Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy

Also known as: Amedius / Felix the fift · Family: Savoy · Role: duke and antipope · First appears: Henry VI 22

Life events

1439 · The Basel council deposed Eugene IV and elected Amadeus VIII as pope.(Henry VI 22 · 📍 Basill)
- With: Pope Eugene IV
- “they soone after like verie impious imps, first for contumacie accurssed his holie fatherhood, then depriued him of his papasie, and out of hand chose another in his office, one Amedius late duke of Sauoie”
1439 · Amadeus VIII surrendered his possessions and dignity to his children and became a hermit.(Henry VI 22 · 📍 Sauoie)
- “who afore that time hauing giuen vp his possessions & dignitie vnto his children, became an heremite in a monasterie of his own building by mount Geuenna in Sauoie nigh the lake Leman”
1439 · Amadeus VIII abandoned his hermit life, accepted the papacy, and took the name Felix V.(Henry VI 22)
- “left the holie life (such as it was) that he had profest, tooke the papasie vpon him the same 1439, and called Felix the fift”
1439 · Nicholas V used Frederick III to make Amadeus surrender the papal crown for a cardinal's hat.(Henry VI 22)
- With: Pope Nicholas V Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor
- “For after, by his successour Nicholas the fifts ambition, that had suborned emperour Frederike to be a worker in the matter, this sillie Amedius was coosined of his popes golden crowne for a cardinalls felt hat.”

enemies with Pope Nicholas V (Nicholas V caused Amadeus to lose the papal crown.) “For after, by his successour Nicholas the fifts ambition, that had suborned emperour Frederike to be a worker in the matter, this sillie Amedius was coosined of his popes golden crowne for a cardinalls felt hat.”
rivals with Pope Eugene IV (Eugene remained pope while Amadeus, as Felix the Fifth, was chosen.) “And in the fift yeare of this Basilien councell that had a continuance of eleuen yeare (whereof an eight were run yer Felix was chosen, in which Eugenie remaining pope still, though of curst hart he neuer came at them)”
with Pope Nicholas V (Nicholas V's actions caused Amadeus to lose the papal crown and receive a cardinal's hat.) “For after, by his successour Nicholas the fifts ambition, that had suborned emperour Frederike to be a worker in the matter, this sillie Amedius was coosined of his popes golden crowne for a cardinalls felt hat.”
with Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor (Frederick III acted in the matter that deprived Amadeus of the papal crown.) “that had suborned emperour Frederike to be a worker in the matter, this sillie Amedius was coosined of his popes golden crowne for a cardinalls felt hat.”

Extracted from the original text of Holinshed's Chronicles — the reigns Shakespeare dramatized. Made with Rho MD.