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Born Amédée DE SAVOIE
Antipope Felix V
Born on September 4, 1383 in Chambéry, France , France
Died on January 7, 1451 in Genève, Suisse
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After the death of his father in 1391, his mother acted as a regent, because of his youth.
... He was surnamed the Peaceful and was the Count of Savoy from 1391 to 1416 and was elevated by Emperor Sigismund to the Duke of Savoy in 1416. Amadeus was elected, as antipope Felix V, by the Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence and reigned from November 1439 to April 1449.
After the death of his father in 1391, his mother acted as a regent, because of his youth.
In 1418 his distant cousin Louis of Savoy-Achaea, his brother-in-law, the last male of the elder branch of House of Savoy, died, leaving Amadeus as his heir-general, thus finally uniting the male-lines of the House of Savoy.
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