Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal

1125 - 1157  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Matilda of Savoy  [1, 2, 3]
  Suffix	Queen of Portugal
  Birth	Abt. 1125	Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Mafalda  [1, 2]
  Also Known As	Mathilde  [2]
  Also Known As	Matilde  [2]
  Also Known As	Maud of Savoy  [2]
  Fact	founder of the Monasterio of Costa in Guimarães  [2]
  Occupation	Canaveses, Vila Real, Portugal   [2]
  	founder of a hostel for pilgrims, the poor, and the sick
  Title	Queen of Portugal  [2]
  Death	3 Dec 1157	Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal   [2]
  Person ID	I129	Braganza Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Amadeus III of Savoy, Count of Savoy and Maurienne,   b. 1095, Carignano, Torino, Piemonte, Italy d. Apr 1148, Nicosia, Cyprus (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Mahaut of Albon, Countess of Savoy,   b. 1112   d. 1148 (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1135  [3]
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Afonso I of Portugal, King of Portugal,   b. 1106-1111, Portugal d. 6 Dec 1185, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1146  [1, 2]
  Children	1. Henry of Portugal,   b. 5 Mar 1147, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. Jun 1155, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Age 8 years) + 2. Urraca of Portugal, Queen of León,   b. 1148, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. 1211, Wamba, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain (Age 63 years)   3. Theresa of Portugal, Countess of Flanders,   b. 1151, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. 6 May 1218, Veurne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium (Age 67 years)   4. Mafalda of Portugal,   b. 1153, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. Aft. 1162 (Age 10 years) + 5. Sancho I of Portugal, King of Portugal,   b. 11 Nov 1154, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. 26 Mar 1211, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Age 56 years)   6. John of Portugal,   b. 1156, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. 25 Aug 1164, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Age 8 years)   7. Sancha of Portugal,   b. 1157, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. 1 Feb 1166–1167, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Age 10 years)
  Family ID	F42	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2025

  
  

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  Maud of Savoy

  
  

• Sources

  [S32] "Afonso I of Portugal," Wikipedia, last modified 3 Jan 2025, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afonso_I_of_Portugal. [S33] "Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal," Wikipedia, last modified 3 Nov 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_of_Savoy,_Queen_of_Portugal. [S34] "Mahaut of Albon," Wikipedia, last modified 4 Jul 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahaut_of_Albon.