BONIFACE OF SAVOY (d. 127o), elected archbishop of Canterbury in 1243, through the favour of Henry III., whose queen, Eleanor of Provence, was his niece. Boniface spent much of his time on the Continent attending to family affairs and made little impression on Church or State. In 125o he pro voked the English bishops by claiming the right of visitation in their dioceses. In the barons' war he at first took the side of the national party but later supported the king.
See Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora; Francois Mugnier, Les Savo yards en Angleterre (Chambery, 189o) .