# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/amadeus-viii-duke-of-savoy
# Generated: 2026-09-01T23:27:20.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/amadeus-viii-duke-of-savoy"
name: "Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy"
slug: "amadeus-viii-duke-of-savoy"
description: "He ruled Savoy for half a century, then tried to rule the Church. The first duke of his house spent his last decade as the final antipope with serious backing — Felix V, an elected rival to Rome who couldn't hold the throne."
tagline: "Antipope 1439 to 1449, count of Savoy"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ritratto_di_Amedeo_VIII_-_Google_Art_Project_(cropped).jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
birthDate: "1383-09-04"
deathDate: "1451-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.59
  momentum:             2.217741935483871
  historical:           23.56949333333333
  currentAttention:     12.32078853046595
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
  - name: "Business Professionals"
    slug: "business-professionals"
  - name: "Other"
    slug: "other"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
    slug: "medieval-era"
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    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312636"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Amadeus%20VIII%2C%20Duke%20of%20Savoy"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "اماديو الثامن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_Feliks_(Antipapa)"
    title: "V Feliks (Antipapa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8D%D0%B9_VIII"
    title: "Амадэй VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9_VIII_%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8"
    title: "Амадей VIII Савойски"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeu_VIII_de_Savoia"
    title: "Amadeu VIII de Savoia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_VIII._Savojsk%C3%BD"
    title: "Amadeus VIII. Savojský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modpave_Felix_5."
    title: "Modpave Felix 5."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_VIII."
    title: "Amadeus VIII."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Αμεδαίος Η΄ της Σαβοΐας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_VIII%2C_Duke_of_Savoy"
    title: "Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felikso_la_5-a_(kontra%C5%ADpapo)"
    title: "Felikso la 5-a (kontraŭpapo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_VIII_de_Saboya"
    title: "Amadeo VIII de Saboya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_VIII.a_Savoiakoa"
    title: "Amadeo VIII.a Savoiakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%8C_%D8%AF%D9%88%DA%A9_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "آمادئوس هشتم، دوک ساووی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_V"
    title: "Felix V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A8d%C3%AA_VIII_de_Savou%C3%A8"
    title: "Amèdê VIII de Savouè"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9d%C3%A9e_VIII"
    title: "Amédée VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiz_V%2C_antipapa"
    title: "Fiz V, antipapa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%2C_%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A1_%D7%A1%D7%91%D7%95%D7%99%D7%94"
    title: "אמדאו השמיני, דוכס סבויה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeo_VIII._Savojski"
    title: "Amadeo VIII. Savojski"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/V._F%C3%A9lix_(ellenp%C3%A1pa)"
    title: "V. Félix (ellenpápa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%A4%D5%A5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_VIII"
    title: "Ամադեուս VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipaus_Feliks_V"
    title: "Antipaus Feliks V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Amedeo_VIII_di_Savoia"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenpous_Felix_V"
    title: "Teenpous Felix V"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86_(%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%82_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%88%D9%8A)"
    title: "أميديو الثامن (دوق سافوي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Amadeus inherited the county at eight in 1391 and spent twenty-five years building a state that worked: diplomatic deals, internal reforms, institutions that outlasted him. Emperor Sigismund elevated Savoy to a duchy in 1416, making Amadeus its first duke. He abdicated in 1440 and withdrew to a semi-monastic life. Then the Council of Basel elected him pope in 1439 as Felix V, opposing Eugene IV in a schism that dragged into Nicholas V's reign. He was the last antipope to command real clerical support, though he resigned in 1449, two years before his death.