Amadeus V of Savoy

Amadeus V (1249–1323), called the Great, was the son of Thomas II of Piedmont and Beatrice Fieschi. He served his cousin Edward I of England in the Welsh wars and inherited Savoy from his uncle Philip I in 1285. His younger brother Louis received the new Barony of Vaud.

Through his wife Sybille de Baugé he added Bugey and Bresse; in 1287 he occupied Geneva and imposed the Treaty of Annemasse. In 1312 he attended Henry VII's coronation in Rome and was made Imperial Vicar of Lombardy. He died at Avignon on 16 October 1323.