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Bianca of Burgundy (1288–1348), was a Countess Consort of Savoy , daughter of Robert II, Duke of Burgundy and Agnes of France, Duchess of Burgundy . She married in 1307 Edward, Count of Savoy . She was mother of Joan of Savoy .
In 1346 and 1347, she was an influence at the court of her nephew, Amadeus VI to pursue closer alliances with Burgundy to offset the pending sale of the Dauphiné to France . This led to his brief engagement with Joan of Burgundy, daughter of Philip of Burgundy and Joan I, Countess of Auvergne .
Ancestry
Family of Blanche of Burgundy, Countess of Savoy
16. Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy 8. Odo III, Duke of Burgundy 17. Alice of Lorraine 4. Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy 18. Hugues, Seigneur de Vergy 9. Alix of Vergy 19. Gillette de Trainel 2. Robert II, Duke of Burgundy 20. Robert II, Count of Dreux 10. Robert III, Count of Dreux 21. Yolanda de Coucy 5. Yolande of Dreux 22. Thomas, Seigneur de Saint-Valéry 11. Aénor, Dame de Saint-Valéry 23. Alix de Ponthieu, Dame de Saint-Aubin 1. Bianca of Burgundy 24. Philip II of France 12. Louis VIII of France 25. Isabelle of Hainaut 6. Louis IX of France 26. Alfonso VIII of Castile 13. Blanche of Castile 27. Eleanor of England 3. Agnes of France 28. Alfonso II, Count of Provence 14. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence 29. Garsenda of Forcalquier 7. Margaret of Provence 30. Thomas I, Count of Savoy 15. Beatrice of Savoy 31. Margaret of Geneva
References
Cox, Eugene L. (1967). The Green Count of Savoy . Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. LCCN 67-11030 . Template:Persondata
