Amadeus VII
Coin of Amadeus VII
Count of Savoy
Reign1383 – 1391
PredecessorAmadeus VI
SuccessorAmadeus VIII
Born24 February 1360
Chambéry
Died1 November 1391(1391-11-01) (aged 31)
Thonon
Burial
SpouseBonne of Berry
IssueAmadeus VIII
Bonne
Joan
HouseSavoy
FatherAmadeus VI of Savoy
MotherBonne of Bourbon

Amadeus VII (24 February 1360 1 November 1391),[1] known as the Red Count, was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391.[2]

Biography

Amadeus was born in Chambéry on 24 February 1360, the son of Count Amadeus VI of Savoy and Bonne of Bourbon.[1] Although he succeeded his father in 1383, he had to share power with his mother.[1] In 1384, in order to suppress a revolt against his relative Edward of Savoy, Bishop of Sion, Amadeus led an army that attacked and pillaged Sion.[1] In 1388, he acquired territories in eastern Provence and the port city of Nice, thus giving the County of Savoy access to the Mediterranean Sea.[1]

Amadeus died from tetanus[3] on 1 November 1391, as a result of a hunting accident.[1] Upon his death, controversy arose because of his will. Amadeus left the important role of guardian of his son and heir, Amadeus VIII, to his own mother, a sister of the powerful Duke de Bourbon, instead of following the tradition of appointing the child's mother, who was a daughter of the equally powerful Duke de Berry.[4] Due to the dispute between his mother and his wife, rumours that Amadeus had been poisoned emerged soon after his death.[1] It took three months of negotiations to restore peace in the family.[4]

Amadeus was known for his hospitality, for he would entertain people of all stations and never turned a person from his table without a meal.[5]

Marriage and children

Amadeus married Bonne of Berry, daughter of John, Duke of Berry, who was the younger brother of King Charles V of France.[6] They had three children:

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Bernard Andenmatten: Amadeus VII of Savoy in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland, 8 June 2022.
  2. "Amadeus VII." The Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 3 August 2012
  3. European Cases of the Reincarnation Type By Ian Stevenson, M.D., p. 19.
  4. 1 2 Tuchman 1978, p. 503.
  5. Tuchman 1978, p. 426.
  6. 1 2 Vaughan 2002, p. 53.

References

  • Cox, Eugene L. (1967). The Green Count of Savoy. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. LCCN 67-11030.
  • Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim (1978). A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century. New York: Knopf.
  • Vaughan, Richard (2002). Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State. Boydell Press.
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