Agnes of Faucigny (died 11 August 1268) was ''
suo jure
''Suo jure'' is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right', since in those situations the phrase is normally used of women; in practice, especi ...
'' ruling Dame of
Faucigny
Faucigny ( it, Fossigni) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (ARA; ; frp, Ôvèrgne-Rôno-Ârpes; oc, Auvèrnhe Ròse Aups; it, Alvernia-Rodano-Alpi) is a region in southeast-centr ...
from 1253, as well as countess consort of Savoy by marriage to
Peter II, Count of Savoy
Peter II (120315 May 1268), called the Little Charlemagne, held the Honour of Richmond, Yorkshire, England (but not the Earldom), from April 1240 until his death, holder of the Honour of l’Aigle, and was Count of Savoy (now part of France, Swit ...
.
Life
She was born the eldest daughter of Aymon II, Seigneur de Faucigny, and Beatrix d'Auxonne. From her father, she was descended from the Seigneur de Faucigny and the
Counts of Geneva
The County of Geneva, largely corresponding to the later Genevois province, originated in the tenth century, in the Burgundian Kingdom of Arles (Arelat) which fell to the Holy Roman Empire in 1032.
History
Several nobles had held the title of a ...
. Her siblings were a younger sister Beatrice and an illegitimate brother Aymon de Faucigny; therefore her father appointed her heir in default of male heirs.
Betrothed in February 1234, Agnes was married to
Peter II, Count of Savoy
Peter II (120315 May 1268), called the Little Charlemagne, held the Honour of Richmond, Yorkshire, England (but not the Earldom), from April 1240 until his death, holder of the Honour of l’Aigle, and was Count of Savoy (now part of France, Swit ...
sometime after 25 June 1236. Her husband succeeded as
Count of Savoy
The titles of count, then of duke of Savoy are titles of nobility attached to the historical territory of Savoy. Since its creation, in the 11th century, the county was held by the House of Savoy. The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy at the ...
in 1263, making her Countess of Savoy, a position she would enjoy for five years until her death.
![Agnes de Faucigny](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Agnes_de_Faucigny.png)
She had a daughter,
Beatrice or Beatrix (c. 1237 – 21 November 1310), who married firstly
Guigues VII of Viennois
Guigues VII (1225–1269), of the House of Burgundy, was the dauphin of Vienne and count of Albon, Grenoble, Oisans, Briançon, Embrun, and Gap from 1237 to his death. He was the son of Andrew Guigues VI and Beatrice of Montferrat. When h ...
and secondly
Gaston VII of Béarn
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People
First name
*Gaston I, Count of Foix (1287–1315)
*Gaston II, Count of Foix (1308–1343)
*Gaston III, Count of Foix (1331–1391)
*Gaston I ...
; but due to the
Salic law
The Salic law ( or ; la, Lex salica), also called the was the ancient Frankish civil law code compiled around AD 500 by the first Frankish King, Clovis. The written text is in Latin and contains some of the earliest known instances of Old Du ...
of succession, Beatrice was excluded from the succession to the County of Savoy, which would pass to
Philip I, Count of Savoy
Philip I (1207 – 16 August 1285) was Count of Savoy from 1268 to 1285. Before this, he was Bishop of Valence (1241–1267) and Archbishop of Lyon (1245–1267).
Ecclesiastical career
Philip was born in Aiguebelle, Savoy, as the eighth and la ...
after her husband's death. Originally intending to give a third of her inheritance to her daughter Beatrice and two thirds to her husband Peter, Agnes instead named her daughter as the sole heir to her lands in Faucigny, together with her daughter's husband the Dauphin de Viennois. This would lead to future territorial dispute between the House of Savoy and the Dauphin de Viennois over the territory, which the House of Savoy won back from the French at the
Treaty of Paris (1355)
The Treaty of Paris was signed in 1355 between Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy and the first Dauphin_of_France#History, dauphin, future Charles V of France. Overall, the treaty benefited Savoy financially and politically by expanding and consolidating ...
.
She died on 11 August 1268 and was buried at Abbaye de Contamine-sur-Arve, Faucigny.
Ancestry
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13th-century births
1268 deaths
Countesses of Savoy
Faucigny, Lady of, Agnes of Faucigny
13th-century women rulers