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Biography of Amadeus V "Great" Savoy 1249-1323

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On 4th September 1249 Amadeus V "Great" Savoy was born to Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders (age 50) and Beatrice Fieschi.

In 1252 [his father] Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders (age 53) and [his mother] Beatrice Fieschi were married. He the son of [his grandfather] Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy and [his grandmother] Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy (age 72).

On 7th February 1259 [his father] Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders (age 60) died.

In 1272 Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 22) and Sybille Bagé were married. He the son of Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders and Beatrice Fieschi.

In 1282 Rhuddlan Castle [Map] was besieged by the Welsh until relieved by Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 32).

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1284 [his son] Edward "Liberal" Savoy Count Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 34) and [his wife] Sybille Bagé at Baugé.

On 15th December 1291 [his son] Aymon "Peaceful" Savoy Count Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 42) and [his wife] Sybille Bagé.

In 1297 Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 47) and Marie Brabant were married. He the son of Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders and Beatrice Fieschi.

In January 1297 Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford (age 27) and Joan of Acre Countess Gloucester and Hertford (age 24) were married in secret greatly offending her father King Edward I of England (age 57) who had been planning to marry her to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 47) in March. Ralph Monthermer 1st Earl of Gloucester and Hertford was imprisoned at Bristol Castle, Gloucestershire [Map]; he was released in August 1297. She the daughter of King Edward I of England and Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England.

On 16th October 1323 Amadeus V "Great" Savoy (age 74) died. His son [his son] Edward (age 39) succeeded Count Savoy.

[his daughter] Margaret Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Sybille Bagé.

[his daughter] Catherine Savoy Duchess Austria was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Marie Brabant.

[his son] John Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Sybille Bagé.

[his daughter] Maria Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Marie Brabant.

[his daughter] Agnes Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Sybille Bagé.

[his daughter] Anna Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Marie Brabant.

[his daughter] Beatrice Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Marie Brabant.

[his daughter] Bonne Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Sybille Bagé.

[his daughter] Beatrice Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Sybille Bagé.

[his daughter] Eleanor Savoy was born to Amadeus V "Great" Savoy and Sybille Bagé.

Royal Ancestors of Amadeus V "Great" Savoy 1249-1323

Kings Franks: Great x 15 Grand Son of Charles "Charlemagne aka Great" King Franks King Lombardy Holy Roman Emperor

Royal Descendants of Amadeus V "Great" Savoy 1249-1323

Queen Charlotte of Savoy

Louis XII King France

Ferdinand II King Naples

Bianca Maria Sforza Holy Roman Empress

Anne of Brittany Queen Consort France

Germaine Foix Queen Consort Aragon

Marguerite Valois Orléans Queen Consort Navarre

King Francis I of France

Mary of Guise Queen Consort Scotland

Antoine King Navarre

Maximilian "The Great" Wittelsbach I Duke Bavaria I Elector Bavaria

Maria Anna Wittelsbach Holy Roman Empress

Electress Louise Juliana of the Palatine Rhine

Ferdinand of Spain II Holy Roman Emperor

Margaret of Austria Queen Consort Spain

Eleonora Gonzaga Queen Consort Bohemia

Maria Leopoldine Habsburg Spain Queen Consort Bohemia

Marie Françoise Élisabeth of Savoy Queen Consort of Portugal

Victor Amadeus King Sardinia

Diana Spencer Princess Wales

Ancestors of Amadeus V "Great" Savoy 1249-1323

Great x 4 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 3 Grandfather: Humbert "Fat" Savoy II Count Savoy

Great x 2 Grandfather: Amadeus Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 4 Grandfather: William Ivrea I Count Burgundy

Great x 3 Grandmother: Gisela Ivrea Countess Savoy

Great x 4 Grandmother: Ettiennette Countess Burgundy

Great x 1 Grandfather: Humbert Savoy III Count Savoy

Great x 2 Grandmother: Mahaut Albon Countess Savoy

GrandFather: Thomas Savoy I Count Savoy

Great x 1 Grandmother: Beatrice Macon Countess Savoy

Father: Thomas Savoy II Count Flanders

Great x 1 Grandfather: William I-Count Geneva

GrandMother: Margaret Geneva Countess Savoy

Amadeus V "Great" Savoy

Mother: Beatrice Fieschi