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Amadeus IX of Savoy

Amadeus IX (b.1435-d.1472), surnamed the Happy was the Duke of Savoy from 1465 to 1472.

He married Yolande of Valois, sister of Louis XI of France and had 4 children:

Anna d. 1480, married Frederick of Aragon, prince of Altamura[?]
Filiberto
Carlo
James Louis d. 1485, Count of Genevois[?], France

preceded by Ludovico

succeeded by Filiberto I

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