Bianca of Savoy

Bianca of Savoy (1337– Pavia, 31 December 1387) was Lady of Milan by marriage to Galeazzo II Visconti. Early life Bianca was the only surviving daughter of Aimone, Count of Savoy and Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat, herself the daughter of Theodore I, Marquess of Montferrat (1291–1338) and Genoese noblewoman Argentina Hispanola. When Bianca was six years old she lost her mother Yolande, who died giving birth on 24 December 1342 to her younger brother Louis, who died in childhood. Six months later on 22 June 1343 her father, Aimone died. In 1345, negotiations were started for her to marry a son of Edward III of England, to renew the relationship between Savoy and England.