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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blessed Margaret of Savoy |
 | | Marchioness of Montferrat, born at Pignerol in 1382; died at Alba, 23 November, 1464. |
 | | She was the only daughter of Louis of Savoy, Prince of Achaia, and of Bonne, daughter of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy, and was given in marriage in 1403 to Theodore, Marquis of Montferrat, a descendant of the Greek emperors, the Palæologi, and widower of Jeanne, daughter of the duke of Bar and of Lorraine. |
 | | On 13 December, 1464, her remains were placed in a simple tomb; in 1481 they were transferred to a different and much more beautiful sepulchre built in her monastery at the expense of William, Marquis of Montferrat. |
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