Mahaut of Albon

Life

Mahaut was the eldest daughter of Guigues III of Albon and Matilda of Hauteville. A marriage was arranged as an alliance with the counts of Geneva and her own family. She married Amadeus III in 1135.

Mahaut is noted as the countess of Savoy when she acted as a donor to the convent in Ripalta on 9 January 1137. She made donations to other convents, such as the convent of San Maurizio d'Agauno in 1143. When she gave birth to an heir in 1136, Savoy was spared a succession crisis. Because of her marriage alliance, her father assisted her spouse in the military expedition in Grésivaudan in 1140, and died in battle in 1142. Mahaut died prior to the departure of her spouse in the Second crusade.

Legacy

According to tradition, she was the founder of the charity establishment Pain de mai, which provided food to people during famine.

Issue

Mahaut and Amadeus had: :# Matilda (1125–1158), married king Afonso I of Portugal :# Agnes of Savoy (1125–1172), married William I, Count of Geneva :# Humbert III (1136–1188) :# John of Savoy :# Peter of Savoy :# William of Savoy :# Margaret of Savoy (died 1157), founded and joined the nunnery Bons in Bugey :# Isabella of Savoy :# Juliana of Savoy (died 1194), abbess of St. André-le-Haut

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1. Jean-Paul Bergeri, Histoire de Moûtiers. Capitale de la Tarentaise, Les Marches, La Fontaine de Siloé, coll. « Les Savoisiennes », 2007, 503 p. (ISBN 978-2-84206-341-2