Matilda of Savoy
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Matilda of Savoy (1390–1438) was a daughter of Amadeo, Prince of Achaea
(also known as Amadeus of Piedmont or Amadeus of Savoy) and Catherine of Geneva. She was the second wife of the Elector Palatine Louis III
, whom she married on 30 November 1417.
Matilda had the following five children:
Amadeo, Prince of Achaea
Amadeus or Amedeo of Savoy was the son of James of Piedmont and his third wife Marguerite de Beaujeu. By James' will of 16 May 1366, he was declared his firstborn and heir. In 1367, he succeeded his father in his titles of Lord of Piedmont and Prince of Achaea...
(also known as Amadeus of Piedmont or Amadeus of Savoy) and Catherine of Geneva. She was the second wife of the Elector Palatine Louis III
Louis III, Elector Palatine
Louis III, Count Palatine of the Rhine , was an Elector Palatine of the Rhine from the house of Wittelsbach in 1410–1436....
, whom she married on 30 November 1417.
Matilda had the following five children:
- Mathilde (7 March 1419 – 1 October 1482), married:
- in 1434 to Count Louis I of Württemberg
- in 1452 to Duke Albrecht VI of Austria
- Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1 January 1424 – 13 August 1449)
- Frederick I, Elector PalatineFrederick I, Elector PalatineFrederick I, the Victorious was a Count Palatine of the Rhine and Elector Palatine from the House of Wittelsbach in 1451 - 1476....
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