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unusual facts about Amadeus V, Count of Savoy


Marie of Savoy

Marie of Savoy, Baroness of Faucigny (1298-1336), daughter of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy; wife of Hugues de La Tour du Pin, Baron de Faucigny


Amadeus V, Count of Savoy

Amadeus managed to secure the support of his nephew by offering Philip control of Turin and Pinerolo.

# Beatrice of Savoy, called Beatrice of Bâgé, she married in 1289 to Giacomo de Candia, Lord of Bresse and Count of Ventimiglia, and took residency near Chambéry-Le-Vieux at the Chateau de Candie by the L’ombre Paradise; they had a son François de Candie; and after becoming a widow, she re-married to Manfred III of Saluzzo

Andon, Alpes-Maritimes

In 1384 and between January and October 1385, a gang leader called Vita de Blois was present at Thorenc who seized the lordship on behalf of the Count of Savoy.


see also

Marie of Brabant

Marie of Brabant, Countess of Savoy (1278–1338), wife of Amadeus V, Count of Savoy