Editing Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy (section)

==Biography==

Amadeus was born in [[Chambéry]] on 24 February 1360, the son of Count [[Amadeus VI of Savoy]] and [[Bonne of Bourbon]].{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=378}} After his father's death in 1383, his mother and grandmother fought over the regency.{{sfn|Pfeffer|2022|p=84}} In 1384, in order to suppress a revolt against his relative Edward of Savoy, [[Bishop of Sion]], Amadeus led an army that attacked and pillaged [[Sion, Switzerland|Sion]].{{sfn|Cox|1967|p=95-96}} In 1388, he acquired territories in eastern [[Provence]] and the port city of [[Nice]], thus giving the County of Savoy control of an important Alpine pass and access to the [[Mediterranean Sea]].<ref name=HDS>{{HDS|17859|Amadeus VII of Savoy|author=Bernard Andenmatten|date=8 June 2022}}</ref> Nice became part of the domains of the House of Savoy on 28 September 1388, when Amadeus VII, taking advantage of the internal struggles in Provence, negotiated the transfer with Giovanni Grimaldi, baron of Boglio (governor of Nice and the Eastern Provence) of Nice and the Ubaye Valley to the Savoy domains, with the name of ''Terre Nuove di Provenza''.  Amadeus' father, Amadeus VI, the Green Count, was credited with purchasing the territory of the mountain pass, the Col de Largentièes, today [[Maddalena Pass]] on the border of France and Italy, for the sum of 60,000 [[Écu|ecus]], but this took place in 1388 after his death.{{sfn|Coolidge|1915|p=687}} The Col de Largentière was of great strategic and commercial importance because it linked Lyon with Italy; it offered an easy route between Piedmont and the outlying valley of Barcelonnette, which came into Savoyard possession when Amadeus VII, or his father, transferred it from the [[County of Provence]] to the [[County of Nice]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rLrNAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Amadeus+VI%22+%22Barcelonnette%22&pg=PA341 |title=Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature |date=1891 |publisher=R.S. Peale |pages=341 |language=en}}</ref> 

On 1 November 1391, Amadeus died from [[tetanus]],<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=NRKBCgAAQBAJ&dq=amadeus+VII+died+of+tetanus+-wikipedia&pg=PA19 European Cases of the Reincarnation Type] By Ian Stevenson, M.D., p. 19.</ref> as a result of a hunting accident.<ref name=HDS/> Upon his death, controversy arose because of his will. Amadeus left the important role of guardian of his son and heir, [[Amadeus VIII]], to his own mother, a sister of the powerful [[Louis II, Duke of Bourbon|Duke de Bourbon]], instead of following the tradition of appointing the child's mother, who was a daughter of the equally powerful [[John, Duke of Berry|Duke de Berry]].{{sfn|Tuchman|1978|p=503}} Due to the dispute between his mother and his wife, rumours that Amadeus had been poisoned emerged soon after his death.<ref name=HDS/> It took three months of negotiations to restore peace in the family.{{sfn|Tuchman|1978|p=503}}

Amadeus was known for his hospitality, for he would entertain people of all stations and never turned a person from his table without a meal.{{sfn|Tuchman|1978|p=426}}