William I of Geneva ( 1132 – 25 July 1195) was
Count of Geneva from 1178 to 1195. He was the son of
Amadeus I, Count of Geneva and Matilda de Cuiseaux.
William married Agnes of Savoy. They had:
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Following his first wife's death c. 1172, William married Marguerite Beatrice de Faucigny, they had:
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Marguerite of Geneva, wife of
Thomas I of Savoy
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William II of Geneva
William's third marriage, to Beatrice de Vaupergue, his last wife, was childless. He died at the Château de Novel in
Annecy
Annecy ( , ; , also ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Haute-Savoie Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, regi ...
, France.
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Counts of Geneva
House of Geneva
12th-century nobility from the Holy Roman Empire
1130s births
1195 deaths
Year of birth uncertain