Beatrice of Viennois

Beatrice of Viennois
Spouse(s)	Humbert III, Count of Savoy
Noble family	House of Ivrea
Father	Géraud I, Count of Mâcon
Mother	Maurette de Salins
Born	1160 Vienne, France
Died	1230 Champagne-et-Fontaine, Aquitaine, France

Beatrice of Vienne (1160–1230) was a Countess of Savoy. Originally a member of the House of Mâcon, she was married in 1176 to Humbert III, Count of Savoy.

Biography

Beatrice was born in 1160 in Vienne, France, the second child of Géraud I of Mâcon and Maurette de Salins. She was descended from the House of Mâcon and had seven siblings.

After the death of Humbert III, Count of Savoy's third wife, Clementia of Zähringen, in 1175, Humbert was inconsolable and refused to remarry; however, he had no male heir. His advisers persuaded him to wed Beatrice the following year.^[1] Beatrice gave birth to Thomas, Count of Savoy in 1178.^[2]

Beatrice died in 1230 in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Aquitaine, France.

References

1. Blanchard, Claudius (1874). Histoire de l'abbaye d'Hautecombe en Savoie avec pièces justificatives inédites [History of Hautecombe Abbey in Savoie with Unpublished Supporting Documents] (in French). Chambéry: F. Puthod. pp. 98–101. OCLC 29033857.
2. Boucharlat, Alain (1997). La Fontaine de Siloé [The Fountain of Siloé] (in French). p. 17. ISBN 978-2862532219.