Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy

Not to be confused with Blanche of Burgundy.
Blanche of Burgundy
Countess of Savoy
Spouse(s) Edward, Count of Savoy
Noble family Burgundy
Father Robert II, Duke of Burgundy
Mother Agnes of France
Born 1288
Died July 1348 (aged 5960)

Bianca of Burgundy (1288 – July 1348), was a Countess consort of Savoy, daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy, and Agnes of France. 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

Notes

  1. Cox 1967, p. 59.
  2. Cox 1967, p. 59–61.
  3. Cox 1967, p. 70.

References


Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy
Cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty
Born: 1288 Died: July 1348
Preceded by
Marie of Brabant
Countess of Savoy
1323–1329
Succeeded by
Yolande of Montferrat
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