Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy

Not to be confused with Blanche of Burgundy.

Bianca of Burgundy (1288 – July 1348), was a Countess Consort of Savoy, daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy. She married in 1307 Edward, Count of Savoy.^[1] She was mother of Joan of Savoy.

In 1346 and 1347, she was an influence at the court of her nephew, Amadeus VI to pursue closer alliances with Burgundy to offset the pending sale of the Dauphiné to France. This led to his brief engagement with Joan of Burgundy, daughter of Philip of Burgundy and Joan I, Countess of Auvergne.^[2]

She died July 1348, perhaps from the Black Death.^[3]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy

16. Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy

8. Odo III, Duke of Burgundy

17. Alice of Lorraine

4. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy

18. Hugues, Seigneur de Vergy

9. Alix of Vergy

19. Gillette de Trainel

2. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy

20. Robert II, Count of Dreux

10. Robert III, Count of Dreux

21. Yolanda de Coucy

5. Yolande of Dreux

22. Thomas, Seigneur de Saint-Valéry

11. Aénor, Dame de Saint-Valéry

23. Alix de Ponthieu, Dame de Saint-Aubin

1. Bianca of Burgundy

24. Philip II of France

12. Louis VIII of France

25. Isabelle of Hainaut

6. Louis IX of France

26. Alfonso VIII of Castile

13. Blanche of Castile

27. Eleanor of England

3. Agnes of France

28. Alfonso II, Count of Provence

14. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

29. Garsenda of Forcalquier

7. Margaret of Provence

30. Thomas I, Count of Savoy

15. Beatrice of Savoy

31. Margaret of Geneva

References

Cox, Eugene L. (1967). The Green Count of Savoy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. LCCN 67-11030.

↑ Cox 1967, p. 59.
↑ Cox 1967, p. 59–61.
↑ Cox 1967, p. 70.

Preceded by Marie of Brabant	Countess of Savoy 1323–1329	Succeeded by Yolande of Montferrat