Amadeus VII, Count of Savoy

Called Amadeus VII " the Red Earl " ( born February 24, 1360 Chambéry, † November 1, 1391 in Ripaille ) was Count of Savoy and a son of Count Amadeus VI. of Savoy and his wife Bona of Bourbon.

As an ally of King Charles V of France, he struggled with this in his youth in Flanders. He had been married to Berry as a child with the niece of Charles V, the three-year Bona (1365-1435), daughter of Duke John I.. The king had in the military campaigns grieving for his father Earl, who was always dressed in black, asked to carry his courage far gemäßere color of fire, so that it " the Red Earl " was.

He had the luck to be called by the inhabitants of the city of Nice for help, who put their fate in 1388 in his hands. So Savoy gained access to the Mediterranean and could equip ships. The defense of the city of Red Earl confided a local feudal lords, Giovanni Grimaldi, at.

He died after falling from horse during a hunt. Amadeus is one of the most exemplary rulers of the 14th century. From his marriage with Bona he had three children:

• Amadeus VIII (1383-1451), Count of Savoy and as antipope Felix V.
• Bona (1388-1432), ∞ 1402 Count Louis of Savoy - Piedmont ( 1364-1418 )
• Johanna (1392-1460), ∞ 1411 with Margrave Johann Jacob of Montferrat ( 1395-1445 )