fwo_1051658 - SAVOIE - COMTÉ DE SAVOIE - AMÉDÉE VIII (COMTE) Quart de Gros (Quarto di Grosso) Type II (Savoie) n.d. Chambéry

SAVOY - COUNTY OF SAVOY - AMADEUS VIII (COUNT)

(1398-1416)

Amédée VIII (1383-1434) is the son of Amédée VII and Bonne de Berry. He ascended the count's throne in 1391, under the regency of his mother until the year 1398. Savoy was erected into a duchy on February 19, 1416. He died in 1434. In his coinage there are three very different periods: regency (1391-1398); count (1398-1416); duke (1416-1434).