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Marie of Brabant (1277/80–1338), was a Countess Consort of Savoy by marriage to Amadeus V, Count of Savoy. She was the daughter of John I, Duke of Brabant and Margaret of Flanders.

Life

She was engaged to Amadeus after the death of her father. The marriage was arranged when Savoy joined Brabant in an alliance with France against England. A Papal dispensation was obtained in October 1297. The wedding took place at the Château de Chambéry in 1298.

As countess of Savoy, Marie of Brabant appears to have brought with her a certain cultural influence from Brabant, and brought with her several artisans which influenced the court of Savoy, such as her tailor Colin de Brabant. The marriage resulted in close ties between Savoy and Brabant, and gave Brabant closer access to Italy. Marie appears to have had some influence at court, playing a role as diplomat and political adviser.

In 1308, her brother-in-law was elected King in Germany. When her sister and brother-in-law travelled to Italy in 1310, they visited Maria at the court of Savoy in Geneva on their way to Rome.

In 1323, she became a widow. Her spouse was succeeded by Maria's stepson. The exact date of her death is unknown.

Issue

1. Maria of Savoy
2. Catherine of Savoy, d. 1336, married to Leopold I (duke of Austria and Styria)
3. Anna of Savoy, d. 1359, married to Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos
4. Beatrice of Savoy (1310–1331), married in 1327 to Henry VI, Duke of Carinthia, count of Tirol

References

1. Bernard Demotz, Le comté de Savoie du xie au xve siècle : Pouvoir, château et État au Moyen Âge, Genève, Slatkine, 2000, (ISBN 2-05-101676-3)
2. Gil Bartholeyns, « Le Brabant en Savoie. Marché textile et culture vestimentaire internationale autour de 1300 », dans Isabelle Paresys, Paraître et apparences en Europe occidentale du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Presses Univ. Septentrion, 2008
3. Eugene L. Cox, The Eagles of Savoy : The House of Savoy in Thirteenth-Century Europe, Princeton University Press, 2015 (réimpr. 2015) (1re éd. 1974), 512 p. (ISBN 978-1-4008-6791-2

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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
• People from the Duchy of Brabant
• 1338 deaths
• Countesses of Savoy
• Daughters of dukes