Amadeus III of Savoy — (1095 ndash;1148) was Count of Savoy and Maurienne from 1103 until his death. He was also known as the Crusader . [http://www.savoydelegation usa.org/history.asp?id=385] He was the son of Humbert II of Savoy and Gisela of Burgundy, the daughter… … Wikipedia
Amadeus IV of Savoy — Amadeus IV (1197 ndash; June 24 or July 13 1253) was Count of Savoy from 1233 to 1253. The legitimate heir of Thomas I of Savoy and Marguerite of Geneva, he had however to fight with his brothers for the inheritance of Savoy lands after their… … Wikipedia
Amadeus I of Savoy — Amadeus I Coda (d. 1051 or 1056) was the count of Savoy from the death of his father Umberto until his death, (1047 or 1048 to 1051 or 1056).He married Adila or Adalegidal or Adelaide and had two sons:# Humbert (d. ca 1051) # Aimone (d. ca 1060) … Wikipedia
Amadeus (disambiguation) — Amadeus is a Latin name meaning lover of God , loves God , or more correctly for the love of God (the translation given in the dramatization of Mozart s life, Amadeus , beloved of God being improbable). The most well known bearer of the name is… … Wikipedia
Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy — The Blessed Amadeus IX (February 1 1435 ndash;March 30 1472), surnamed the Happy was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. He was the son of Louis, Duke of Savoy and Anne de Lusignan, daughter of Janus of Cyprus, King of Cyprus.In 1452, he married … Wikipedia
Savoy — • A district in the south eastern part of France that extends from the Lake Geneva to south of the River Arc Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Savoy Savoy … Catholic encyclopedia
Amadeus V, Count of Savoy — Amadeus V (between 1249 and 1253, Le Bourget du Lac ndash; 16 October, 1323, Avignon), surnamed the Great for his wisdom and success as a ruler, was the Count of Savoy from 1285 to 1323. He established Chambéry as his seat. He was the son of… … Wikipedia
Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy — Amadeus VI (January 4 1334 ndash; March 1 1383), surnamed the Green Count ( it. Il Conte Verde) was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. LifeHe was the eldest son of Aimone, Count of Savoy and Yolande of Montferrat. His maternal grandparents were… … Wikipedia
Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy — Amadeus VII (1360 ndash; November 1 1391), surnamed the Red Count, was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391. He married Bonne of Berry, daughter of John, Duke of Berry who was the younger brother of Charles V of France. They had three children:… … Wikipedia
SAVOY — (Fr. Savoie), formerly a county and then a duchy, reunited with France in 1860, includes the present departments of Savoie and Haute Savoie in S.E. France. A Jewish inscription of 688 from narbonne , mentioning a Jew named Sapaudus, may be the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
