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Amadeus VI (born 1334, Chambéry, Savoy [now in France]—died March 1, 1383, Castropignano [Italy]) was the count of Savoy (1343–83) who significantly extended Savoy’s territory and power. Son of Aimone the Peaceful, count of Savoy, Amadeus ascended the throne at the age of nine. He crossed the Alps in 1348 to put down a revolt of ...
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Bulgaria. From Constantinople, Amadeus sent a Savoyard embassy to John V, who was apparently at Vidin. He seems to have asked for armed intervention to free him to return to his capital. His empress, Helena Kantakouzene, offered the count of Savoy money for a military expedition into Bulgaria.
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In December Victor Amadeus sent another embassy to Vienna, but the Spanish minister Giulio Alberoni urged him to invade the long-coveted Duchy of Milan, promising Spanish assistance. It was a ruse to distract the Savoyards from the planned Spanish invasion of Sicily.
Dec 19, 2015 · Count Amedeo made it to Venice, though his funds from the Pope were cut back because he would not be going to the Holy Land itself (though Urban V still blessed the enterprise), this change did help persuade the Venetians to be more cooperative in transporting the Savoyard crusaders and on June 21, 1366 the small army set sail down the Adriatic.
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Jul 21, 2009 · After securing the latter, Victor Amadeus rejected a request that he respect the Pragelato's traditional liberties, instead asserting his own right of conquest. This episode reveals, thirdly, that the duke's army could assert his authority within his dominions. The entry of his forces was a crucial symbolic, and real, part of his assumption of ...
- Christopher Storrs
- 2000
House of Savoy. Amadeus VIII (born 1383, Chambéry, Savoy [now in France]—died Jan. 7, 1451, Geneva [now in Switzerland]) was the count (1391–1416) and duke (1416–40) of Savoy, and the first member of the house of Savoy to assume the title of duke. His 42-year reign saw the extension of his authority from Lake Neuchâtel on the north to ...
Jul 31, 2017 · In Ossorio’s instructions, Victor Amadeus hoped to exploit English anxieties about the country’s trade in the Mediterranean and Levant to secure English backing for further Savoyard territorial gains in Italy as English politicians sought to accommodate the ambitions of Philip V. Victor Amadeus certainly did not abandon his protectionist ...
