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Amédée II de Savoie
5th Comte de Savoie
(>1048–80)

Biographical

5th Comte de Savoie 1078–-80†
Marchese di Torino 1078–80†
Marchese in Italia 1078–80†
Comte de Maurienne 1078–80†
Conte d'Aosta 1078–80†
Comte de Chablais 1078–80†
Conte di Torino 1078–80†
Seigneur de Bas-Valais 1078–80†
Seigneur de Bugey 1076–80†
Seigneur de Valromey 1076–80†
Signore di Torino 1078–80†
Signore di Auriate 1078–80†
Signore di Brusaporcello 1078–80†
Signore di Bredulo 1078–80†
Signore di Asti 1078–80†
Signore di Alba 1078–80†
Signore di Albenga 1078–80†
Signore di Ventimiglia 1078–80†
Signore di San Dalmazio 1078–80†
Signore di Boves 1078–80†

Amédée was born between 1048 and 1050. With his mother, he accompanied the Emperor Henry VI to Canossa to see the Pope in an attempt to have Henry's excommunication absolved. Amédée received Valromey and Bugey from the Emperor in 1076. Although he ruled Turin, Amédée never obtained investiture as marquis, possibly because his niece, Agnès, was the rightful heiress to those lands. She was declared as such only after his death. It is not certain that Amédée married Jeanne de Genève, although it is likely. He would have married her between 1065 and 1070.

Place of burial: St Jean de Maurienne

Son of Oddon I de Savoie and Adélaïde of Turin. He married Jeanne de Genève after 1065, and had issue.

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