This is a list of consorts of the Savoyard monarchs.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Countess | Ceased to be Countess | Death | Spouse |
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Ancilla of Aosta/Lenzburg/Nyon | rettore laico dell'abbazia di Saint-Maurice d'Agaune or Arnold von Schannis, master of ceremonies of Burgundy or Anselmo di Nyon | 974, if she was daughter of Arnold | 995/1000 | 1003 husband's accession | 1047–1051 husband's death | - | Humbert I | |
Adila | - | - | 1030 | 1047–1051 husband's accession | 1051–1056 husband's death | - | Amadeus I | |
Adelaide of Susa, Marchioness of Turin | Ulric Manfred II of Turin (Arduinici) | 1014/20 | 1046 | 1051–1056 husband's accession | 1057–1060 husband's death | 19 December 1091 | Otto | |
Agnes of Aquitaine | William VII, Duke of Aquitaine (Ramnulfids) | 1052 | 1064 | 9 July 1078 husband's death | after 18 June 1089 | Peter I | ||
Joan of Geneva | Gérold II, Count of Geneva (Geneva) | - | 1065/70 | 26 January 1080 husband's death | 1095 | Amadeus II | ||
Gisela of Burgundy | William I, Count of Burgundy (Ivrea) | 1075 | 1090 | 19 October 1103 husband's death | May 1133 | Humbert II | ||
Adelaide | - | - | 1120/23 | after July 1134 | Amadeus III | |||
Mahaut of Albon | Guigues III, Count of Albon (Albon) | 1112/16 | July 1134/1135 | after 30 March 1148 | ||||
Faidiva of Toulouse | Alfonso I Jordan, Count of Toulouse (Rouergue) | - | before 3 January 1151 | 1154 | Humbert III | |||
Gertrude of Flanders | Theodoric I, Count of Flanders (Metz) | 1112/16 | 1155 | before 1162 divorce | 3 March, after 1186 | |||
Clementia of Zähringen | Conrad I, Duke of Zähringen (Zähringen) | - | 1164 | 1167/73/75 | ||||
Beatrice of Viennois | Gerard I, Count of Mâcon and Vienne (Ivrea) | 1112/16 | 1175/77 | 4 March 1189 husband's death | 8 April 1230 | |||
Margaret of Geneva | William I, Count of Geneva (Geneva) | - | 1195/6 | 1 March 1233 husband's death | 8 April 1257 | Thomas I | ||
Margaret (Anne) of Burgundy | Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundy) | 1192 | before 1222 | 1 March 1233 husband's accession | 1243 | Amadeus IV | ||
Cecile of Baux | Barral of Baux (Baux) | - | 18 December 1244 | 24 June 1253 husband's death | 21 May 1275 | |||
Agnes of Faucigny | Aymon II, Sire de Faucigny (Faucigny) | - | after 25 June 1236 | 7 June 1263 husband's accession | 15 May 1268 husband's death | 11 August 1268 | Peter II | |
Adelaide, Countess Palatine of Burgundy | Otto I, Duke of Merania (Andechs) | 1209 | 11 June 1267 | 15 May 1268 husband's accession | 8 March 1279 | Philip I | ||
Sybille of Bâgé | Guy II, Sire of Bâgé (Bâgé) | 5 April/20 October 1255 | 5 July 1272 | 16 August 1285 husband's accession | 28 February 1294 | Amadeus V | ||
Marie of Brabant | John I, Duke of Brabant (Leuven) | 1278/85 | 23 October 1297/1304 | 16 October 1323 husband's death | after 2 November 1338 | |||
Bianca of Burgundy | Robert II, Duke of Burgundy (Burgundy) | 1288 | 18 October 1307 | 16 October 1323 husband's accession | 4 November 1329 husband's death | 27/28 July 1348 | Edward | |
Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat | Theodore I Palaeologos, Marquess of Montferrat (Palaiologoi) | June 1318 | 1 May 1330 | 24 December 1342 | Aimone | |||
Bonne of Bourbon | Peter I, Duke of Bourbon (Bourbon) | 1341 | September 1355 | 1 March 1383 husband's death | 19 January 1402 | Amadeus VI | ||
Bonne of Berry | John of France, Duke of Berry (Valois) | 1362/1365 | 18 January 1377 | 1 March 1383 husband's accession | 1 November 1391 husband's death | 30 December 1435 | Amadeus VII | |
Mary of Burgundy | Philip the Bold (Valois-Burgundy) | September 1386 | May 1401 | 1416 became Duchess | 2 October 1422 | Amadeus VIII | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Marie of Burgundy | Philip the Bold (Valois) | September 1386 | May 1401 | 1416 became Duchess | 2 October 1422 | Amadeus VIII | ||
Anne of Cyprus | Janus of Cyprus (Lusignan) | 24 September 1418 | 12 February 1434 | 7 November 1434 husband's accession | 11 November 1462 | Louis | ||
Yolande of France | Charles VII of France (Valois) | 23 September 1434 | 1452 | 29 January 1465 husband's accession | 30 March 1472 husband's death | 23 August 1478 | Amadeus IX | |
Bianca Maria Sforza | Galeazzo Maria Sforza, Duke of Milan (Sforza) | 5 April 1472 | January 1474 | 22 September 1482 husband's death | 31 December 1510 | Philibert I | ||
Blanche Palaiologina of Montferrat | William VIII Palaiologos, Marquess of Montferrat (Palaiologoi) | 1472 | 1 April 1485 | 13 March 1490 husband's death | 30 March 1519 | Charles I | ||
Claudine de Brosse | John II of Brosse (Brosse) | 1450 | 11 November 1485 | 16 April 1496 husband's accession | 7 November 1497 husband's death | 13 October 1513 | Philip II | |
Yolande Louise of Savoy | Charles I, Duke of Savoy (Savoy) | 2/11 July 1487 | 1496 | 7 November 1497 husband's accession | 12/13 September 1499 | Philibert II | ||
Margaret of Austria | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (Habsburg) | 10 January 1480 | 2 December 1501 | 10 September 1504 husband's death | 1 December 1530 | |||
Beatrice of Portugal | Manuel I of Portugal (Aviz) | 31 December 1504 | 29 September 1521 | 8 January 1538 | Charles III | |||
Marguerite of France | Francis I of France (Valois) | 5 June 1523 | 10 July 1559 | 15 September 1574 | Emmanuel Philibert | |||
Caterina Micaela of Austria | Philip II of Spain (Habsburg) | 10 October 1567 | 11 March 1585 | 6 November 1597 | Charles Emmanuel I | |||
Christine of France | Henry IV of France (Bourbons of France) | 10 February 1606 | 10 February 1619 | 26 July 1630 husband's accession | 7 October 1637 husband's death | 27 December 1663 | Victor Amadeus I | |
Françoise Madeleine d'Orléans | Gaston of France, Duke of Orléans (Orléans) | 13 October 1648 | 4 March 1663 | 14 January 1664 | Charles Emmanuel II | |||
Marie Jeanne of Savoy | Charles Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Nemours (Savoy (Nemours branch)) | 11 April 1644 | 10 May 1665 | 12 June 1675 husband's death | 15 March 1724 | |||
Anne Marie d'Orléans | Philippe of France, Duke of Orléans (Orléans) | 27 August 1669 | 10 April 1684 | 11 April 1713 became Queen of Sicily | 26 August 1728 | Victor Amadeus II | ||
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Duchess | Ceased to be Duchess | Death | Spouse |
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Infanta Maria Antonia of Spain | Philip V of Spain (Bourbons of Spain) | 17 November 1729 | 31 May 1750 | 20 February 1773 husband's accession | 19 September 1785 | Prince Victor Amadeus | ||
Archduchess Adelaide of Austria | Archduke Rainer Joseph of Austria (Habsburg-Lorraine) | 3 June 1822 | 12 April 1842 | 23 March 1849 husband's accession | 20 January 1855 | Prince Victor Emmanuel | ||
Between 1859 and 1861 the Kingdom of Sardinia incorporated the majority of Italian states. On 17 March 1861 King Victor Emmanuel II was proclaimed King of Italy by the Parliament in Turin.
Picture | Name | Father | Birth | Marriage | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Death | Spouse |
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Margherita of Savoy | Ferdinand, 1st Duke of Genoa (Savoy (Genoa branch)) | 20 November 1851 | 21 April 1868 | 9 January 1878 husband's accession | 29 July 1900 husband's death | 4 January 1926 | Umberto I | |
Elena of Montenegro | Nicholas I of Montenegro (Petrović-Njegoš) | 8 January 1873 | 24 October 1896 | 29 July 1900 husband's accession | 9 May 1946 husband's abdication | 28 November 1952 | Victor Emmanuel III | |
Marie-José of Belgium | Albert I of Belgium (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) | 4 August 1906 | 8 January 1930 | 9 May 1946 husband's accession | 12 June 1946 monarchy abolished | 27 January 2001 | Umberto II |
Year 1465 (MCDLXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1344 (MCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Year 1449 (MCDXLIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
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