Biography of Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal 1125-1157

Paternal Family Tree: Savoy

In 1123 [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy (age 28) and [her mother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [her grandfather] Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy and [her grandmother] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy (age 53).

Around 1125 Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal was born to [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy (age 30) and [her mother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy.

On 24th July 1128 [her future husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 18) was appointed Count Portugal.

On 26th July 1139 [her future husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 30) was appointed I King Portugal.

In 1146 Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 36) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 21) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. She the daughter of Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy (age 51) and Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy. He the son of Henry Burgundy Count Portugal and Teresa Alfónsez Jiménez.

On 5th March 1147 [her son] Henry Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 37) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 22). He died aged seven in 1155.

In 1148 [her daughter] Urraca Burgundy Queen Consort Leon was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 38) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 23). She married before 15th August 1171 her half second cousin Ferdinand II King Leon, son of Alfonso VII King Castile VII King Leon and Berenguela Barcelona Queen Consort Castile and Leon, and had issue.

In April 1148 [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy (age 53) died at Nicosia. His son [her brother] Humbert (age 14) succeeded III Count Savoy.

Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes

Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.

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In 1151 [her daughter] Theresa Burgundy Duchess Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 41) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 26). She married (1) her fourth cousin Philip I Count of Flanders, son of Thierry Count Flanders and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex (2) 1194 her half second cousin twice removed Odo III Duke Burgundy, son of Hugh III Duke Burgundy and Alice Metz Duchess Burgundy.

In 1153 [her daughter] Malfada Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 43) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 28). She died aged nine in 1162.

On 11th November 1154 [her son] Sancho "Populator" I King Portugal was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 45) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 29). His nickname "Populator" not a consequence of the number of children he fathered, over sixty apparently, but his policy of populating remote areas in the northern Christian regions of Portugal. He married his fifth cousin Dulce Barcelona Queen Consort Portugal, daughter of Raymond V Count Barcelona, and had issue.

Around 1155 [her brother] Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy (age 21) and [her sister-in-law] Gertrude Metz Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. She the daughter of Thierry Count Flanders (age 56) and Sibylla Anjou Countess Essex (age 43). He the son of [her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and [her mother] Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy. They were fifth cousin once removed.

In 1155 [her son] Henry Burgundy (age 7) died.

In 1156 [her son] John Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 46) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 31). He died aged eight in 1164.

In 1157 [her daughter] Sancha Burgundy was born to [her husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 47) and Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 32). She died aged ten in 1167.

On 3rd December 1157 Malfada Savoy Queen Consort Portugal (age 32) died.

Abbot John Whethamstede’s Chronicle of the Abbey of St Albans

Abbot John Whethamstede's Register aka Chronicle of his second term at the Abbey of St Albans, 1451-1461, is a remarkable text that describes his first-hand experience of the beginning of the Wars of the Roses including the First and Second Battles of St Albans, 1455 and 1461, respectively, their cause, and their consequences, not least on the Abbey itself. His text also includes Loveday, Blore Heath, Northampton, the Act of Accord, Wakefield, and Towton, and ends with the Coronation of King Edward IV. In addition to the events of the Wars of the Roses, Abbot John, or his scribes who wrote the Chronicle, include details in the life of the Abbey such as charters, letters, land exchanges, visits by legates, and disputes, which provide a rich insight into the day-to-day life of the Abbey, and the challenges faced by its Abbot.

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On 6th December 1185 [her former husband] Afonso "Conqueror Founder Great" I King Portugal (age 76) died. His son [her son] Sancho (age 31) succeeded I King Portugal and reigned for twenty six years.

[her father] Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy and Adelaide Countess Savoy were married. She by marriage Countess Savoy. He the son of [her grandfather] Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy and [her grandmother] Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy.