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Umberto III Of Savoy

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  • Name Umberto III Of Savoy
    Birth 01 Aug 1136  Savoy, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
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    Death 04 Mar 1189  France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Rhone-Alpes, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Abbaye De Hautecombe, Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille, Departement de la Savoie
    Person ID I1074  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Amadeus III Of Savoy,   b. Bef 1121
    Relationship natural
    Mother Mathilde De Albon,   b. Bef 1121
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Bef 01 Aug 1136 
    Family ID F73  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Beatrice ???,   b. Bef 1160
    Marriage Between 1175 and 1180 
    Children 
     1. Thomas I Of Savoy,   b. 20 May 1180   d. 01 May 1233 (Age 52 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F364  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 


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      found at findagrave.com ** See also second entry **

      Umberto III "The Blessed" Of Savoy

      Birth: 1136
      Death: Mar. 4, 1189

      Nobility, Count of Savoy only son of Amadee III and Mathilde de Albon. He was married four times and was beatified in 1838 by Pope Gregory XVI.

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Clemetina von Zähringen (1137 - 1175)

      Children:
      Thomas I of Savoy (1180 - 1233)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Abbaye de Hautecombe
      Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
      Departement de la Savoie
      Rhone-Alpes, France

      Created by: Lutetia
      Record added: Apr 27, 2012
      Find A Grave Memorial# 89199245
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      Also found at findagrave.com attached to photo

      b 01 Aug 1136, Savoy, France
      d 04 Mar 1188/1189, France
      Burial: Abbaye de Hautecombe, Savoie, France

      Umberto III (1135, Avigliana, Piedmont – 1189), surnamed the Blessed, was Count of Savoy from 1148 to 1189. His parents were Amadeus III of Savoy and Mahaut (or Mafalda, or Matilda) of Albon, the sister of Guy IV of Dauphinois. His memorial day is March 4.
      According to Cope[1]
      Umberto III, who reigned from 1149 to 1189...was a man of irresolute spirit who was disconsolate at being born a prince and preferred the seclusion of a monastery. He only renounced his chosen state of celibacy so as to give his land an heir.
      His first wife died young; his second marriage ended in divorce. Umberto gave up and became a Carthusian monk. However, the nobles and common people of Savoy begged him to marry yet again, which he reluctantly did. This third wife gave him two more daughters, and Umberto attempted to return to the monastic life yet again. Finally he was prevailed upon to marry for a fourth time, and this wife, Beatrice, produced the son who would ultimately succeed him.
      In 1188 he founded the Monastery of Sant'Antonio di Ranverso.
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      Clemetina von Zähringen

      Birth: 1137
      Death: 1175

      Nobility, only daughter of Konrad von Zähringen and Clémence de Namur. She was married to duke Henry the Lion in 1148, to strengthen the alliance between the two families. She bore him three children of which two died young. The surviving daughter Gertrud later married Knud VI of Denmark. She acted as Henrys representative in Saxony during his visit to Rome. When her brothers allied with the french king against the emperor she became a political burden for her husband. The pope annulled the marriage in 1162, officially because of consanguinity, but the fact that after 14 years Henry was still without heir might have been a reason too. In 1164 she married Humbert III de Maurienne and bore him two daughters.

      Family links:
      Spouse:
      Umberto III Of Savoy (1136 - 1189)*

      *Calculated relationship

      Burial:
      Abbaye de Hautecombe
      Saint-Pierre-de-Curtille
      Departement de la Savoie
      Rhone-Alpes, France

      Created by: Lutetia
      Record added: Jul 18, 2011
      Find A Grave Memorial# 73532043
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