Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy
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Amadeus VIII (September 4, 1383 – January 7, 1451) surnamed the Peaceful was the Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and was elevated by Emperor Sigismund to the Duke of Savoy in 1416. Amadeus was also the antipope Felix V from November 1439 to April 1449.
In 1418 his distant cousin Louis of Savoy-Achaea, his brother-in-law, died as the last male of the elder branch of House of Savoy, leaving him as his heir-male, thus finally uniting the male-line clams of Savoy.
He increased his dominions, encouraged several attempts to negotiate an end to the Hundred Years' War, and, after the death of his wife, retired from his position as Duke to become a hermit. Elected by the Council of Basel as an alternative Pope in opposition to Pope Eugene IV, Amadeus served as Anti-pope Felix V before stepping down to accept a Cardinal's office instead.
(Note on numbering: Pope Felix II is now considered an anti-pope. At the time however, this fact was not recognized and so the second currently acknowledged Pope Felix is known by the official number III. This has advanced the numbering of all subsequent Popes Felix by one. Popes Felix III and IV are currently acknowledged as the second and third popes by that name. It could also have affected the name taken by the anti-pope Felix V, who if he was now seen as having been a pope, would now been seen as the fourth Felix.)
[edit] Family and children
He married Mary of Burgundy (1380-1422), daughter of Philip II, Duke of Burgundy and granddaughter of John II of France and had nine children:
- Margaret of Savoy (1405-1418)
- Anthony of Savoy (1407)
- Anthony of Savoy (1408)
- Margaret of Savoy (1410-1479) married to:
- Louis III, titular king of Naples;
- Louis IV, Count Palatine of the Rhine;
- Ulrich V, Count of Wurttemberg.
- Mary of Savoy (1411-1469), married Filippo Maria Visconti, duke of Milan.
- Amadeus of Savoy, Prince of Piemonte (1412-1431)
- Louis of Savoy (1413-1465), his successor
- Bonne of Savoy (1415-1430)
- Philip of Savoy, Count of Genève (1417-1444) unmarried.
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| Preceded by: Amadeus VII | Count of Savoy 1391-1416 | Succeeded by: Louis, Duke of Savoy |
| Preceded by: (new creation) | Duke of Savoy 1416-1440 |
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