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Amadeus I, Count Of Geneva
Amadeus I of Geneva (1098–1178) was count of Geneva. He succeeded his father in the county's government in 1128,Articl« Le paradoxe religieux d'une commune coupée en deux »de Dominique Ernst, paru dans Le Dauphiné libéré du 1er avril 2008 and remained count of Geneva until his death in 1178. Amadeus was the son of Aymon I of Geneva (the preceding count) and of Ida de Faucigny. Biography During his lifetime Amadeus I added the city of Annecy to his territories, thereby increasing the power of his County. He also sought the protection of the House of Zähringen, after losing the rights to the dioceses of Sion, Lausanne and Geneva. Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1156 granted the rights to Berthold IV of Zähringen instead.Armorial Genevois de J.B. BLAVIGNAC - Vitrail de l'abside de l'église du monastère royal de Brou (01 - Bourg en Bresse) - Armorial général, J.B. Rietstap. Tome 1 page 759 (Comtes de Genevois), cité sur le sitSur le site de FranceGenWeb Ce blason es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Count Of Geneva
The County of Geneva, largely corresponding to the later Genevois (province), Genevois province, originated in the tenth century, in the Duchy of Burgundy, Burgundian Kingdom of Arles (Arelat) which fell to the Holy Roman Empire in 1032. History Several nobles had held the title of a Count of Geneva in Upper Burgundy (''Bourgogne transjurane'') from the 9th century. The progenitor of the Counts of Geneva was Conrad I, possible count palatine of Burgundy, in Vienne. Count Cono/Conrad died about 1003 in exile, during the Hermann II's rebellion (his brother duke of Swabia, of Conradines lineage). Their son, Robert, count of Geneva, was born about 970 and died about 1020. The county never played a major part as a Feudalism, feudal entity. The city of Geneva and its environs were retained, but the approaches to the western end of Lake Geneva, which had made the position strategic, were soon lost. In 1124, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lausanne, Geneva and Fribourg, Bishops of Geneva ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |