The lands of the counts of Albon, a mother and a teenage son: the Valloire, Grenoble and the Gresivaudan, Vizille and the Oisans, the Brianconnais across the Montgenevre, and the overlordship of Viennois barons.
The Dauphin's age is about 15; his mother governs. Neither Gap nor Embrun is yet theirs.
Who rules
- Name
- Beatrice of Albon, with her son Andrew (Andre Dauphin, later reckoned Guigues VI)
- Title
- Countess of Albon and duchess of Burgundy, with her son the Dauphin
- Since
- Beatrice since 1162; Andrew styled Dauphin since 1193
- Born
- Beatrice 1161 (1162 in one place); Andrew about 1184
- Family
- Beatrice married (1) Alberic Taillefer of Toulouse (d. 1183), (2) Hugh III, duke of Burgundy (d. at Acre, 1192), (3) Hugh I of Coligny (1170-1205), before 1202. Andrew is Hugh III's son and half-brother of Odo III, duke of Burgundy.
- Confidence
- high
fr.wikipedia Beatrice d'Albon and Guigues VI de Viennois: in 1193 Andrew takes the title of dauphin and Beatrice those of countess of Albon and duchess of Burgundy; Andrew is named count of Albon in 1203.
Overlord
The emperor, as king of Arles
The realm that morning
At peace on record; Beatrice rules with her son.
Threats
- Savoy along the Isere and in the Viennois
- An unmarried heir
Consort
Beatrice's third husband, Hugh of Coligny, lord of Coligny in the Revermont, married 'before 1202' (Regeste dauphinois no. 5772); whether before 1 January 1200 is not pinned.
Heirs
Andrew, about 15, unmarried; his full sisters Mathilde (born 1190) and Anne or Marguerite; a half-sister Beatrice of Coligny (birth not pinned).
Court
Not pinned; Vizille and Grenoble are the family's chief residences (Beatrice dies at Vizille in 1228).
Rome and interdict
Imperial ground. The legate will proclaim the interdict on Philip's lands from Vienne, next door, in mid-January.
The host
The barons of the Viennois and the Alpine castellanies.
What the year holds
What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.
- 1202 (beyond 1200)Andrew marries Beatrice of Sabran and gains the Gapencais and Embrunais from William IV of Forcalquier.Depends on: William IV's quarrel with Alfonso Stopped by: A Provence-Forcalquier peace
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Family well attested; officers and court not.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.