Beatrice of Savoy, Marchioness of Saluzzo, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Queen consort of Sicily (1258-1259)
Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001
Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001
Profession: aristocrat
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Beatrice of Savoy, Marchioness of Saluzzo
- Beatrice of Savoy (before 4 March 1223 – 10 May before 1259) was a daughter of Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy and his first wife Marguerite of Burgundy.
- She was a member of the House of Savoy by birth and by her first marriage she was Marchioness consort of Saluzzo. Beatrice was the elder of two daughters; her younger sister Margaret was married to Boniface II, Marquess of Montferrat.
- After the death of their mother, their father married Cecile of Baux and had further children including Boniface, Count of Savoy and a younger Beatrice. Beatrice was first betrothed not long after her birth on 4 March 1223 to Manfred III, Marquess of Saluzzo.
- However, the contract was broken off but was then renewed on 2 October 1227; a contract signed on that date refers to the dowry of Beatrice.
- The couple were married in March 1233.
- They were married for eleven years until Manfred's death in 1244, leaving Beatrice with two children and pregnant with twins.
- They had the following children: Alice (c.
- 1236 – before 12 Jul 1311), married Edmund de Lacy, Baron of Pontefract and had issue Thomas (1239–1296), succeeded Manfred as Marquess Agnes (1245 – after 4 August 1265), born posthumously, married John, son of Eustace de Vesci, no issue Margaret (born 1245), born posthumously, twin of AgnesOnly two years after Manfred's death on 8 May 1246, Beatrice was betrothed a second time to a Manfred, an illegitimate son of Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor by his mistress and possibly wife Bianca Lancia.
- Her marriage was arranged to recognize an alliance between Beatrice's father and Frederick.
- The couple were married by proxy in March 1247 and the marriage contract was signed on 21 April 1247.
- Manfred and Beatrice had one daughter, Constance (1249-1302) who went on to marry Peter III of Aragon and became mother of Alfonso III of Aragon, James II of Aragon and Elizabeth of Aragon. In a testament from Beatrice's father dated 24 May 1253, the succession rights of Beatrice were bypassed in favor of her younger half-brother; the testament fails to mention Beatrice's second husband, possibly indicating a breakdown in the marriage.
- Beatrice died before 1259.
- Her husband became King of Sicily in 1258 and went on to marry Helena Angelina Doukaina and father children with her.
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