Thomas II of Savoy

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Thomas II, (ca. 1199–1259) was the regent of the County of Savoy when his nephew, Boniface, was fighting abroad. He was also the Count of Flanders (1237–1244) and a count in Piedmont (1244–1259). He was the son of Thomas I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva.

Family and children

He was married two times. First, with Jeanne, Countess of Flanders, who died 1244, Countess of Flanders and Hainaut, daughter of Baldwin I of Constantinople. This marriage was childless. Second, he married Beatrice of Fiechi, niece of Pope Innocent IV and had 5 children:

1. Thomas of Piedmont (1248–16 May 1282), pretender of Count of Savoy, married in 1274 to Guia of Burgundy, the step-daughter of Philip I of Savoy and had 5 children:
   1. Philip, first of the Cadet line of Savoy-Achaea, lasting from 1285 to 1418
   2. Peter
   3. Thomas
   4. Amadeus
   5. William
2. Amadeus V of Savoy (1249, Bourget-du-Lac–16 October 1323, Avignon).
3. Louis, Baron de Vaud (1250 – after 10 January 1302), Baron de Vaud, married firstly Adeline of Lorraine (d. c. 1278), daughter of Matthias II, Duke of Lorraine, married secondly 1278 Jeanne of Montfort (d. 1300), daughter of Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres, married thirdly May 1, 1301 Isabelle d'Aulnay (d. October 30, 1341)
4. Eleonora (d. 6 December 1296), married 1270 Louis I de Beaujeu.
5. Alice (d. 1 August 1277).

He also had at least 3 illegitimate children.

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