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Agnès de Savoie
Contessa di Torino
(>1066–>1110)

Other names: Agnès de Maurienne

Biographical

Contessa di Torino 1080–91
Signora di Torino 1080–91
Signora di Alba 1080–91
Signora di Auriate 1080–91
Signora di Bredulo 1080–91
Signora di Brusaporcello 1080–91
Signora di Asti 1080–91
Signora di Albenga 1080–91
Signora di Ventimiglia 1080–91
Signora di San Dalmazio 1080–91†
Signora di Boves 1080–91

Agnès was a claimant to her father's lands in opposition to her uncle, Amédée II. She was finally recognised as heiress only to the mark of Turin which allowed for female succession. It was not until 1080 that succession took place after the death of Amédée II who had held the mark. Agnès' husband, Frédéric de Montbéliard, then became marquis of Turin, jure uxoris, in name only, as her grandmother, Adelaide of Turin, remained the de facto ruler of the lands since she had inherited them after 1034 up until her death in 1091, which occurred after Frédéric's. Her son by Frédéric claimed the mark of Turin after his father's death. Agnès donated property to the monastery of Cavorre by charter dated 1091. After her husband's death, she became a nun. She made another donation in 1110 to the monastery of Fruttuaria. Her birth is estimated to have been between 1066 and 1110.

Place of marriage: Turin

Daughter of Pierre I de Savoie and Agnès d'Aquitaine. She married Frédéric de Montbéliard in 1080, and had issue.

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