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Birth:          ABT 1213 Savoy
Death:          1259 Saluzza-Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_of_Savoy,_Marchioness_of_Saluzzo
Beatrice of Savoy (before 4 March 1223 – 10 May before 1259) was a daughter of 
Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy and his first wife Marguerite of Burgundy.[1] She was a 
member of the House of Savoy by birth and by her first marriage she was Marchioness 
consort of Saluzzo.

Beatrice was the elder of two daughters; her younger sister Margaret was married to 
Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat. After the death of their mother, their father 
married Cecile of Baux and had further children including Boniface, Count of Savoy 
and a younger Beatrice.

Beatrice was first betrothed not long after her birth on 4 March 1223 to Manfred III, 
Marquess of Saluzzo. However, the contract was broken off but was then renewed on 
2 October 1227; a contract signed on that date refers to the dowry of Beatrice.[2] The 
couple were married in March 1233. They were married for eleven years until 
Manfred's death in 1244, leaving Beatrice with two children and pregnant with twins. 
They had the following children:
1.Alice (c. 1236 – before 12 Jul 1311), married Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract 
and had issue
2.Thomas (1239–1296), succeeded Manfred as Marquess
3.Agnes (1245 – after 4 August 1265), born posthumously, married John, son of 
Eustace de Vesci, no issue
4.Margaret (born 1245), born posthumously, twin of Agnes

Only two years after Manfred's death on 8 May 1246, Beatrice was betrothed a second 
time to Manfred, an illegitimate son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor by his 
mistress and possibly wife Bianca Lancia. Her marriage was arranged to recognize an 
alliance between Beatrice's father and Frederick.[3] The couple were married by proxy 
in March 1247 and the marriage contract was signed on 21 April 1247. Manfred and 
Beatrice had one daughter, Constance (1249-1302) who went on to marry Peter III of 
Aragon and became mother Alfonso III of Aragon, James II of Aragon and Elizabeth of 
Aragon.

In a testament from Beatrice's father dated 24 May 1253, the succession rights of 
Beatrice were bypassed in favor of her younger half-brother; the testament fails to 
mention Beatrice's second husband, possibly indicating a breakdown in the marriage.
[4] Beatrice died before 1259. Her husband became King of Sicily in 1258 and went 
on to marry Helena Angelina Doukaina and father children with her.

Parents
____ Amadeo IV (ABT 1197 - 24 Jun 1253)
DE BOURGOGNE Marguerite (Anna) (1190 - 13 Jul 1253)

Siblings
OF SAVOY Beatrice (ABT 1213 - 1259)

Marriage To ____ Manfredo III (ABT 1210 - 29 Oct 1244)
    m. Mar 1233 

Notes

Parents
DE SALUZZA Bonifacio (ABT 1180 - 1212)
DE TORRES Maria (ABT 1182 - )

Children by ____ Manfredo III ABT 1210 - 29 Oct 1244
DE SALUZZA Thomas (1239 - 23 Dec 1296)

Marriage To ____ Manfred (1232 - 26 Feb 1266)
    m. Mar 1247 

Notes

Parents
____ Frederick (Friedrich) II (26 Dec 1194 - 13 Dec 1250)
LANCIA Bianca (ABT 1200 - ABT 1245)

Children by ____ Manfred 1232 - 26 Feb 1266
OF SICILY Constance (Costanza) (1249 - 1302)

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