Yolande Palaiologina or Violant (Moncalvo

Moncalvo

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, June 1318 - Chambery

Chambéry

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, December 24, 1342) was the daughter of Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat

Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat

Theodore I Palaiologos or Palaeologus was Marquess of Montferrat from 1306 until his death.He was a son of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos and Irene of Montferrat...

 and Argentina Spinola, a Genoese lady, daughter of Opicino Spinola

Opicino Spinola

Opecino Spinola was a political leader in Genoa in the early 15th Century. He was one of the richest men in Genoa in his time.Spinola's daughter, Argentina Spinola, married Theodore I of Montferrat...

. She received the name Yolande from her paternal grandmother Irene of Montferrat.

Life

Yolande married on May 1, 1330 to Aimone, Count of Savoy

Aimone, Count of Savoy

Aymon , surnamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1329 to 1343. His father was Amadeus V, Count of Savoy and he was the younger brother of Edward, Count of Savoy....

, from her marriage she became Countess consort of Savoy

Savoy

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, Aosta

Aosta

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 and Moriana. Her marriage was arranged to seal the newly found peace between her family and the Counts of Savoy, and on the basis that the latter would succeed to Montferrato in case of extinction in the male line of the Palaeologus family. They had five children :

1. Amadeus VI (Amadeo VI) (1334–1383)
2. Bianca
   Bianca of Savoy
   Bianca of Savoy was the only surviving daughter of Aimone, Count of Savoy and his wife Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat...
   
    (1336–1388), married in 1350 to Galeazzo II Visconti
   Galeazzo II Visconti
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   , Lord of Milan
   Milan
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3. John (1338–1345), died young
4. Catherine (1341), died young
5. Louis (b. 24 December 1342), died young

According also to this act of inheritance in Montferatto, when the male line died out of the Palaeologus dynasty with the death of Bonifacio IV of Montferrat two centuries later, Charles III, Duke of Savoy

Charles III, Duke of Savoy

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 laid claim to Montferrato through Yolande his great-great-great-great grandmother. However it was claimed by Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor

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Yolande herself died whilst giving birth to her son Louis on 24 December 1342, she was twenty-four years of age.

Her daughter Bianca was mother to Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti

Gian Galeazzo Visconti , son of Galeazzo II Visconti and Bianca of Savoy, was the first Duke of Milan and ruled the late-medieval city just before the dawn of the Renaissance...

 and Violante Visconti

Violante Visconti

Violante Visconti was the second of three children of Galeazzo II Visconti, Lord of Milan and Pavia, and Bianca of Savoy. Her father gave to her the provinces of Alba, Mondovì, Kenites, Cherasco and Demonte as an inheritance...

. Among Yolande's descendants are Louis XII of France

Louis XII of France

Louis proved to be a popular king. At the end of his reign the crown deficit was no greater than it had been when he succeeded Charles VIII in 1498, despite several expensive military campaigns in Italy. His fiscal reforms of 1504 and 1508 tightened and improved procedures for the collection of taxes...

, Henry II of France

Henry II of France

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 and Henrietta Maria, Queen of England

Henrietta Maria of France

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