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Amadeus IX (1 February 1435 – 30 March 1472), nicknamed the Happy, was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. The Catholic Church venerates him with a liturgical feast on March 30.
Apr 29, 2022 · Duke Amedeo IX di Savoia, the Happy. Italian: duca Amedeo IX di Savoia, il beato, French: duc Amédée IX de Savoie, le Bienheureux. Birthdate: February 01, 1435. Birthplace: Thonon-les-Bains, Rhône-Alpes, France. Death: March 30, 1472 (37) Vercelli, Savoia.
The senior claimant to the ducal crown was Amadeus IX’s brother, Philip II (1443-1497), who became the Seventh Duke of Savoy. A close ally of France, he reigned but one year and has been referred to as "Philip without land".
AMADEUS IX OF SAVOY, BL. Duke of Savoy; b. Thonon, France, Feb. 1, 1435; d. Vercelli, Italy, March 30, 1472. He was the first of 18 children born to Louis I of Savoy and Anne of Cyprus. In 1451 he married the daughter of Charles VII of France, Yolanda, to whom he had been betrothed as an infant.
The County of Savoy was elevated to a duchy at the beginning of the 15th century, bringing together all the territories of the Savoyard state and having Amadeus VIII as its first duke. In the 18th century, Duke Victor Amadeus II annexed the Kingdom of Sardinia to the historical possessions of the Duchy, and from then on, the Savoyard dukes also ...
NameBirthMarriagesDeathHumbert I1003–1047/1048Ancillac. 995/1000four sonsc. 1047/1048Hermillonaged around 68Amadeus I1047/1048–1052c. 1016eldest son of Humbert I and ...Adila1030three childrenc. 1052 aged around 36Otto1052–1057c. 1010/1020fourth son of Humbert I and ...Adelaide of Susa1046five childrenc. 1057aged 47-57Peter I1060–1078c. 1048eldest son of Otto and Adelaide of ...Agnes of Aquitaine1064two daughters9 July 1078aged 29-30The Blessed Amadeus IX (February 1, 1435, Thonon-les-Bains – 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.
Amadeus IX (1 February 1435 – 30 March 1472), nicknamed the Happy, was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472. The Catholic Church venerates him with a liturgical feast on March 30.
