Maud (Mathilda) OF SAVOY (1125?-1157)

	Maud of Savoy, Queen of Portugal

Individual Events and Attributes

Marriage

	Alfonso I, King of the Portuguese		Tomb of Alfonso Henriques in the Santa Cruz Monastery in Coimbra.

Individual Note

Maud of Savoy (Portuguese: Mafalda de Saboia, also known as Mahaut or Matilda) (1125–1158) was the first Queen of Portugal. She was Queen consort through her marriage, in 1146, to King Afonso I, the first ruler of Portugal as an independent kingdom.

She was the second or third daughter of Amadeus III of Savoy, Count of Savoy and Maurienne, and his wife Mahaut of Albon (the sister of Guigues IV of Albon, "le Dauphin").

Walter Map's account of her death

Walter Map tells a story that "the King of Portugal now living", almost certainly Afonso, had been convinced by evil counselors to murder his pregnant wife out of misplaced jealousy. However, there is no other authority for this account, and it is not generally accepted.

Afonso and Maud's descendants

Infante Henrique (1147 – c. 1157)

Infanta Mafalda (1148 – c. 1160)

Infanta Urraca (1151–1188), married to King Ferdinand II of León.

Sancha (1153–1159)

Sancho I, King of Portugal (1154–1212), married to Dulce, Infanta of Aragon (daughter of Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona and Queen Petronila of Aragon)

Infanta Theresa (1157–1218), married to Philip I, Count of Flanders and next to Eudes III, Duke of Burgundy

Infante João (1156–1156)

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