy, Bishop of Valence and Dean of Vienne
Amadeus of Savoy, Bishop of Maurienne
Mary of Savoy (d. 1210)
Magdalena of Savoy (d. 1239), abbess of Hautecombe Abbey
Peter II of Savoy, Earl of Richmond and later disputed count of Savoy
Philip I of Savoy, archbishop of Lyon, later Count Palatine of Burgundy by marriage 
and disputed count of Savoy in 1268
Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
Beatrice of Savoy (1205 – 4 January 1267), wife of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of 
Provence. She was married in 1219 and was mother to four queens consort and 
maternal grandmother of Philip III of France and Edward I of England.
Alasia of Savoy (d. 1250), abbess of St Pierre, Lyon
Agatha of Savoy (d. 1245), abbess of St Pierre, Lyon
Margaret of Savoy (d. 1273), wife of Hartmann I of Kyburg
Avita of Savoy (1215–92), wife of Baldwin de Redvers, 7th Earl of Devon and later of 
Robert Aguillon (d. 1286)

Margaret was the ancestress of many royal houses, including the Valois and Bourbons. 
After her death, she was buried at Hautecombe Abbey in Savoy.

Parents
____ William (Guillaume) I (1130 - 25 Jul 1195)
DE FAUCIGNY Beatrice (Beatrix) (ABT 1138 - )

Siblings
DE GENEVA AND FAUCIGNY Margaret (Marguerite) (Beatrix ) (Nicole) (ABT 1175 - 8 Apr 1257)

Marriage To ____ Thomas I (20 Mar 1177 - 1 Mar 1233)
    m. 1196 

Notes

Parents
____ Humbert (Umberto) III "The Saint" (4 Aug 1136 - 4 Mar 1189)
DE MACON (DE VIENNE) Beatrice (Beatrix) (ABT 1161 - 8 Apr 1230)

Children by ____ Thomas I 20 Mar 1177 - 1 Mar 1233
____ Amadeo IV (ABT 1197 - 24 Jun 1253)
DE SAVOY Beatrice (ABT 1198 - Dec 1266)

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