Matilda of Savoy, Queen of Portugal

Matilda of Savoy
Matilda in Genealogy of the Kings of Portugal (António de Holanda, 1530–1534)
Queen Consort of Portugal
Tenure	1146–1158
Born	c.  1125 County of Savoy
Died	4 November 1157 (aged 31–32) Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial	Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra, District of Coimbra, Portugal
Spouse	Afonso I, King of Portugal
Issue	Infanta Mafalda Urraca, Queen of León Sancho I, King of Portugal Theresa, Countess of Flanders
House	House of Savoy
Father	Amadeus III, Count of Savoy
Mother	Mahaut of Albon
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Matilda of Savoy (French: Mathilde, Portuguese: Mafalda; 1125–1158) was the first Queen of Portugal. Her husband was King Afonso I, the first sovereign of Portugal, whom she married in 1146.

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

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.

Children

• Henry (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
• John (1156)

Preceded by None

Queen consort of Portugal 1146–1158

Succeeded by Dulce of Aragon