Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

Amadeus VI
Count of Savoy
Reign1343–1383
PredecessorAymon
SuccessorAmadeus VII
Born4 January 1334
Chambéry, County of Savoy, Holy Roman Empire
Died1 March 1383(1383-03-01) (aged 49)
Castropignano, Kingdom of Naples
SpouseBonne of Bourbon
IssueAmadeus VII of Savoy
HouseSavoy
FatherAymon, Count of Savoy
MotherYolande of Montferrat

Amadeus VI (4 January 1334[1] – 1 March 1383[2]), nicknamed the Green Count (Italian: Il Conte Verde) was Count of Savoy from 1343 to 1383. He was the eldest son of Aymon, Count of Savoy, and Yolande Palaeologina of Montferrat. Though he started under a regency, he showed himself to be a forceful leader, continuing Savoy's emergence as a power in Europe politically and militarily. He participated in a crusade against the Turks who were moving into Europe.

  1. ^ Cox 1967, pp. 11–13.
  2. ^ Cox 1967, pp. 336–337.

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