Marguerite of Geneva
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Marguerite of Geneva was the daughter of William I, Count of Geneva. She was supposed to become the third wife of Philip II of France but was in 1195 while on her way to Paris she was abducted by Thomas I of Savoy. 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)
The children of Marguerite and Thomas I of Savoy were:
- Amadeus IV of Savoy (1197 - 1253)
- Umberto (d.1223)
- Thomas, Count of Flanders, count in Piedmont
- Aimone (d.1237), Lord of Chablais
- William of Savoy, Bishop of Valence and Dean of Vienne
- Amadeo of Savoy, Bishop of Maurienne
- 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 marriageand disputed count of Savoy in 1268
- Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury
- Beatrice of Savoy (d.1265 or 1266), wife of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence. She was married in 1219 and was mother to four Queen Consorts
- Alasia of Savoy (d.1250), abbess of St Pierre, Lyon
- Agatha of Savoy (d.1245), abbess of St Pierre, Lyon
- Margherita 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)
