Joan of Geneva (born c. 1040; died 1095) was a Countess Consort of

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; married to

Amadeus II, Count of Savoy Amadeus II ( – 26 January 1080) was the count of Savoy from 1078 to 1080. His life is obscure and few documents mention him. During his rule, he was overshadowed by his mother, but he had good relations with the Papacy and, for a time, the Holy ...

According to the much later ''Chronicles of Savoy'', Amadeus married Joan, daughter of "Girard, Count of Burgundy", which scholars have surmised to have been Count

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Chronicon Altacumbae In historiography, a ''chronicon'' is a type of chronicle or annals. Examples are: * ''Chronicon'' (Eusebius) * ''Chronicon'' (Jerome) *''Chronicon Abbatiae de Evesham'' *'' Chronicon Burgense'' *'' Chronicon Ambrosianum'' *''Chronicon Compostellanu ...

'' says only that "the wife of Amadeus asfrom Burgundy", which might refer to Amadeus I.Quoted in Previté-Orton, 243: ''uxor ejus medeide Burgondia''. If his wife were Genevan, it would explain how the house of Savoy came so early to possess a large portion of the Genevois.Previté-Orton, 243. His wife, whatever her name and origins, bore Amadeus II several children, although there is some uncertainty about how many: *Adelaide, wife of Manasses, sire de Coligny *Ausilia (also Auxilia or Usilia), second wife of Humbert II de Beaujeu, whom she bore four sons by the last decade of the eleventh century: Guichard, Humbert, Guigues, and Hugh

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Joan of Geneva 1040 births 1095 deaths Year of birth uncertain 11th-century Italian nobility 11th-century Italian women Countesses of Savoy 11th-century French people 11th-century French women House of Geneva