Editing Amadeus II, Count of Savoy (section)

==Marriage, children and succession==
According to the much later ''[[Chronicles of Savoy]]'', Amadeus married [[Joan of Geneva|Joan]], daughter of "Girard, Count of Burgundy", who scholars have surmised to have been Count [[Gerold of Geneva]]. The ''[[Chronicon Altacumbae]]'' says only that "the wife of Amadeus [was] from Burgundy", which might refer to [[Amadeus I, Count of Savoy|Amadeus I]].<ref>Quoted in Previté-Orton, 243: ''uxor ejus [Amedei] de Burgondia''.</ref> If his wife were Genevan, it would explain how the house of Savoy came to possess so early a large portion of the [[Genevois (province)|Genevois]].<ref name=prev243>Previté-Orton, 243.</ref> His wife, whatever her name and origins, bore Amadeus II several children, although there is some uncertainty about how many. His confirmed children were:
*Adelaide, wife of Manasses II, sire de Coligny
*Ausilia (also Auxilia or Usilia), second wife of Humbert II de Beaujeu, whom she bore four sons by the last decade of the eleventh century: Guichard, Humbert, Guigues, and Hugh
*[[Humbert II of Savoy|Humbert II]], his successor as count of Savoy
*Constance of Savoy, wife of [[Otto II, Marquis of Montferrat|Otto II of Montferrat]].

The succession of Amadeus II is unclear. His son [[Humbert II of Savoy|Humbert II]], who was later Count of Savoy, is well known, but in 1082 the Count of Savoy was [[Otto II, Count of Savoy|Otto II]]. Although Amadeus is known to have had a younger brother named Otto, he is more likely to have been the [[Bishop of Asti]] of this name and time. This has led some scholars, beginning with the Conte di Vesme, to make Otto II the eldest son of Amadeus II, who succeeded him and was in turn succeeded by Humbert II.<ref name=prev243/> In the immediate aftermath of Amadeus's death, Adelaide took control of all the Savoyard lands on both sides of the Alps.