Amadeus III. (Geneva)

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Amadeus III. (* 1311?; † 1367 ) was a count of Geneva . He was a son of Count Wilhelm III. († 1320) and his wife, Agnes of Savoy. As Count of Geneva, he ruled over the province of Genevois , but not over the city of Geneva. Because the city of Geneva was not subordinate to the Count, but to the Bishop of Geneva. His reign was closely related to the House of Savoy , from which his mother came.

Conflict with Savoy

At the beginning of the long reign of Amadeus III. there were two tragic events in Geneva. In 1320 the seat of the Counts of Geneva, Annecy Castle and the city were destroyed by a fire. In November of the same year the father died. Amadeus moved with his court to La Roche-sur-Foron for two years , where the Counts of Geneva had resided from 1033 to 1219 and returned to Annecy in 1322. In 1325 Amadeus fought with the ruler of the Dauphiné Guigues VIII (Viennois ) in the battle of Varey against Edward of Savoy . In 1326, the French King Charles IV reached a compromise between the two counts because Charles sought the support of both nobles for his battles in Flanders. Amadeus came to the final peace with Savoy with Aymon of Savoy, called the Peaceful , who succeeded his brother Eduard as count after his death in 1329.

Connection to the empire

From 1360 on, Emperor Charles IV dissolved the counties of Geneva and Savoy from the Kingdom of Burgundy and integrated them directly into the Holy Roman Empire. The emperor authorized Amadeus to contact him directly in legal disputes. Amadeus was also the first and only Count of Geneva who received the right to mint his own coins.

progeny

In 1334 Amadeus married Mathilde or Mahaut d'Auvergne, who was also called "de Boulogne". They had 12 children and five sons succeeded their father as Counts of Geneva.

  • Aymon (1334-1367), as Count Aymon III. (1367-1367)
  • Amadeus (-1369), as Count Amadeus IV. (1367-1369)
  • Jan (-1370), as Count Jan (1369-1370)
  • Peter (-1392), as Count Peter (1370-1392)
  • Robert (1342-1394), as Count (1392-1394), first Bishop of Thérouanne (1353-1368), then Bishop of Cambrai (1368-1378), became cardinal in June 1371 by Pope Gregory XI. , then Clement VII himself as antipope in Avignon (20/09 / 1378-16 / 09/1394).
  • Marie (-1396), married Jean II de Chalon-Arlay (-1362) in 1361, later in the second marriage in 1366, Humbert VII de Thoire, who succeeds as Count of Geneva in 1394.
  • Jeanne (-1389), married Raimund V des Baux, Prince of Orange in 1358 .
  • Yolande married (presumably 1358/1359) Aymeri VI, Viscount of Narbonne
  • Blanche (-1420), Lady of Frontenay, married Hugues II de Chalon-Arlay in 1363.
  • Katharina (-1407), married Amadeus of Piedmont on September 22, 1380. Her daughter
  • Agnes became a nun.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Agnes of Savoy ( English ) Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  2. ↑ Paul Guichonnet: Geneva. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . February 11, 2010 , accessed January 5, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Marie of Geneva ( English ) Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  4. ^ Mathilde of Savoy ( English ) Retrieved January 5, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Amadeus III.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amadeus III. from Geneva
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Geneva
DATE OF BIRTH 1311
DATE OF DEATH 1367