Editing Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (section)

==Life==
Amadeus was born at [[Thonon-les-Bains]], the son of [[Louis, Duke of Savoy]], and [[Anne de Lusignan]],{{sfn|Hand|2013|p=220}} daughter of [[Janus of Cyprus]], King of Cyprus. In 1452, his mother arranged a political marriage to [[Yolande of Valois]] (1434&ndash;1478), sister of [[Louis XI of France]] and daughter of [[Charles VII of France]]. Because of his epilepsy and retirement, she was left in control of the state.<ref name=bunson>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-pwoTFp31kC&q=blessed+amadeus+ix+of+savoy&pg=PA75|title=Bunson, Matthew and Bunson, Stephen. "Amadeus IX of Savoy", ''Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints'', OSV Publishing, 2003|isbn=9781931709750|last1=Bunson|first1=Matthew|last2=Bunson|first2=Margaret|last3=Bunson|first3=Stephen|year=2003}}</ref>

[[France]] and the Holy Roman Empire competed to gain control of Savoy's strategically important [[Alps|Alpine]] mountain passes and trade routes.<ref name=savoy/> His sister, [[Charlotte of Savoy]], became the second wife of [[Louis XI of France]]. French influence increased in Savoy and involved the country in the wars between France and the emperors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13492a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Savoy|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref> The Castle of Moncalleri in Piedmont, Italy had been built around 1100 as a hill fortress, to command the main southern access from Turin. In the mid-15th century Yolande turned it into a Renaissance Royal Palace.

Amadeus was a particular protector of Franciscan friars. He also endowed other religious houses as well as homes for the care of the poor and suffering.<ref name=savoy>{{Cite web|url=http://www.savoydelegation-usa.org/history.asp?id=387|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120206075352/http://www.savoydelegation-usa.org/history.asp?id=387|url-status=dead|title="The Early Dukes of Savoy", American Delegation of Savoy Orders|archive-date=February 6, 2012}}</ref> He made a pilgrimage to [[Saint-Claude, Jura|Saint-Claude]] in 1471.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13341a.htm|title=CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Saint-Claude|website=www.newadvent.org}}</ref> He died the following year.<ref name=savoy/>

Amadeus was an avid collector of [[manuscript]]s, adding over sixty items to the ducal library started by his great-grandfather [[Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hand |first1=Joni M |title=Women, Manuscripts and Identity in Northern Europe 1350–1550 |date=2017 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-53653-0 |page=27 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=azMrDwAAQBAJ&q=Amadeus+IX%2C+Duke+of+Savoy&pg=PA25 }}</ref>