Matilda of Savoy

For the Queen of Portugal, see Maud of Savoy.

Matilda of Savoy.

Matilda (Mechtilde) of Savoy (1390–1438) was a daughter of Amadeo, Prince of Achaea (also known as Amadeus of Piedmont or Amadeus of Savoy) and Catherine of Geneva. She was the second wife of the Elector Palatine Louis III, whom she married on 30 November 1417.

Matilda had the following five children:

1. Mathilde (7 March 1419 – 1 October 1482), married:
   1. in 1434 to Count Louis I of Württemberg
   2. in 1452 to Duke Albrecht VI of Austria
2. Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1 January 1424 – 13 August 1449)
3. Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1 August 1425 – 12 December 1476)
4. Rupprecht (27 February 1427 – 26 July 1480), Prince-elector archbishop of the Archbishopric of Cologne
5. Margarete (ca. 1428 – 23 November 1466), a nun at Liebenau

Preceded by Elisabeth of Nuremberg

Electress Palatine 1417–1436

Succeeded by Margaret of Savoy

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Name	Matilda Of Savoy
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Date of birth	1390
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Date of death	1438
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