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Guigues VII of Albon

Male Abt 1025 - 1079  (~ 51 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Guigues VII of Albon was born about 1025; died between 1076 and 1079.

    Notes:

    Called "the Fat." Count of Albon; Sire of Vion.

    Family/Spouse: Petronell. Petronell (daughter of Artaud of Annonay) died before 1071. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Guigues VIII of Albon  Descendancy chart to this point was born between 1050 and 1060; died in 1133.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Guigues VIII of Albon Descendancy chart to this point (1.Guigues1) was born between 1050 and 1060; died in 1133.

    Notes:

    Count of Albon. Called "Guigues the Old."

    Family/Spouse: Matilda. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Mahaut of Albon  Descendancy chart to this point died after 1145.
    2. 4. Guigues IX of Albon  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 Jun 1142.
    3. 5. Gersende d'Albon  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Mahaut of Albon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) died after 1145.

    Notes:

    Also called Matilda.

    Mahaut married Amadeo III in 1123. Amadeo (son of Umberto II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy) was born about 1095; died on 30 Aug 1148 in Cyprus; was buried in Church of St. Croix, Nicosia, Cyprus. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Agnes of Savoy  Descendancy chart to this point died before 1172.
    2. 7. Alix of Savoy  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 8. Mafalda of Savoy  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1125 in Savoy, Italy; died on 4 Nov 1157 in Coimbra, Portugal; was buried in Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal.
    4. 9. St. Umberto  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 4 Aug 1136; died on 4 Mar 1189.

  2. 4.  Guigues IX of Albon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) died on 28 Jun 1142.

    Notes:

    Count of Albon.

    Family/Spouse: Margaret of Mâcon. Margaret (daughter of Stephen I of Burgundy and Beatrix) was born about 1100; died in 1163. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Beatrice of Albon  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 11. Marquise d'Albon  Descendancy chart to this point died on 21 Aug 1196.
    3. 12. Guigues X of Albon  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1125; died on 29 Jul 1162.

  3. 5.  Gersende d'Albon Descendancy chart to this point (2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1)

    Family/Spouse: Guillaume III of Forcalquier. Guillaume (son of Armengol IV and Adelaide) was born about 1083; died in 1129. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. Bertrand II of Forcalquier  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1110; died about 1149.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Agnes of Savoy Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mahaut3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) died before 1172.

    Family/Spouse: William I of Geneva. William (son of Amadeus I and Matilda of Cuiseaux) was born in 1130; died on 25 Jul 1195. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Alix of Savoy Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mahaut3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1)

    Notes:

    Also called Alix Elise; Auxilie Alise.

    Alix married Humbert III de Beaujeu about 1140. Humbert (son of Guichard III de Beaujeu and Lucienne de Rochefort-Montlhéry) was born in 1137; died in 1194. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. Humbert IV de Beaujeu  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1189.

  3. 8.  Mafalda of Savoy Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mahaut3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) was born about 1125 in Savoy, Italy; died on 4 Nov 1157 in Coimbra, Portugal; was buried in Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 3 Dec 1157, Coimbra, Portugal

    Notes:

    Also called Mahaut; Maud; Matilda; Mafalda de Saboia.

    Mafalda married Affonso I Henriques, King of Portugal in 1146. Affonso (son of Henry of Burgundy and Teresa of León And Castile) was born on 15 Jul 1110; died on 6 Dec 1185 in Coimbra, Portugal; was buried in Monastery of Santa Cruz, Coimbra, Portugal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 15. Urraca of Portugal  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1150; died on 16 Oct 1188 in Bamba, near Valladolid, Castile, Spain; was buried in Monastery of San Juan Bautista of the Knights of St. John, Bamba, near Valladolid, Castile, Spain.
    2. 16. Sancho I, King of Portugal  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Nov 1154 in Coimbra, Portugal; died on 26 Mar 1211 in Coimbra, Portugal; was buried in Santa Cruz de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

  4. 9.  St. Umberto Descendancy chart to this point (3.Mahaut3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) was born about 4 Aug 1136; died on 4 Mar 1189.

    Notes:

    Also called Humbert. Count of Savoy, Maurienne, and Turin.

    From Tom Major's "Saint of the Day" site:

    March 4 -- Feast of Blessed Umberto III of Savoy

    Humbert Humbert is the creepy stepfather narrating Nabokov's Lolita. He has a thing for young girls--nymphets, he calls them.

    Humbert III had an opposite problem. He had a monastic vocation. Christopher Cope's The Lost Kingdom of Burgundy says that he "was disconsolate at being a prince and preferred the seclusion of the monastery." Unfortunately for him, he was the only son of Amadeus, Duke of Savoy. When Amadeus died, the thirteen-year-old Umberto was plunked on the throne, like it or not, shut up and put your crown back on, Your Grace.

    The primary responsibility of any landed nobleman in the feudal age was to have a son, of course. This would mean that inheritance was clear and no wars for succession would be fought. There's nothing wrong with young Faidiva of Toulouse, Your Grace. Now do your duty and get into bed. Sadly, poor Faidiva died young. Eighteen-year-old Umberto, having done his best, entered a Carthusian monastery.

    Not so fast, your Grace. Blood will run through the streets of Cambrai if you don't come back and get married again. Here's lovely Gertrude of Flanders. I know you two will hit it off. Oh my, it's getting late. Off to bed with the two of you.

    They didn't 'hit it off.' In fact, Umberto divorced her and locked her up. Bishop Robert kindly let her out and sent her back to her brother, the Count of Flanders, but still there was no heir.

    Your Grace, we know you haven't had much joy in marriage. No, we're not suggesting anything. We just think it is worth trying again. Third times a charm, they say. And take a look at Clementia of Zahringen! She's the divorced wife of Henry the Lion of Saxony. Now, now. You're divorced yourself, you know. And besides, she's got a track record. A son and two daughters by Henry. Not another word about it, Your Grace. Now get busy.

    Clementia made a valiant effort, bearing two daughters before her death. Despondent over the loss of another wife, Henry thought about withdrawing to a monastery in grief but wiser heads prevailed.

    The way of all flesh, Your Grace. Speaking of which, you yourself are not getting any younger, you know. You turned forty this year, sir, and we still don't have an heir. Have you met Beatrice of Viennois? Yes, she's thirty-eight, but there's plenty of child-bearing time left. Well, not plenty, but enough. If Your Grace gets the lead out.

    Tommaso of Savoy was born in 1178. Saint Anthelm himself had blessed Umberto three times to help bring young Thomas (named for Thomas á Becket) into the world. Tommaso was about ten when Umberto, having founded the Monastery of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso, died.

    When I read about Humbert's divorce and imprisonment of his ex-wife, I wondered how this guy got beatified. But on reflection, he plainly had a divine vocation, and he sacrificed that for the sake of temporal responsibilities. It might seem to be the opposite of Jesus' advice to the rich young ruler in Luke 18:18-27, but perhaps it is not. Maybe the act of sacrifice, whether one is giving up the riches of the palace or the austerity of the monastery, is what stores up treasure in the Kingdom of Heaven.

    *****

    Note that Umberto and his fourth wife Beatrice were second cousins once removed, as William "The Great" of Burgundy (d. 1087) was his great-grandfather and her great-great grandfather. Presumably a papal dispensation was obtained.

    Umberto married Beatrice de Mâcon about 1175. Beatrice (daughter of Gerard I of Burgundy and Guyonne de Salins) died before 8 Apr 1230 in Champagne-et-Fontaine, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Tomaso I  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Mar 1177 in Charbonnieres Castle, Savoy; died on 20 Jan 1233 in Aosta, Savoy; was buried in Aosta, Savoy.

  5. 10.  Beatrice of Albon Descendancy chart to this point (4.Guigues3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1)

    Beatrice married Guillaime I de Poitiers in 1178. Guillaime (son of Aymar de Poitiers) died in 1187. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 18. Aymar II de Poitiers  Descendancy chart to this point died about 1250.

  6. 11.  Marquise d'Albon Descendancy chart to this point (4.Guigues3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) died on 21 Aug 1196.

    Marquise married Guillaume VII d'Auvergne about 1150. Guillaume (son of Robert III d'Auvergne) was born about 1120; died about 1169. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 19. Robert IV Dauphin  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1150; died on 22 Mar 1235.

  7. 12.  Guigues X of Albon Descendancy chart to this point (4.Guigues3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) was born about 1125; died on 29 Jul 1162.

    Notes:

    Count of Vennois and Albon.

    Family/Spouse: Béatrix. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Beatrice of Albon  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1161; died on 15 Dec 1228 in Château de Vizille, Vizille, Isère, France; was buried in Hayes Abbey, near Grenoble, Isère, France.

  8. 13.  Bertrand II of Forcalquier Descendancy chart to this point (5.Gersende3, 2.Guigues2, 1.Guigues1) was born about 1110; died about 1149.

    Notes:

    Count of Forcalquier.

    Family/Spouse: Josserande de Flotte. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. William IV of Forcalquier  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1148; died in 1209.


 

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