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Amadeus VIII

Type Figure Region Savoy Time 1383–1451 Also known as antipope Felix V

Amadeus VIII (1383–1451), last Grand Master of the Savoy order, elected antipope Felix V at the Council of Basel in 1439, opposing Pope Eugene IV unt…

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  1. 1391–1430Chambéry · SavoyHe succeeded his father as a child, and in adulthood consolidated Alpine lands through marriage and military means, intervening in Italian peninsula disputes and making Savoy an important Central European duchy by the early 15th century.
  2. 1431–1449Basel · SwitzerlandAfter the Council of Basel opened in 1431, the papacy and the conciliar faction were long opposed. In 1439 Amadeus was elected antipope Felix V by the conciliar faction, rivaling Pope Eugene IV in Rome until he abdicated and submitted to Rome in 1449.
  3. 1449–1451Rivoli · PiedmontIn 1449 he resigned the antipapal office, received papal pardon, passed the Duchy of Savoy to his eldest son, and spent his remaining years as an abbot, dying in 1451.

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