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Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy

1334 - 1383

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Amadeus VI (4 January 1334 – 1 March 1383), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy has received more than 122,505 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy is the 3,903rd most popular politician (up from 4,025th in 2019), the 1,205th most popular biography from France (up from 1,285th in 2019) and the 290th most popular French Politician.

Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy was most famous for expanding the territory of the House of Savoy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy ranks 3,903 out of 19,576Before him are Empress Kōken, Felix Kersten, Giorgia Meloni, Gabriel Bethlen, Ala ad-Din Tekish, and Andrea Gritti. After him are Miguel López de Legazpi, Violet Jessop, Vladimir Ivashko, Empress Jingū, Władysław II the Exile, and Teispes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1334, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy ranks 3Before him are Peter of Castile, and Henry II of Castile. After him are María de Padilla, Hayam Wuruk, Emperor Sukō, James I of Cyprus, Adolf III of the Marck, An-Nasir Hasan, and Al-Ashraf Kujuk. Among people deceased in 1383, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy ranks 3Before him are John VI Kantakouzenos, and Ferdinand I of Portugal. After him are Matthew Kantakouzenos, Wenceslaus I, Duke of Luxembourg, Liubartas, Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Radu I of Wallachia, Isabella of Valois, Duchess of Bourbon, Demetrios I Kantakouzenos, Henry III, Duke of Mecklenburg, and Dmitry of Suzdal.

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In France

Among people born in France, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy ranks 1,205 out of 6,770Before him are Jean Todt (1946), Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (1838), Alain de Benoist (1943), Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749), Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518), and Fromental Halévy (1799). After him are Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson (1767), Armand Guillaumin (1841), Georges Duby (1919), Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Jean Bart (1650), and Jean-Louis Tauran (1943).

Among POLITICIANS In France

Among politicians born in France, Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy ranks 290Before him are Gundobad (500), Tancred of Hauteville (980), Philip I, Duke of Burgundy (1346), Charibert II (618), Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930), and Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1518). After him are Henry, Count of Portugal (1066), Jean Bart (1650), Maurice Thorez (1900), Louis, Count of Évreux (1276), Isabella of Hainault (1170), and Charles, Duke of Berry (1686).