Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy

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 59–60)

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

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

Notes

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

References

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