Beatrice of Savoy, better known as Béatrice de Bâgé was born at Bâgé-le-Châtel

Bâgé-le-Châtel

Bâgé-le-Châtel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-History:The name of Bâgé-le-Châtel comes from a Gallo-Roman villa belonging to a certain Balgiasius....

, in Provence

Provence

Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

 Fance, the second daughter of Count Amadeus V of Savoy and Sybille of Bâgé

Sybille of Bâgé

Sybille, Lady of Bâgé , was a Countess Consort of Savoy; married in 1272 to Amadeus V, Count of Savoy.Issue:# Bonne of Savoy, married John I of Viennois, dauphin of Viennois and Hugh of Burgundy, lord of Montbauson# John of Savoy...

, she was a member of the House of Savoy

House of Savoy

The House of Savoy was formed in the early 11th century in the historical Savoy region. Through gradual expansion, it grew from ruling a small county in that region to eventually rule the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until the end of World War II, king of Croatia and King of Armenia...

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Education

She was from a Franco-Provençal linguistic background, in any case, from an early age Beatrice dedicated time to learn foreigner languages in presue to read religious books and historical records at monasteries and local abbies, becoming one of the first ladies of her time to be able to write and read texts in various languages, at a level that only clergy or highly educated noble men were able. She was planning to become a nun at the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sion to dedicate her life to the cult and literature, when she met her first husband; she had one son and eventually was married twice.

Marital Unions

She married in 1289 to Giacomo de Candia, Lord of Bresse

Bresse

Bresse is a former French province. It is located in the regions of Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne, and Franche-Comté of eastern France. The geographical term Bresse has two meanings: Bresse bourguignonne , which is situated in the east of the department of Saône-et-Loire, and Bresse, which is located...

 and Count of Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia

Ventimiglia is a city and comune in Liguria, northern Italy, in the province of Imperia. It is located southwest of Genoa by rail, and 7 km from the French-Italian border, on the Gulf of Genoa, having a small harbour at the mouth of the Roia River, which divides the town into two parts...

, and took residency near Chambery

Chambéry

Chambéry is a city in the department of Savoie, located in the Rhône-Alpes region in southeastern France.It is the capital of the department and has been the historical capital of the Savoy region since the 13th century, when Amadeus V of Savoy made the city his seat of power.-Geography:Chambéry...

-Le-Vieux at the Chateau de Candie by the L’ombre Paradise; He would die two years later.

From this marriage she will have her only son François de Candie

François de Candie

François de Candia, 1st Vidominus or Vidame de Geneva was lawyer, diplomat and a nobleman of the House of Candia; also known as François de Genève...

; he was sent to study at the Monastic College at the Basilique de Valère

Basilique de Valère

The Valère basilica , also called Valère castle , is a fortified church situated in Sion in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is situated on a hill and faces the Château de Tourbillon, located on the opposite hill....

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Soon after she became a widow, her father married her by proxy to Manfred III of Saluzzo

Manfred III of Saluzzo

Manfred III was the third marquess of Saluzzo, from 1215 to his death. He was the son of Boniface of Saluzzo and Maria di Torres of Sassari . Since his father died in 1212, he succeeded his grandfather Manfred II as marquess on the latter's death in 1215. His paternal grandmother Azalaïs or...

, eventhought this marriage was not her choise she decided to follow duty, and moved with her new husband and sent her son to study at the Monastery of Sion

Sion

-In geography:*Sion, Switzerland, the capital of the canton of Valais*Sion, Gers, a municipality in France*Sion, Mumbai, a suburb of Mumbai*Sion, Netherlands, part of Rijswijk in South Holland*Sion, Czech Republic, a castle in the Czech Republic, near Kutná Hora...

. From then on Beatrice decided to be known as Lady Bâgé in the literary and monastic world, she contributed to the translation of many manuscripts and review of ancien texts, this information was recorded at the various local abbies in Provence and Piemonte where she used to spend time away from her second husband. Meanwhile records of her handsomely donations to the curia exist at Library of Nice. Not much is known about her life, except that by the time the comflict between France, Savoy and Switzerland, she retired to a castle in the Piemont belonguing to her son as part of her enheritance of her first husband.

Her rests were exumed at a Benedictine Monastery in the Piemonte Italy under the name of Beatrice de Candia, Lady of Bâgé.

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