Amadeus IX. (Savoy)

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Amadeus IX. of Savoy

Amadeus IX. (* February 1, 1435 in Thonon-les-Bains , today in the Haute-Savoie department ; † March 30, 1472 in Vercelli , Piedmont ) was Duke of Savoy .

As the eldest son, he succeeded his father Ludwig from the House of Savoy as Duke. Due to a serious illness of epilepsy , he thanked his wife Jolande , a sister of the French King Louis XI , in 1469 . , from. As a result, a civil war broke out in Savoy between partisans of the French and Burgundians .

Amadeus is considered a model of a Christian ruler and was beatified in 1677 . His shrine is in Turin . He is the patron saint of Savoy.

progeny

Amadeus IX. married in 1452 Jolande of France ( Yolande , 1434–1478), daughter of Charles VII of France and Maria von Anjou . The couple had the following children:

  1. ⚭ 1476 Philipp , Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1454–1503)
  2. ⚭ Jacques d'Assay, Lord of Le Plessis
  • Luise (1462–1503) ⚭ 1479 Hugo von Chalon († 1490), Lord of Orbe / Vaud ( House Chalon )
  • Bernhard ( Bernard , 1467–1467)
  • Charles I ( Charles 1468–1490), Duke of Savoy, Count of Aosta and Prince of Piémont
  • Jakob Ludwig ( Jacques Louis , 1470–1485), Marquis of Gex
  • Jean-Claude Galléas (1472–1472)

literature

  • Heribert Müller: Amadeus VIII., Hzg. V. Savoy . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 1 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1993.
  • Rhein-Zeitung (daily newspaper) of March 30, 2007, page 30.

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predecessor Office successor
Ludwig Duke of Savoy
1465–1472 		Philibert I.
personal data
SURNAME Amadeus IX.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Duke of Savoy
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1435
PLACE OF BIRTH Thonon-les-Bains
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 1472
Place of death Vercelli , Piedmont