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Personal data AMADEUS de GENEVE I 

• He was born in the year 1100 in Genève, Genève, Switzerland.
• He died on June 26, 1178 in Genève, Genève, Switzerland, he was 78 years old.
• A child of AIMON de GENEVE and IDA von GLANE

Household of AMADEUS de GENEVE I

He is married to MATHILDE de CUISEAUX.

They got married in the year 1139 at Genève, Genève, Switzerland, he was 39 years old.

Child(ren):

1. BEATRIX de GENEVE  1156-???? 
2. WILLIAM de GENEVE  1132-1195 

Notes about AMADEUS de GENEVE I

Amadeus I of Geneva (1098-1178) was count of Geneva. He succeeded his father in the county's government in 1128, 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 Faucigny.

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. However, Pope Alexander III took the bishop of Lausanne under his protection and superseded all claims to Lausanne, thereby reducing the power of the Duke of Zähringen. The three bishops of the dioceses in question, however, wanted to maintain autonomy from all parties concerned.

In 1162, Amadeus permitted the use of the land of Vaud, and the forests that belonged to him, by the Abbot of Haut-Crêt.

In 1178 Amadeus donated cannons to the capital of the St. Pierre Cathedral in Geneva, and the vineyards and tithes collected in Bossey.

Amadeus was the son of Aymon I of Geneva (f. 1128) and Ida Faucigny, daughter of Sir Luís I of Faucigny. For two years Amadeus was married to the Lady Matilde of Cuiseaux, daughter of Hugo I of Cuiseaux, with whom he had:

William I of Geneva (1132-1196) was married to Margaret Beatriz of Faucigny with whom he had three children.

In a second marriage (1137), with Lady Beatriz de Domène, daughter of Pierre Ainar of Domène, he had:
Sir Amedée of Gex.
Beatrice of Geneva, married to Henry I of Faucigny, baron de Faucigny.
Lady Margaret of Geneva (fl. 1160), countess of Geneva, and married to Henry I of Faucigny (1155-1197), baron of Faucigny.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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