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Cecile of Baux
Born	1230
Died	1275
Noble family	Baux
Spouse(s)	Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy
Father	Barral of Baux
Mother	Sibylle d'Anduze

Cecile of Baux (1230–1275), was a Countess Consort of Savoy; married in 1244 to Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy. She was the daughter of Barral of Baux and his wife, Sibylle d'Anduze. She was the Regent of Savoy during the minority of her son, Boniface, Count of Savoy, from 1253 until 1259.

Family and Issue

On 18 December 1244 she married Amadeus as his second wife. They had 4 children:

• Boniface, Count of Savoy
• Beatrice of Savoy (1250 – 23 February 1292) married Peter of Chalon and Manuel of Castile, Lord of Villena.
• Eleonor of Savoy, married in 1269 Guichard de Beaujeu
• Constance of Savoy, died after 1263

Regency

A year before her husband died, he wrote a will which specified that his brother, Thomas and Cecile would act as regents for Boniface, the heir to the County of Savoy. When Thomas died in 1259, Cecile continued as regent in Savoy. In this role, one of her first acts was to relieve St-Germain-sur-Séez from various taxes in exchange for their work to guide travelers through the pass of Petit-St-Bernard. As regent, she had her own seal for authorizing documents. Under her regency, Boniface's uncles, Peter II and Philip I continued their practice of acquiring territories and influence in surrounding regions in the name of the count.

References

• Cox, Eugene L. (1974). The Eagles of Savoy. Princeton University Press, Princeton. ISBN 0691052166.

1. Cox 1974, p. 126.
2. Cox 1974, p. 224.
3. Cox 1974, p. 279–280.
4. Cox 1974, p. 289–291.

v t e Countesses of Savoy
Ancilla Adila Adelaide of Susa Agnes of Aquitaine Joan of Geneva Gisela of Burgundy Adelaide Mahaut of Albon Faidiva of Toulouse Gertrude of Flanders Clementia of Zähringen Beatrice of Viennois Margaret of Geneva Margaret of Burgundy Cecile of Baux Agnes of Faucigny Adelaide, Countess of Burgundy Sybille of Bâgé Marie of Brabant Blanche of Burgundy Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat Bonne of Bourbon Bonne of Berry Mary of Burgundy

• 13th-century births
• 1275 deaths
• Countesses of Savoy
• 13th-century women regents
• 13th-century regents
• Burials at Hautecombe Abbey
• Mothers of Italian monarchs
• 13th-century countesses consort