Beatrice of Savoy

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Beatrice of Savoy (1198-1266), was the daughter of Thomas I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva. Beatrice married on (5 June 1219) Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence. She was a shrewd and politically astute woman, whose beauty was likened to that of a second Niobe by Matthew Paris. After two stillborn sons, Ramon and Beatrice of Savoy had four daughters, who all married kings.

  1. Marguerite of Provence (1221-1295), wife of Louis IX of France
  2. Eleanor of Provence (1223-1291), wife of Henry III of England
  3. Sanchia of Provence (1228-1261), wife of Richard, Earl of Cornwall
  4. Beatrice of Provence (1231-1267), wife of Charles I of Sicily
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