Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy

Who was Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy?

Amadeus VII, surnamed the Red Count, was Count of Savoy from 1383 to 1391.

Amadeus was born in Avigliana, Piedmont, the son of Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy. He married Bonne of Berry, daughter of John, Duke of Berry, who was the younger brother of Charles V of France. They had three children:

⁕Amedeo VIII, later known as Antipope Felix V, married Mary of Burgundy, daughter of Philip the Bold

⁕Bonne married to Louis of Piedmont, the final of the Savoy-Archaea Branch; see also Thomas II of Savoy

⁕Joan married to Giangiacomo Paleologo, marquis of Montferrat.