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Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy

1383 - 1451

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Amadeus VIII (4 September 1383 – 7 January 1451), nicknamed the Peaceful, was Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and Duke of Savoy from 1416 to 1440. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy has received more than 159,039 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy is the 98th most popular nobleman (down from 86th in 2019), the 552nd most popular biography from France (down from 546th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Nobleman.

Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy is most famous for being a ruler of the House of Savoy, and for being the father of Marguerite de Savoie.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy ranks 98 out of 842Before him are Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ismihan Sultan, John of Gaunt, William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, Philippe of Belgium, and Piero the Unfortunate. After him are Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria, Roger I of Sicily, Albert I of Germany, Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, and Duchess Helene in Bavaria.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1383, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy ranks 2Before him is Pope Eugene IV. After him are Masolino da Panicale, Niccolò III d'Este, Marquis of Ferrara, and John, Count Palatine of Neumarkt. Among people deceased in 1451, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy ranks 3Before him are Murad II and Barbara of Cilli. After him are Stefan Lochner, Elizabeth of Görlitz, and Abdullah Mirza.

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In France

Among people born in France, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy ranks 552 out of 6,011Before him are Niki de Saint Phalle (1930), Elisa Bonaparte (1777), René Laennec (1781), Johnny Hallyday (1943), Maurice de Vlaminck (1876), and Pérotin (1160). After him are Léon Walras (1834), Theuderic I (485), René Guénon (1886), Luc Besson (1959), Childebert I (497), and Antipope Clement VII (1342).

Among NOBLEMEN In France

Among noblemen born in France, Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy ranks 18Before him are Charles, Count of Valois (1270), Jeanne d'Albret (1528), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Philip the Bold (1342), Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), and William IX, Duke of Aquitaine (1071). After him are Roger I of Sicily (1031), Louis I, Duke of Orléans (1372), Joan of France, Duchess of Berry (1464), Hugh the Great (898), Élisabeth of France (1764), and Robert Curthose (1054).