Amadeus Comte de Savoie II

• Preferred Name: Amadeus Comte de Savoie II^[1]
  
• Alternate Name: Amadeus II of Savoy
  
• Alternate Name: Amadeus Count of Savoy II
  
• Gender: M
  
• Birth: 1048 in Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France at LATI: N5.5 LONG: E0.4167 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: LYX7-C8M
  
• Marquis, de Suse et d'Italie: BET 1078 AND 1080 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Death: 26 JAN 1080 in Lot-Et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France at LATI: N4.3333 LONG: E0.5
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: 1060 with note: Description: Count of Savoie
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: marquis de Susa1078
  
• NFS ID: with note: Description: 93LN-SMN NFS
  
• Burial: 1080 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Departement de la Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France at LATI: N5.1667 LONG: E0.5833
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: V Conte di Savoiada 9 luglio 1078 a 26 gennaio 1080
  
• Reino: BET 1078 AND 1080 in Savoie at LATI: N5.5 LONG: E0.4167 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Conte di Morianada 9 luglio 1078 a 26 gennaio 1080
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Marchese di Torinoda 9 luglio 1078 a 26 gennaio 1080
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Amadeus II (c.?1050-26 January 1080) was the Count of Savoy from 1078 to 1080. His life is obscure and few documents mention him. During his reign he was overshadowed by his mother, but he had good relations with the Papacy and, for a time, the Holy Roman Emperor.
  
  «b»Before his countship«/b»
  The second son of Otto, Count of Savoy, and Adelaide, Margravine of Turin, Amadeus II was probably born around 1050, because he, alongside other noblemen of the Kingdom of Burgundy, swore an oath on the tomb of Saint Peter in Rome to defend the Church around 1070-73. In 1074 Pope Gregory VII was trying to persuade William I, Count of Burgundy, to remember this vow and, with Amadeus and others, go to the defence of the Roman Empire in the East against the Seljuk Turks. As his mother is known to have had good relations with the Papacy in these years, this record seems to indicate that Amadeus was following his mother's policies at this early stage in his career.
  
  Early in 1077 Amadeus, with his mother and brother Peter, then Count of Savoy, hosted his sister Bertha, and his brother-in-law, Bertha's husband, the Emperor Henry IV. Amadeus and Adelaide then escorted the imperial couple to Canossa so the excommunicated emperor could reconcile with the pope. There they both took part in the negotiations and stood as pledges for the emperor's good faith.
  
  On 16 July 1078 Amadeus and Peter witnessed a donation of their mother's to the Abbey of Novalesa. It was the last act of Amadeus and Peter together.
  
  «b»As count«/b»
  On 9 August 1078 Peter died and Amadeus succeeded him as Count of Savoy, but in the March of Turin, where Peter had co-ruled with their mother, Amadeus was never margrave, although the reason for this is unclear. One document, issued by his widowed daughter Adelaide in 1090, refers to him as "count and margrave" (comes et marchio), but it is probably anachronistic. There is only one document from his reign, in the cartulary of Saint-André-le-Bas in Vienne, which is dated when "Count Amadeus was reigning." This shows, by the absence of the regnal year of the emperor, that despite his involvement in the reconciliation at Canossa, Amadeus II was neutral in the wider Investiture Controversy and the wars against Henry IV that it caused in Germany.
  
  Amadeus died in Turin on 26 January 1080, according to the necrology of the church of Saint Andrew there. This date must be at least approximately correct, since Adelaide made a monastic donation for the benefit of the souls of her sons Margrave Peter and Count Amadeus on 8 March.
  
  «b»Marriage, children and succession
  «/b»
  According to the much later Chronicles of Savoy, Amadeus married Joan, daughter of "Girard, Count of Burgundy", who scholars have surmised to have been Count Gerold of Geneva. The Chronicon Altacumbae says only that "the wife of Amadeus [was] from Burgundy", which might refer to Amadeus I. If his wife were Genevan, it would explain how the house of Savoy came to possess so early a large portion of the Genevois. His wife, whatever her name and origins, bore Amadeus II several children, although there is some uncertainty about how many. His confirmed children were:
  
  1.) Adelaide, wife of Manasses II, sire de Coligny
  
  2.) Ausilia (also Auxilia or Usilia), second wife of Humbert II de Beaujeu, whom she bore four sons by the last decade of the eleventh century: Guichard, Humbert, Guigues, and Hugh
  
  3.) Humbert II, his successor as count of Savoy
  
  The succession of Amadeus II is unclear. His son Humbert II, who was later Count of Savoy, is well known, but in 1082 the Count of Savoy was Otto II. Although Amadeus is known to have had a younger brother named Otto, he is more likely to have been the Bishop of Asti of this name and time. This has led some scholars, beginning with the Conte di Vesme, to make Otto II the eldest son of Amadeus II, who succeeded him and was in turn succeeded by Humbert II. In the immediate aftermath of Amadeus's death, Adelaide took control of all the Savoyard lands on both sides of the Alps.
  
  Amédée II de Savoie (1050-1080)
  Amédée II de Maurienne ou dit plus couramment Amédée II de Savoie, né vers 1050, probablement au château de Charbonnières et mort vers 1080, est le cinquième comte en Maurienne, également seigneur du
  
  BIO
  BIO: Count of Maurienne
  
  ** from http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/SAVOY.htm#Oddondied1060B as of 3/27/2016
  
  AMEDEE de Savoie ([1048/50]-26 Jan 1080, bur Saint-Jean de Maurienne). "Oddo et uxor mea Ad
  
  === Amadeus II succeeded as Count on the dea ===
  Amadeus II succeeded as Count on the death of his brother Peter I, who had succeeded his mother as Count. He was also Count of Maurienne.
  
  === Amadeus ===
  Amadeus
  Spanish: Amadeo, Italian: Amedeo, French: Amédée
  Birthdate:
  circa 1032
  Birthplace:
  Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
  Death:
  1080 (44-52)
  Carbonierres, Savoy, France
  Place of Burial:
  Monastery of Sant'Andrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Oddon Count of Savoy, Maurienne, and Chablais and Adelaida di Susa, Marchese di Turino
  Husband of Countess Jeanne de Genève
  Father of Adélaïde de Maurienne, Comtesse de Savoie et de Maurienne; Alice ? (unconfimed) de Bâgé; Oddon de Savoy, count; Humbert II le Renforcé, comte de Savoie and Auxilia de Savoie
  Brother of Oddone di Savoia; Bertha of Savoy; Adelaide de Maurienne (de Savoie, di Susa) and Peter I, count of Savoy
  Half brother of Gebhard I, count of Sulzbach; Richwara von Schwaben; Hermann I Count of Kasti; Berengar im bayerischen Nordgau and Richardis Luitpold
  Occupation:
  Marquis, 1080, de Turin, Duque de Savoie: (1060-1080)., Greve av Savoyen, Aosta och Moriana, Marchese ai Torino och Susa 1078-80, Greve av Savoyen 1060-1080, Greve, Count, Conte di Savoia, Count of Savoy
  
  === Count of Savoy 1078-1080. ===
  Count of Savoy 1078-1080.
  
  === Gf. v. Maurienne um 1060 ===
  Gf. v. Maurienne um 1060
  
  === !Royalty for Commoners Line 93; Pedigree ===
  !Royalty for Commoners Line 93; Pedigree Chart from hired researcher for family org.; Ancestral File 1996
  
  === NOTES: Count of Savoy and Maurienne in ===
  NOTES: Count of Savoy and Maurienne in 1060
  
  === Marques de Saboya y Marques de Turin. ===
  Marques de Saboya y Marques de Turin.
  
  === Alt Birth: 1032 , Geneva, , Switzerland ===
  Alt Birth: 1032 , Geneva, , Switzerland !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 4, Pedigree Resource File CD 4, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Pedigree Resource File CD 6, Pedigree Resource File CD 6, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 1999) !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
  
  === Profession : Comte de Savoie. Décès : 26 ===
  Profession : Comte de Savoie. Décès : 26 Janvier 1080 ou en 1095.
  
  === Amédée di Savoia, II ===
  Amédée di Savoia, II
  Spanish: Dn. Amadeo II de Saboya, II
  Birthdate:
  circa 1032 (48)
  Birthplace:
  Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France
  Death:
  1080 (44-52)
  Carbonierres, Savoy, France
  Place of Burial:
  Monastery of Sant'Andrea, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Oddon Count of Savoy, Maurienne, and Chablais and Adelaida di Susa, Marchese di Turino
  Husband of Countess Jeanne de Genève
  Father of Adélaïde de Maurienne, Comtesse de Savoie et de Maurienne; Alice ? (unconfimed) de Bâgé; Oddon de Savoy, count; Humbert II le Renforcé, comte de Savoie and Auxilia de Savoie
  Brother of Oddone di Savoia; Bertha of Savoy; Adelaide de Maurienne (de Savoie, di Susa) and Pierre I, comte de Savoie
  Half brother of Gebhard I, count of Sulzbach; Richwara / Rixa von Schwaben; Hermann I Count of Kasti; Berengar im bayerischen Nordgau and Richardis Luitpold
  Occupation:
  Marquis, 1080, de Turin, Duque de Savoie: (1060-1080)., Greve av Savoyen, Aosta och Moriana, Marchese ai Torino och Susa 1078-80, Greve av Savoyen 1060-1080, Greve, Count, Conte di Savoia, Count of Savoy
  
  === Sources: RC 93; Kraentzler 1173; AF. ===
  Sources: RC 93; Kraentzler 1173; AF.
  
  === Count of Savoy, France, and Margrave of ===
  Count of Savoy, France, and Margrave of Susa[New Cunard.ged] Count of Savoy, France, and Margrave of Susa
  
  === He bore the title Count Savoy. Conqured ===
  He bore the title Count Savoy. Conquered for Rome by Julius Caesar, Savoy was later part of the successive kingdoms of Burgundy and Arles. Savoy was split into many fiefs when the first counts of savoy appeared in the 11th century. (ref. Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia)
  
  === !He was the Margrave of Susa and Count o ===
  !He was the Margrave of Susa and Count of Savoy 1078-1080 !"Our Plafs Roots Are True" A Genealogy of Kochert and Nieb Families, by Ethel Clift Philips, Published 1983. The information in the book is derived from church records of Rumbach and Family records. !Source is from "Neuhart Nobility", by Dennis Allen Kastens -1997 page 208. !Source Dictionary of Royal Linage, by C.M.Allstrom, 1904 and Encylcopeaedia Britannica,15th Edition 1974.
  
  === Count of Maurienne ===
  Count of Maurienne
  
  === Given Name: Amadeo II Count Of Surname: ===
  Given Name: Amadeo II Count Of Surname: Savoy
  
  === Count of Maurienne. Succeeded his broth ===
  Count of Maurienne. Succeeded his brother as Count of Savoy, 1078-1080
  
  === BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER ===
  BETHAMIS GENEALOGICAL TABLES (GS NUMBER Q929.2 B465G) TAB 404; THE PLANTAGENET ANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.39, 60, 61; SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.17; TABLEAUX GENEALOGIQUES DES SOUVERAINS DE FRANCE ET SEU GRANDS FEUDATAIRES (GS NUMBER 944 D22T) TAB 52; ANCESTRAL FILE, LDS GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY;
  
  === de Maurienne, Amadeus II of Savoy, Count ===
  de Maurienne, Amadeus II of Savoy, Count of Savoy Acceded: 1078 Died: 1080 Father: de Maurienne, Oddone of Savoy, Count of Savoy Child 1: de Maurienne, Humbert II the Fat of Savoy, Count of Savoy
  
  === W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry pp ===
  W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry pp 189, 60
  
  === !Sorley Pedigrees Q929.242 SO 68s p. 17 ===
  !Sorley Pedigrees Q929.242 SO 68s p. 17

• m. 1065 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

1. Adelaide di Savoia, b. 1070 in Genève, Suisse     d. 1115
2. Humbert de Savoie II comte en Maurienne, b. 6 de junho de 1066 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, França     d. 19 de outubro de 1103 in Salins-les-Thermes, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, França
3. Auxilia de Savoie, b. 1064 in Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France     d. 6 SEP 1094 in Beaujeu, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
4. Constance of Savoy , b. 1074 in Savoy, France     d. in Montferrat, Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

1. Title: https://www.geni.com/people/Amadeo-II-conde-de-Saboya/6000000000