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

Matilda of Savoy
Matilda of Savoy
Electress Palatine
Tenure30 November 1417 – 30 December 1436
Born1390
Died1438 (aged 4748)
SpouseLouis III, Elector Palatine
HouseSavoy
FatherAmadeo, Prince of Achaea
MotherCatherine of Geneva

Children

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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)[citation needed]
  3. Frederick I, Elector Palatine (1 August 1425 12 December 1476)[1]
  4. Rupprecht (27 February 1427 26 July 1480), Prince-elector archbishop of Cologne
  5. Margarete (ca. 1428 23 November 1466), a nun at Liebenau monastery

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